A multifocal comparison of health status and physical readiness test results of Navy personnel.
Many health risk factors are behaviorally related and therefore subject to modification. This study compared health risk appraisal (HRA) age, chronological age, identified risk factors, physiological measures, and demographic variables with Physical Readiness Test results of 100 active duty Navy personnel. Cholesterol levels were 200 mg/dl or greater in 42% of the subjects, with 32% having total:high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratios of 5.0 or above. Additionally, HRA ages were significantly higher than chronological ages (p < or = .05). This study presents methods for (1) identifying needs for health teaching and/or counseling, and (2) increasing individual awareness of health risk factors and the effects of lifestyle on health risk.
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Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA.
Hoffman
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Freeman
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006266:Health Education; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D009326:Naval Medicine; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D012307:Risk Factors; D013312:Stress, Physiological