caa a22 4500 469036974 CHVBK 20180323132758.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00347897 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00347897 Impact of health and fitness-related behavior on quality of life [Elektronische Daten] [Susan Woodruff, Terry Conway] While the relationships between (a) health behavior and health status and (b) health status and perceived quality of life (QOL) have received some attention, the association between health behaviors and QOL has not been determined. The primary objective of this study was to assess the effects of health behaviors on QOL that are independent of the effects of health status. A sample of approximately 5 000 randomly selected U.S. Navy personnel was split into halves and analyses performed on each to establish the replicability of the findings. At step one of a multiple regression procedure, health status variables were forced into the equation; next, health behavior variables were entered. As expected, the block of health status variables was significantly related to QOL: self-assessed health and fitness status and lower reporting of physical symptoms accounted for 16% and 18% of the variance in QOL for the two subsamples. After controlling for health status, two behavioral measures made unique contributions to the prediction of QOL: behaviors related to avoiding unnecessary risks as a driver or pedestrain and avoiding or minimizing accidents. Wellness maintenance behaviors also were associated with QOL in one subsample. After controlling for health status, health behavior measures contributed an additional 11% and 6% of the explained variance in QOL for the two subsamples. Results indicate that health behaviors influence QOL independently of health status. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 Woodruff Susan Health Services Research Department, Naval Health Research Center, P.O. Box 85122, 92186-5122, San Diego, CA, USA aut Conway Terry Health Services Research Department, Naval Health Research Center, P.O. Box 85122, 92186-5122, San Diego, CA, USA aut Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 26/4(1992-06-01), 391-405 0303-8300 26:4<391 1992 26 11205 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347897 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347897 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Woodruff Susan Health Services Research Department, Naval Health Research Center, P.O. Box 85122, 92186-5122, San Diego, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Conway Terry Health Services Research Department, Naval Health Research Center, P.O. Box 85122, 92186-5122, San Diego, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 26/4(1992-06-01), 391-405 0303-8300 26:4<391 1992 26 11205 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer