There has been lack of studies that examine the relationship between self-rated health(SRH)and alcohol consumption,particularly in middle-aged and older adult populations.This study aims to investigate association of ...There has been lack of studies that examine the relationship between self-rated health(SRH)and alcohol consumption,particularly in middle-aged and older adult populations.This study aims to investigate association of SRH status with alcohol consumption in middle-aged and older adult populations.The study is a cross-sec-tional study design that was based on the China Health and Retired Longitudinal study(CHARLS)and the Canadian Alcohol and Drug Monitoring Survey(CAD-UMS)and the Canadian Alcohol,Tobacco and Drug Survey(CTADS).Measure of health is SRH status and self-reported alcohol use.Multinomial logistic regres-sion was performed to model the data and the odds ratio of self-reported excel-lent,very good,good and fair(versus poor)for current and former drinkers versus nondrinkers and current drinkers versus former drinkers was estimated in models after adjusting for covariates.This study found that in both Chinese and Canadian adult populations,current drinkers reported better health status than former drink-ers;lifetime nondrinkers reported better health status than former drinkers.Current drinkers reported better health status than nondrinkers.Canadian moderate drinkers(1.3-44 g per day)tended to report better health compared with occasional drinkers and Chinese heavy drinkers(45+grams per day)reported better health status com-pared with occasional drinkers in both populations.This study found current drink-ers tended to have better health status than former drinker and lifetime nondrinkers in adult populations.Nondrinkers tended to report better health status than former drinkers.Low and medium drinkers reported better health status.展开更多
There has been lack of studies that investigate the causal impact of alcohol consumption on health and mortality in middle-aged and older populations in China.This cohort study aims to investigate whether alcohol use ...There has been lack of studies that investigate the causal impact of alcohol consumption on health and mortality in middle-aged and older populations in China.This cohort study aims to investigate whether alcohol use increases poor health and mortality risk in middle-aged and older Chinese population.The study is a cohort study design that was based on the China Health and Retired Longitudinal study(CHARLS).Measures of poor health and alcohol use are self-rated poor/very poor and alcohol use.Competing Cox proportional hazard regression model(CPHM)was used to model the data and the hazards ratio(HR)of poor health,mortality for current and former drinkers versus nondrinkers and current drinkers versus former drinkers was estimated using CPHM after adjusting for deign-effects and covariates.This study found significantly increased risk of all-cause mortality among current(adjusted HR=1.54 and P=0.0423)and former drinkers(Adjusted HR=1.52 and P=0.0096)compared to lifetime nondrinkers among middle-aged and senior Chinese people;significantly increased hazard of poor health among current drinkers(Adjusted HR=1.26 and P=0.0443)compared with lifetime nondrinkers.The hazards of all-cause mortality and self-rated poor health increased with the amount and frequency of alcohol drinking,and drinking years.This study found that either former or current drinkers self-rated having a poor health and had a significantly increased risk of all-cause mortality compared with nondrinkers.Heavy drinkers had poor health status and higher risk of mortality compared with those who drank light or moderate amount of alcohol in middle-aged and senior Chinese population.展开更多
The purpose of this study is to explore the degree of change in the health literacy(HL)level of residents and the impacts of health education related to COVID-19 on the HL in the context of the new coronavirus pneumon...The purpose of this study is to explore the degree of change in the health literacy(HL)level of residents and the impacts of health education related to COVID-19 on the HL in the context of the new coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19)epidemic,combined with the 2018-2020 health literacy survey data of residents in Suzhou of China.A population-based sample of 9003 participants,15-69 years of age,in Suzhou was used from China’s 2018 to 2020 National Health Literacy Surveillance Data.Multivariate logistic regression models were established to analyze the degree of change in health literacy.The residents’awareness rate of HL in Suzhou,China,from 2018 to 2020 was 32.7%,37.1%,and 46.6%(P<0.05).Most of the dimensions of HL improved in 2019,except for Basic Knowledg and Concept(BKC),Preven-tion and Treatment of Chronic Disease(CD),and Basic Medical(BM),for which the awareness rates in 2019 were lower than those in 2018(39.1%versus 38.0%,20.3%versus 18.0%,and 13.0%versus 7.8%,respectively).All of the dimensions of HL in 2020 increased to a certain extent,being higher than those in 2018.The largest improvement among the 3 dimensions was Healthy Skills(HS),which increased by 4.819 times(95%CI 4.810-4.828),and the major improvement among the 6 dimensions was Basic Medical(BM),which increased by 4.427 times(95%CI 4.239-4.256).In the context of the COVID-19 epidemic,the level of health literacy of Suzhou residents was significantly improved in 2020.展开更多
文摘There has been lack of studies that examine the relationship between self-rated health(SRH)and alcohol consumption,particularly in middle-aged and older adult populations.This study aims to investigate association of SRH status with alcohol consumption in middle-aged and older adult populations.The study is a cross-sec-tional study design that was based on the China Health and Retired Longitudinal study(CHARLS)and the Canadian Alcohol and Drug Monitoring Survey(CAD-UMS)and the Canadian Alcohol,Tobacco and Drug Survey(CTADS).Measure of health is SRH status and self-reported alcohol use.Multinomial logistic regres-sion was performed to model the data and the odds ratio of self-reported excel-lent,very good,good and fair(versus poor)for current and former drinkers versus nondrinkers and current drinkers versus former drinkers was estimated in models after adjusting for covariates.This study found that in both Chinese and Canadian adult populations,current drinkers reported better health status than former drink-ers;lifetime nondrinkers reported better health status than former drinkers.Current drinkers reported better health status than nondrinkers.Canadian moderate drinkers(1.3-44 g per day)tended to report better health compared with occasional drinkers and Chinese heavy drinkers(45+grams per day)reported better health status com-pared with occasional drinkers in both populations.This study found current drink-ers tended to have better health status than former drinker and lifetime nondrinkers in adult populations.Nondrinkers tended to report better health status than former drinkers.Low and medium drinkers reported better health status.
基金funded by the National Institute on Ageing(R01 AG030153,RC2 AG036619,R03 AG043052).
文摘There has been lack of studies that investigate the causal impact of alcohol consumption on health and mortality in middle-aged and older populations in China.This cohort study aims to investigate whether alcohol use increases poor health and mortality risk in middle-aged and older Chinese population.The study is a cohort study design that was based on the China Health and Retired Longitudinal study(CHARLS).Measures of poor health and alcohol use are self-rated poor/very poor and alcohol use.Competing Cox proportional hazard regression model(CPHM)was used to model the data and the hazards ratio(HR)of poor health,mortality for current and former drinkers versus nondrinkers and current drinkers versus former drinkers was estimated using CPHM after adjusting for deign-effects and covariates.This study found significantly increased risk of all-cause mortality among current(adjusted HR=1.54 and P=0.0423)and former drinkers(Adjusted HR=1.52 and P=0.0096)compared to lifetime nondrinkers among middle-aged and senior Chinese people;significantly increased hazard of poor health among current drinkers(Adjusted HR=1.26 and P=0.0443)compared with lifetime nondrinkers.The hazards of all-cause mortality and self-rated poor health increased with the amount and frequency of alcohol drinking,and drinking years.This study found that either former or current drinkers self-rated having a poor health and had a significantly increased risk of all-cause mortality compared with nondrinkers.Heavy drinkers had poor health status and higher risk of mortality compared with those who drank light or moderate amount of alcohol in middle-aged and senior Chinese population.
文摘The purpose of this study is to explore the degree of change in the health literacy(HL)level of residents and the impacts of health education related to COVID-19 on the HL in the context of the new coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19)epidemic,combined with the 2018-2020 health literacy survey data of residents in Suzhou of China.A population-based sample of 9003 participants,15-69 years of age,in Suzhou was used from China’s 2018 to 2020 National Health Literacy Surveillance Data.Multivariate logistic regression models were established to analyze the degree of change in health literacy.The residents’awareness rate of HL in Suzhou,China,from 2018 to 2020 was 32.7%,37.1%,and 46.6%(P<0.05).Most of the dimensions of HL improved in 2019,except for Basic Knowledg and Concept(BKC),Preven-tion and Treatment of Chronic Disease(CD),and Basic Medical(BM),for which the awareness rates in 2019 were lower than those in 2018(39.1%versus 38.0%,20.3%versus 18.0%,and 13.0%versus 7.8%,respectively).All of the dimensions of HL in 2020 increased to a certain extent,being higher than those in 2018.The largest improvement among the 3 dimensions was Healthy Skills(HS),which increased by 4.819 times(95%CI 4.810-4.828),and the major improvement among the 6 dimensions was Basic Medical(BM),which increased by 4.427 times(95%CI 4.239-4.256).In the context of the COVID-19 epidemic,the level of health literacy of Suzhou residents was significantly improved in 2020.