Haddock Christopher K, Poston Walker S C, Pyle Sara A, Klesges Robert C, Vander Weg Mark W, Peterson Alan, Debon Margaret
School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2411 Holmes Street, Room MC-M03, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.
Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2006 Aug 29;4:57. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-57.
Single item questions about self ratings of overall health status are widely used in both military and civilian surveys. Limited information is available to date that examines what relationships exist between self-rated health, health status and health related behaviors among relatively young, healthy individuals.
The current study uses the population of active duty United States Air Force recruits (N = 31,108). Participants completed surveys that asked about health behaviors and health states and were rated their health on a continuum from poor to excellent.
Ratings of health were consistently lower for those who used tobacco (F = 241.7, p < .001), reported binge drinking (F = 69.0, p < .001), reported drinking and driving (F = 19.4, p < .001), reported taking health risks (F = 109.4, p < .001), were depressed (F = 256.1, p < .001) and were overweight (F = 39.5, p < .001).
Given the consistent relationship between self-rated overall health and factors important to military health and fitness, self-rated health appears to be a valid measure of health status among young military troops.
关于总体健康状况自我评估的单项问题在军事和民用调查中都被广泛使用。迄今为止,关于相对年轻、健康个体的自我健康评估、健康状况和健康相关行为之间存在何种关系的信息有限。
本研究以现役美国空军新兵群体(N = 31108)为研究对象。参与者完成了关于健康行为和健康状况的调查,并在从差到优的连续量表上对自己的健康状况进行评分。
使用烟草者(F = 241.7,p < .001)、报告有暴饮行为者(F = 69.0,p < .001)、报告有酒后驾车行为者(F = 19.4,p < .001)、报告有健康风险行为者(F = 109.4,p < .001)、有抑郁情绪者(F = 256.1,p < .001)和超重者(F = 39.5,p < .001)的健康评分始终较低。
鉴于自我评估的总体健康状况与对军事健康和体能重要的因素之间存在一致关系,自我评估的健康状况似乎是年轻军事人员健康状况的有效衡量指标。