Major health-related behaviours and mental well-being in the general population: the Health Survey for England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major behavioural risk factors are known to adversely affect health outcomes and be strongly associated with mental illness. However, little is known about the association of these risk factors with mental well-being in the general population. We sought to examine behavioural correlates of high and low mental well-being in the Health Survey for England.

Methods

Participants were 13,983 adults, aged 16 years and older (56% females), with valid responses for the combined 2010 and 2011 surveys. Mental well-being was assessed using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS). ORs of low and high mental well-being, compared to the middle-range category, were estimated for body mass index (BMI), smoking, drinking habits, and fruit and vegetable intake.

Res

SUBMITTER: Stranges S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4170205 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature