TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Associations of depressive symptoms with health behaviors, stress, and self-assessed health status in Hawai'i: a population study
JO  - Asia-Pacific journal of public health
A1  - Pomp, Sarah
A1  - Keller, Stefan
A1  - Maddock, Jay E.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1010-5395
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1010539512448523
ID  - ref1
ER  -