Health-Related Quality of Life and Health Behaviors in a Population-Based Sample of Older, Foreign-Born, Chinese American Adults Living in New York City

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Educ Behav
• Personal Author:
  Wyatt, Laura C. ; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau ; Islam, Nadia S. ; Kwon, Simona C.
• Description:
  Although the New York City Chinese population aged ≥ 65 years increased by 50% between 2000 and 2010, the health needs of this population are poorly understood. Approximately 3,001 Chinese individuals from high-density Asian American New York City areas were included in the REACH U.S. Risk Factor Survey; 805 (26.8%) were aged ≥ 65 years and foreign-born. Four health-related quality of life and three behavioral risk factor outcome variables were examined. Descriptive statistics were conducted by gender, and logistic regression models assessed sociodemographic and health factors associated with each outcome. Few women were current smokers (1.3% vs. 14.8% of men), 19% of respondents ate fruits and vegetables more than or equal to five times daily, and one-third of individuals received sufficient weekly physical activity. Days of poor health were similar to the national population aged ≥ 65 years, while self-reported fair or poor health was much greater among our Chinese sample; over 60% of respondents rated their health as fair or poor. Lower education and lower obesity were significantly associated with cigarette smoking among men, and older age was significantly associated with insufficient physical activity overall. Female gender was significantly associated with all poor health days; older age was significantly associated with poor days of physical health, and lower income was significantly associated with poor days of physical health and fair or poor self-reported health. This study provides important health-related information on a rapidly growing older population and highlights future research areas to inform culturally appropriate health promotion and disease prevention strategies and policies within community-based settings.
• Subjects:
  Aged Aged, 80 And Over Asian Emigrants And Immigrants Female Health Behavior Health Status Humans Logistic Models Male Quality Of Life

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• Source:
  Health Educ Behav. 41(1 0):98S-107S
• Pubmed ID:
  25274716
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4185406
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP001904/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 TR001445/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54 MD000538/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 2P60MD000538/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP005008/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; 1U48DP005008-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; P60 MD000538/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 1U48DP001904/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  China ; New York City, NY
• Volume:
  41
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:092745ea3378ace044b9cee9fbdeaeb8b2f2dbc6f5259440021745cb267e8939
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30138/cdc_30138_DS1.pdf
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