Impact of Depression Tendency and Health-Promoting Lifestyle on Metabolic Syndrome

• Main Authors: Ju-Ya Yang, 楊茹雅
• Other Authors: Pei-Tseng Kung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43673558856751684014

碩士 === 亞洲大學 === 健康產業管理學系健康管理組碩士在職專班 === 103 === Research background: Chronic diseases have become ten major causes of death in past years, and metabolic syndromes are the early stage of chronic diseases, including various predecessor states and risk factors in cardiovascular diseases and error of metabolism. Past research findings presented that patients with metabolic syndromes, which were closely related to other diseases like malignant tumors and depression, showed 4-6 times chances suffering from hypertension and diabetes mellitus. This study therefore aims to understand the distribution the metabolic syndromes, depression tendency, and health promotion lifestyle of military personnel, further discusses the correlation between depression tendency, health promotion lifestyle and metabolic syndromes, and finds out the factors. Research method: With cross-sectional research, military personnel with physical examinations in a regional hospital in March, 2015, are investigated. The questionnaire covers the contents of personal characteristics, medical data, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and Health Promotion Lifestyle Scale II (HPLP-II). Total 393 valid copies are collected; Descriptive Statistics, Chi-square Analysis, and Independent Sample t-test are used for statistical analyses; and, Logistic Regression Analysis is applied to discuss the factors in the metabolic syndromes of military personnel. Research result: Most participants are males, total 329 (83.7%), with the average age 27.7. The mean score for depression appears 12.73 (full score 60), and total 132 participants (33.6%) present depression tendency (score ³16). The mean score for health promotion lifestyle reveals 128.85 (full score 208), in which the dimension of interpersonal support receives the highest score. 11.5% (45) cases appear metabolic syndromes; 55.7% military personnel show at least one aberrant metabolic syndrome index, while 25.7% of them reveal more than two aberrant indices; and, among aberrant metabolic syndrome indices, higher blood pressure (29%), abdominal obesity (20.4%), and lower high-density cholesterol (18.6%) are top three indices. According to Logistic Regression Model, the risk of suffering from metabolic syndromes increase 1.12 times with one year increase of age; the ones with family medical histories reveal 2.71 times higher risk of suffering than those without family medical histories; the suffering risk would enhance 1.42 times when BMI increases 1kg/m2; and, the risk of suffering would reduce 0.04 time when the total score of health promotion lifestyle increases 1. Conclusion and suggestion: Significant factors in the metabolic syndromes of military personnel contain age, family medical history, BMI, and health promotion lifestyle. The following suggestions therefore are proposed in this study. (1) Patients suffering from metabolic syndromes and the ones with BMI exceeding the normal value could be reinforced the health promotion lifestyle cognition, continuously intervened with nutrition education and exercise courses, and proceeded health weight management to enhance the opportunity to reverse metabolic syndromes. (2) Participants with depression tendency should be actively offered mental health related health education and counseling, and personnel with depression symptoms should be actively assisted and intervened.