Determinants of Self-Rated Health Perception in a Sample of a Physically Active Population: PLENUFAR VI Study

Carmen Sayón-Orea, Susana Santiago, Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Miguel A. Martínez-González, Maria R. Pastor, Maria J. Moreno-Aliaga, Josep A. Tur, Aquilino Garcia and J. Alfredo Martínez
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Carmen Sayón-Orea: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine-Clínica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Susana Santiago: Department of Nutrition Food Sciences and Physiology, Center for Nutrition Research, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Maira Bes-Rastrollo: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine-Clínica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Miguel A. Martínez-González: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine-Clínica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Maria R. Pastor: Vocalia Nacional de Alimentación, General Pharmaceutical Council of Spain, 28840 Madrid, Spain
Maria J. Moreno-Aliaga: Department of Nutrition Food Sciences and Physiology, Center for Nutrition Research, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Josep A. Tur: Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red, Área de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y la Nutrición (CIBEROBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain
Aquilino Garcia: Vocalia Nacional de Alimentación, General Pharmaceutical Council of Spain, 28840 Madrid, Spain
J. Alfredo Martínez: Department of Nutrition Food Sciences and Physiology, Center for Nutrition Research, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-12

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate determinants of self-rated health (SRH) perception in Spanish adults. This cross-sectional study including data from 11,342 participants from the Spanish PLENUFAR VI study. SRH status was grouped in two categories (‘good’/‘poor’) and the associations of socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyles, diet adequacy and chronic disease with SRH were assessed. After adjusting for relevant confounders, the risk ratios (RR) and (95% confidence intervals) for poor SRH were 1.05 (1.03–1.07) for each hour of increment of sitting, 1.56 (1.30–1.88) for short (≥5 h vs. 7–8 h) sleep duration, 0.63 (0.55–0.72) for vigorous (vs. light) physical activity, 0.61 (0.50–0.74) for adequate (vs. non-adequate) diet. Activities like jogging [RR for each unit of increment in the METs-h/day = 0.87 (0.82–0.92)], gymnastics [0.87 (0.81–0.93)], biking [0.91 (0.85–0.98)], and track and field [0.94 (0.89–0.98)], were associated with better health perception. Normally weight participants with any chronic disease had lower probability to report poor SRH than overweight/obese participants with any chronic disease. Frequent consumption of bread (>2 servings/day) was associated with a lower adjusted mean of health perception scale, while higher consumption of vegetables and fruit or fish were associated with higher values, concerning good SRH. We can conclude that normal-weight participants even suffering a chronic disease had lower probability to report poor health perception than participants with overweight/obesity and a chronic disease especially for hypertension and diabetes. Activities like jogging, gymnastics, biking, and track and field, and a higher consumption of fruits, vegetables and fish, were associated with better health rated perception.

Keywords: self-rated health; physical activity; diet adequacy; lifestyles; nutritional status (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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