Associations between healthy lifestyle behavioral patterns and mental health problems : A latent class analysis of 161,744 Chinese young adults

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BACKGROUND: Youth mental health problems are a public health priority. Multiple healthy lifestyle behaviors may cluster into healthy lifestyle behavioral patterns (HLBPs) that increase mental health risks in adolescents and older adults, but little is known regarding young adults. This study aimed to explore the associations between cluster HLBPs and mental health problems in young adults.

METHODS: We selected 161,744 young adults aged 20-39 as participants from the database of a Chinese general hospital health management center for the years 2015-2020. The latent class analysis was used to identify HLBPs.

RESULTS: A total of 15.0 % of young adults have at least one mental health problem. Five clusters of HLBPs were identified, characterized as low-risk class (1.6 %), moderate-risk class 1 (12.0 %), moderate-risk class 2 (2.1 %), moderate-risk class 3 (56.8 %), and high-risk class (27.4 %). The odds ratios (ORs) for young adults with two mental health problems increased with the risk grade of HLBPs, while the ORs for young adults with one or three mental health problems ranged from high to low according to the risk grade of HLBPs: high-risk class, moderate-risk class 2, moderate-risk class 3, moderate-risk class 1.

LIMITATIONS: Cross-sectional design and no causal conclusions could be drawn.

CONCLUSION: Young adults demonstrated a cluster phenomenon of healthy lifestyle behaviors and significant associations between HLBPs and mental health problems. Young adults with a higher risk grade for HLBPs were more likely to have mental health problems. Different HLBPs should be taken into account when implementing mental health interventions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:347

Enthalten in:

Journal of affective disorders - 347(2024) vom: 15. Feb., Seite 414-421

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Qin, Ning [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Ying-Long [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Ya-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ya-Qin [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Ping-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Jian-Fei [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Andy S K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Healthy lifestyle behavioral pattern
Journal Article
Latent class analysis
Mental health problems
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Young adults

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Date Completed 08.01.2024

Date Revised 08.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jad.2023.11.087

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364917210