Examining Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors and Its Relationship with Physical Activity in a Self-Reported Survey

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dc.contributor.advisorFrederick Fridinger
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDaisha Cipher
dc.contributor.committeeMemberClaudia Coggin
dc.creatorFernandes, Alroy H.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:03:51Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:03:51Z
dc.date.issued2004-05-01
dc.date.submitted2014-01-14T06:24:04-08:00
dc.description.abstractFernandes, Alroy H., Examining Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors and its Relationship with Physical Activity in a Self-Reported Survey. Masters of Public Health (Community Health), May 2004, 49pp., 3 illustrations, references, 38 titles. This study uses ‘Healthstyles,’ a self reported survey of 3,719 respondents above the age of 18, to look at exercise behavior in people at risk for CHD. Married or higher earning individuals were more likely to show sufficient exercise levels. Individuals with high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, diabetes, obesity or family history of heart disease reported lesser levels of sufficient exercise than those without these conditions. People with CHD risk factor reported lower scores on questions that dealt with attitude and opinions about exercise behavior, and this was significantly correlated with lower levels of sufficient exercise. This supports the ‘positive attributes of the behavior’ aspect of the social cognitive theory of exercise. The attitude questions used, although not specific, could be included in a self-reported survey for the purpose of qualitatively and quantitatively assessing exercise intervention; albeit more studies are required to validate this claim.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29039
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectBehavior and Behavior Mechanisms
dc.subjectCardiovascular Diseases
dc.subjectCardiovascular System
dc.subjectCommunity Health and Preventive Medicine
dc.subjectDiseases
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectExercise Science
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectLife Sciences
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectOther Public Health
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Psychology
dc.subjectPsychology of Movement
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectSports Sciences
dc.subjectCoronary heart disease
dc.subjectrisk factors
dc.subjectphysical activity
dc.subjectsurvey
dc.subjectCHD
dc.subjectexercise
dc.subjectintervention
dc.titleExamining Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors and Its Relationship with Physical Activity in a Self-Reported Survey
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thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunity Health
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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