Behavioral Health Risk Factors and Motivation to Change among Cardiovascular General Hospital Patients Aged 50 to 79 Years
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Behavioral Health Risk Factors and Motivation to Change among Cardiovascular General Hospital Patients Aged 50 to 79 Years. / Siewert-Markus, Ulrike; Ulbricht, Sabina; Gaertner, Beate; Zyriax, Birgit-Christiane; Dörr, Marcus; Tobschall, Stefanie; Baumann, Sophie; John, Ulrich; Freyer-Adam, Jennis.
In: NUTRIENTS, Vol. 14, No. 9, 1963, 07.05.2022.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Behavioral Health Risk Factors and Motivation to Change among Cardiovascular General Hospital Patients Aged 50 to 79 Years
AU - Siewert-Markus, Ulrike
AU - Ulbricht, Sabina
AU - Gaertner, Beate
AU - Zyriax, Birgit-Christiane
AU - Dörr, Marcus
AU - Tobschall, Stefanie
AU - Baumann, Sophie
AU - John, Ulrich
AU - Freyer-Adam, Jennis
PY - 2022/5/7
Y1 - 2022/5/7
N2 - Little is known about the (co-)occurrence of smoking, alcohol at-risk drinking, physical inactivity and overweight, and the motivation to change these behavioral health risk factors (HRFs) in older general hospital patients with cardiovascular disease. Between October and December 2016, all consecutively admitted patients aged 50 to 79 years were proactively recruited on 3 cardiology wards and asked to participate in a survey on HRFs and behavior change motivation. Of the eligible patients, 80.4% participated in the survey (n = 328). The mean age was 66.5 years (standard deviation 9.0), and 65.5% were male. At least 1 HRF was present in 91.8% (n = 280), at least 2 HRFs in 54.4% (n = 166), and 3 or 4 HRFs in 12.1% (n = 37) of participants. The proportion of older adults who contemplated or were changing or planning to change their behavior to meet health behavior recommendations ranged between 66.0% (smoking) and 93.2% (alcohol consumption). The results indicate a notable co-occurrence of behavioral HRFs in older patients with cardiovascular disease. The majority of older adults were at least considering changing the respective behavior. To prevent and treat diseases efficiently, hospitalization may be a suitable moment for systematic multiple HRF screening and intervention.
AB - Little is known about the (co-)occurrence of smoking, alcohol at-risk drinking, physical inactivity and overweight, and the motivation to change these behavioral health risk factors (HRFs) in older general hospital patients with cardiovascular disease. Between October and December 2016, all consecutively admitted patients aged 50 to 79 years were proactively recruited on 3 cardiology wards and asked to participate in a survey on HRFs and behavior change motivation. Of the eligible patients, 80.4% participated in the survey (n = 328). The mean age was 66.5 years (standard deviation 9.0), and 65.5% were male. At least 1 HRF was present in 91.8% (n = 280), at least 2 HRFs in 54.4% (n = 166), and 3 or 4 HRFs in 12.1% (n = 37) of participants. The proportion of older adults who contemplated or were changing or planning to change their behavior to meet health behavior recommendations ranged between 66.0% (smoking) and 93.2% (alcohol consumption). The results indicate a notable co-occurrence of behavioral HRFs in older patients with cardiovascular disease. The majority of older adults were at least considering changing the respective behavior. To prevent and treat diseases efficiently, hospitalization may be a suitable moment for systematic multiple HRF screening and intervention.
KW - Aged
KW - Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology
KW - Female
KW - Hospitals, General
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Motivation
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Sedentary Behavior
U2 - 10.3390/nu14091963
DO - 10.3390/nu14091963
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 35565928
VL - 14
JO - NUTRIENTS
JF - NUTRIENTS
SN - 2072-6643
IS - 9
M1 - 1963
ER -
