PERSEPSI MASYARAKAT TENTANG PENYAKIT TERKAIT DENGAN GAYA HIDUP DAN POLA HIDUP SEHAT
Background: Health risk perception is a crucial component of most health behavior theories. Recent epidemiologic studies demonstrate that following a healthy lifestyle has substantial health benefits. It was reported that patient with negative perception on healthy life style have more tendency to b...
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[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
2013
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| Institution: | Universitas Gadjah Mada |
| Summary: | Background: Health risk perception is a crucial
component of most health behavior theories. Recent
epidemiologic studies demonstrate that following a
healthy lifestyle has substantial health benefits. It
was reported that patient with negative perception on
healthy life style have more tendency to be
hospitalized and received admission for treatment.
Objective: To examine the health risk perception and
intention to adopt healthy life syle among primary
care patients
Methods: A cross-sectional study was used to assess
the correlation between health risk perception and
intention to adopt healthy life style in Yogyakarta,
Indonesia.a number of 200 patients was undertaken from
10 health center for this study.
Results: Healthy life style characteristics were as
follows: unhealthy diet (70%), physical inactivity
(93%) and tobacco smoking (16.5%). A total of 26
respondents (13%) perceived that smoking affect the
illness, 49.5% perceived physical inactivity affect
the disease, and 52.5% have positive perceptions to
healthy diet. There were difference in the proportion
of cigarette consumption and physical activity on
respondent with positive perception, the difference
can be assumed that positive perception provides a
protective behavior was statistically significant.
While different results were found in healthy diet
comsumption pattern of respondent. There was no
statistically different between positive perception
and intention to consumpt healthy diet was reported.
Therefore, it is suggested that an increase in the
positive perception of healthy living will be
accompanied by an increase in protective behavior
toward non communicable disease.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that positive
perception on healthty life style such as non smoking
and physical activity considered to have an important
role in improving patients intetions to adopt healthy
life style but not on healthy diet |
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