Version 1
: Received: 19 September 2020 / Approved: 20 September 2020 / Online: 20 September 2020 (14:50:30 CEST)
How to cite:
Mahara, G.; Liang, J.; Zhang, Z.; Ge, Q.; Zhang, J. Suboptimal Health Status of High School Students in Guangzhou, Shanxi, and Tibet, China: A Cross-Sectional Study. Preprints2020, 2020090479. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0479.v1
Mahara, G.; Liang, J.; Zhang, Z.; Ge, Q.; Zhang, J. Suboptimal Health Status of High School Students in Guangzhou, Shanxi, and Tibet, China: A Cross-Sectional Study. Preprints 2020, 2020090479. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0479.v1
Mahara, G.; Liang, J.; Zhang, Z.; Ge, Q.; Zhang, J. Suboptimal Health Status of High School Students in Guangzhou, Shanxi, and Tibet, China: A Cross-Sectional Study. Preprints2020, 2020090479. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0479.v1
APA Style
Mahara, G., Liang, J., Zhang, Z., Ge, Q., & Zhang, J. (2020). Suboptimal Health Status of High School Students in Guangzhou, Shanxi, and Tibet, China: A Cross-Sectional Study. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0479.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Mahara, G., Qi Ge and Jinxin Zhang. 2020 "Suboptimal Health Status of High School Students in Guangzhou, Shanxi, and Tibet, China: A Cross-Sectional Study" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0479.v1
Abstract
Suboptimal health status (SHS) is a state between health and disease, has several associated factors, although, its underlying mechanism is still unclear. This study aimed to investigate the status of SHS and its associated factors of high school students in three areas of China (Shanxi, Guangzhou, and Tibet). A multidimensional sub-health questionnaire of adolescent (MSQA) is used to evaluate SHS. Among 1461 respondents, females proportion 56.47% was higher than males 43.53% where SHS was higher in Shanxi followed by Tibet and then Guangzhou. The rural area, grade, lack of sleep, home visit in a week, lack of exercise, a heavy burden of study, smoking, drinking, and fewer friends were the risk factors of SHS, while, families living status, seeking help and extroversion were the protective factors. SHS is significantly associated with different influencing factors. For comprehensive prevention and control measures, reduce the risk factors and enhance the protective factors.
Keywords
suboptimal health status; associated factors; high school students; Shanxi; Guangzhou; Tibet; China
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Other
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
