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| Health, healthy lifestyles and health examinations among the older people in Taiwan | | Author(s) | Hui-Chuan Hsu |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 35, no 3, September 2016 |
| Publisher | Wiley, September 2016 |
| Pages | pp 161-166 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Health screening ; Usage [services] ; Taiwan. |
| Annotation | This aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the utilisation of general health examinations and health and a healthy lifestyle. The data were from a five-wave panel of older Taiwanese people. Health was defined as the absence of chronic diseases and physical function difficulties. A healthy lifestyle included no smoking, no alcohol consumption and engaging in regular exercise. Generalised linear modelling was applied. The individuals with more chronic diseases were more likely to undergo health examinations but the rate of change declined over time. Having more physical function disabilities may reduce the likelihood of undergoing health examinations. Individuals who engaged in regular exercise were more likely to undergo health examinations. Overall study findings showed that utilisation of health examination services is related to health and healthy lifestyle among older people. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170120264 A |
| Classmark | CC: LK2: L6K: QLD: 7DP |
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