A survey of health belief and knowledge mastery of body posture among adolescents
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20240422-00184
- VernacularTitle:青少年身体姿态相关健康信念及健康知识掌握现状研究
- Author:
Yu ZHOU
1
;
Yihui ZHANG
Author Information
1. 中国教育科学研究院体育美育教育研究所，北京 100088
- Keywords:
Body posture;
Spinal health;
Health belief model;
Health knowledge;
Adolescents
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2024;33(8):706-712
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the current status of body posture health belief and knowledge mastery among Chinese adolescents.Methods:Adolescents’ body posture questionnaire was designed based on health belief model including health belief and health knowlege about body posture.The survey was conducted on 72 classes in 6 provinces using stratified cluster sampling, and 3 513 valid questionnaires were obtained.Descriptive analysis, the rank sum test, and χ2-test were used for statistical analysis by SPSS 25.0 software. Results:(1) The scores of all dimensions of body posture health belief decreased with the increase of academic stage.In participants from primary schools, middle schools and high schools, the scores of perceived susceptibility were (27.32±4.28), (26.51±4.59), and (25.87±3.68)respectively, the scores of perceived severity were(27.27±5.26), (26.30±5.44), and (25.52±4.91)respectively, the scores of perceived benefits were (21.10±2.93), (20.57±3.19), and (20.00±2.93)respectively, the scores of perceived barriers were (24.18±5.24), (23.14±5.04), and (22.63±4.51)respectively, the scores of self-efficacy were (24.64±3.19), (24.12±3.31), and (23.58±3.11) respectively, and the differences were all statistically significant among different academic stages ( H=78.27, 80.98, 71.40, 56.74, 53.73, all P<0.01).(2) Participants with better family socioeconomic status and urban participants had higher scores in perceived susceptibility, perceived severity and perceived benefits than other participants (all P<0.01).(3)In terms of knowlege mastery, the proportions of students with good, general and poor knowledge mastery were 5.5%(193/3 513), 69.5%(2 440/3 513) and 25%(880/3 513).Among urban, town and rural adolescents, the proportion of students with good knowledge mastery were 6.6%(961/1 461), 3.7%(39/1 043), and 2.7%(27/1 009), respectively, and there was a statistical difference between urban and rural areas ( χ2=36.67, P<0.01).Among adolescents with good, general and poor family socioeconomic status, the proportion of students with good knowledge mastery were 8.9%(87/974), 5.0%(80/1 595) and 2.8%(26/944), respectively ( χ2=41.79, P<0.01). Conclusion:Adolescents lack health knowledge of body posture and awareness of the related risk factors, and have difficulty in adopting health behaviors.Adolescents from high school, rural areas and families with lower socioeconomic status need more targeted spine-related health education.
