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The Influence of Partner’s Behavior on Health Behavior Change: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Jackson, Sarah E ; Steptoe, Andrew ; Wardle, Jane

JAMA internal medicine, 2015-03, Vol.175 (3), p.385-392 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: American Medical Association

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  • Título:
    The Influence of Partner’s Behavior on Health Behavior Change: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
  • Autor: Jackson, Sarah E ; Steptoe, Andrew ; Wardle, Jane
  • Assuntos: Female ; Health Behavior ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Longitudinal Studies ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Motor Activity ; Smoking Cessation - psychology ; Spouses - psychology ; Weight Loss
  • É parte de: JAMA internal medicine, 2015-03, Vol.175 (3), p.385-392
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  • Descrição: IMPORTANCE: Couples are highly concordant for unhealthy behaviors, and a change in one partner’s health behavior is often associated with a change in the other partner’s behavior. However, no studies have explicitly compared the influence of having a partner who takes up healthy behavior (eg, quits smoking) with one whose behavior is consistently healthy (eg, never smokes). OBJECTIVE: To examine the influence of partner’s behavior on making positive health behavior changes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: We used prospective data from married and cohabiting couples (n, 3722) participating in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a large population-based cohort of older adults (≥50 years). Studying men and women who had unhealthy behaviors in 3 domains at baseline (ie, smoking, physically inactive, or overweight/obese), we used logistic regression analysis to examine the influence of the partner’s behavior in the same domain on the odds of positive health behavior change over time. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Smoking cessation, increased physical activity, and 5% weight loss or greater. RESULTS: Across all domains, we found that when one partner changed to a healthier behavior (newly healthy), the other partner was more likely to make a positive health behavior change than if their partner remained unhealthy (smoking: men 48% vs 8%, adjusted odds ratio [OR], 11.82 [95% CI, 4.84-28.90]; women 50% vs 8%, OR, 11.23 [4.58-27.52]) (physical activity: men 67% vs 26%, OR, 5.28 [3.70-7.54]; women 66% vs 24%, OR, 5.36 [3.74-7.68]) (weight loss: men 26% vs 10%, OR, 3.05 [1.96-4.74]; women 36% vs 15%, OR, 3.08 [1.98-4.80]). For smoking and physical activity, having a consistently healthy partner also predicted positive change, but for each domain, the odds were significantly higher in individuals with a newly healthy partner than those with a consistently healthy partner (smoking: men OR, 3.08 [1.43-6.62]; women OR, 5.45 [2.44-12.16]) (physical activity: men OR, 1.92 [1.37-2.70]; women OR, 1.84 [1.33-2.53]) (weight loss: men OR, 2.28 [1.36-3.84]; women OR, 2.86 [1.55-5.26]). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Men and women are more likely to make a positive health behavior change if their partner does too, and with a stronger effect than if the partner had been consistently healthy in that domain. Involving partners in behavior change interventions may therefore help improve outcomes.
  • Editor: United States: American Medical Association
  • Idioma: Inglês
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