@article{ref1,
title="Associations of depressive symptoms with health behaviors, stress, and self-assessed health status in Hawai'i: a population study",
journal="Asia-Pacific journal of public health",
year="2012",
author="Pomp, Sarah and Keller, Stefan and Maddock, Jay E.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine how depressive symptoms are associated with health behaviors, stress, and self-assessed health status in the population of Hawai'i. METHODS: Randomized phone calls were made using computer assistant telephone interviews. A regression analysis with depressive symptoms as the outcome and sociodemographic variables, health behaviors, stress, and health status as predictors was conducted in 1483 adults. RESULTS: Depressive symptoms were associated with stress (β = .32), alcohol consumption (β = .19), health status (β = -.10), fast food consumption (β = .06), avoidance of fat (β = -.06), and fruit and vegetable consumption (β = .06). Moreover, depressive symptoms were linked to being female (β = .06), being single (β = -.06), and being Caucasian compared with being Native Hawaiian (β = -.06) or Japanese (β = -.08). The overall explained variance was 22%. CONCLUSION: Depressive symptoms correlate with health risk behaviors and might be considered as a risk for chronic diseases.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1010-5395",
doi="10.1177/1010539512448523",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1010539512448523"
}