Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in Northern Plains American Indians: Prominence of Physical Activity as a Health Behavior

American Indian and Alaska Native Programs. University of Colorado Health Services Center, P.O. Box 6508, Mail Stop F800, Aurora, CO 80045-0508. Tel: 303-724-1414; Fax: 303-724-1474; Web site: http://aianp.uchsc.edu/ncaianmhr/journal_home.htm

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Physical Activities; American Indians; Quality of Life; Health Behavior; At Risk Persons; Physical Activity Level; Surveys; Mental Health; Physical Health; Diseases; Rural Areas; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Educational Attainment; Marital Status; Family Income; Body Composition; Substance Abuse; Eating Habits

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Associations of behavioral health risks and healthy behaviors with self-reported health-related quality of life measures were investigated in a Northern Plains American Indian sample. Participants were surveyed in person using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey. The results showed that regular physical activity was significantly associated with better self-reported overall health, fewer mentally unhealthy and activity limitation days in the past 30 days, and with a greater number of good health days. (Contains 6 tables.)

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