A categorical data analysis of health practices, health status, and hospital utilization in metropolitan St. John's

• Main Author: Veitch, Barbara M.
• Other Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: Public health > Newfoundland and Labrador > St. John's; Health facilities > Newfoundland and Labrador > St. John's > Utilization; Hospital utilization > Newfoundland and Labrador > St. John's; Canada; Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies; University of Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses2/id/98405

Thesis (M.A.S.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1991. Mathematics and Statistics Bibliography: leaves 127-134. Questionnaires were administered to adults from a sample of households in the Metropolitan St. John's area to gather data on their lifestyles, health habits and utilization of medical care services. -- Health practices, as described in the social medical literature (eating breakfast, smoking, drinking, sleeping, correctness of weight, and exercising), are explored. A variety of statistical measures of association are used to gauge the strength of the relationships between these variables and one's health status. -- The relationships between sleeping habits and one's health is examined using logistic regression. This analytical technique is again employed to study the effect of alcoholic consumption on health and to further explore its effect once educational level is controlled for. -- From individual health practices, a weighted health practice index is developed. Using loglinear analysis we build models so as to examine the association between this score and hospital utilization, controlling for sex, age and education.