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dc.contributor | School of Nursing | - |
dc.creator | Li, WHC | - |
dc.creator | Ho, LLK | - |
dc.creator | Cheung, AT | - |
dc.creator | Xia, W | - |
dc.creator | Song, P | - |
dc.creator | Chung, JOK | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-12T06:51:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-04-12T06:51:35Z | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1661-7827 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10397/105314 | - |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en_US |
dc.rights | The following publication Li WHC, Ho LLK, Cheung AT, Xia W, Song P, Chung JOK. Health-Risk Behaviors among Chinese Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(3):2157 is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032157. | en_US |
dc.subject | COVID-19 pandemic | en_US |
dc.subject | Drinking alcohol | en_US |
dc.subject | Health-related lifestyles | en_US |
dc.subject | Health-risk behaviors | en_US |
dc.subject | Non-communicable diseases | en_US |
dc.subject | Physical inactivity | en_US |
dc.subject | Smoking | en_US |
dc.subject | Unhealthy diet | en_US |
dc.title | Health-risk behaviors among Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic | en_US |
dc.type | Journal/Magazine Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 20 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ijerph20032157 | - |
dcterms.abstract | This study analyzed archived data from a previous large-scale survey study on multiple health-risk behaviors among Chinese adults in Hong Kong between 21 June and 31 August 2021. In addition, this study examined participants’ perceptions of the risks associated with their behaviors, their attitudes toward adopting healthy behaviors, and the impact of COVID-19 on their health-risk behaviors. A total of 4605 participants who had at least one health-risk behavior were included in the analysis. The results showed that about half of the participants were unaware that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) can be caused by health-risk behaviors such as tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity, and an unhealthy diet. More than half of the participants did not have regular body checkups or monitor their physical health at home. Many participants paid more attention to their health due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but few made changes to their unhealthy habits or adopted a healthier lifestyle. Of the 704 smokers, 60.9% did not realize that smoking increases the risk of transmitting COVID-19 to others. Only 32.2% and 11.9% smokers had the intention to quit smoking and reduced their cigarette consumption, respectively. Additionally, 13.6% reported that their daily cigarette consumption had increased, and 78.8% changed their smoking behavior during the pandemic. Healthcare professionals must educate the public about the association between health-risk behaviors and NCDs and between COVID-19 and NCDs. The government should formulate a long-term plan to strengthen the primary healthcare system and address the challenges posed by the rising prevalence of NCDs. | - |
dcterms.accessRights | open access | en_US |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | International journal of environmental research and public health, Feb. 2023, v. 20, no. 3, 2157 | - |
dcterms.isPartOf | International journal of environmental research and public health | - |
dcterms.issued | 2023-02 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-85147826928 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 36767525 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1660-4601 | - |
dc.identifier.artn | 2157 | - |
dc.description.validate | 202403 bcvc | - |
dc.description.oa | Version of Record | en_US |
dc.identifier.FolderNumber | OA_Scopus/WOS | en_US |
dc.description.fundingSource | Others | en_US |
dc.description.fundingText | University of Hong Kong | en_US |
dc.description.pubStatus | Published | en_US |
dc.description.oaCategory | CC | en_US |
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