Suboptimal health status and psychological symptoms among Chinese college students: a perspective of predictive, preventive and personalised health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suboptimal health status (SHS) is an intermediate health status between health and illness, a syndrome characterised by the perception of health complaints, general weakness and low energy. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of SHS and the correlation between SHS and psychological symptoms among Chinese college students and to identify the SHS-related risk factors from the perspective of predictive, preventive and personalised medicine (PPPM).

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 4119 college students who were enrolled from Taishan Medical University and Baoji Vocational and Technical College in the eastern and western areas of China. SHS levels of the participants were measured by an established self-reporting Suboptimal H

SUBMITTER: Hou H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6261912 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature