Influence of Perceived Stress and Stress Coping Adequacy on Multiple Health-Related Lifestyle Behaviors

Nobutaka Hirooka, Takeru Kusano, Shunsuke Kinoshita and Hidetomo Nakamoto
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Nobutaka Hirooka: Department of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Morohongo 38, Moroyama-machi, Saitama 350-0495, Iruma-gun, Japan
Takeru Kusano: Department of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Morohongo 38, Moroyama-machi, Saitama 350-0495, Iruma-gun, Japan
Shunsuke Kinoshita: Department of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Morohongo 38, Moroyama-machi, Saitama 350-0495, Iruma-gun, Japan
Hidetomo Nakamoto: Department of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Morohongo 38, Moroyama-machi, Saitama 350-0495, Iruma-gun, Japan

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 19, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Stress is a primary target of national health promotion efforts such as Healthy Japan in the 21st century (HJ21). However, little is known about how the combination of perceived stress and coping adequacy influence health-related lifestyle behaviors in line with national health promotion. This study assessed the association between combined perceived stress and coping adequacy and multiple health-related lifestyle behaviors in HJ21 practices. This cross-sectional survey that included specialists in health management comprehensively assessed multiple health-related lifestyle behaviors in accordance with HJ21. Total health-related lifestyle behavior scores were calculated and perceived stress and coping adequacy were recorded and categorized into four groups with group 1 to 4 being high to none, and highly adequate to not at all, respectively. The average total lifestyle behavior scores (standard deviation [SD]) were 35.1 (3.5), 33.7 (3.6), 31.8 (3.8), and 30.5 (4.9) for groups 1 to 4 of coping adequacy ( p < 0.001). Further, individuals who had higher stress coping adequacy had better multiple health-related lifestyle behaviors after adjusting for demographic factors and perceived stress in the linear trend among the groups. Stress coping skills might be an essential target for stress reduction, ultimately leading to health promotion for disease prevention and longevity.

Keywords: stress; stress coping adequacy; lifestyle behaviors; national health promotion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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