A lifestyle to prevent or combat the metabolic syndrome among Japanese workers: Analyses using the health belief model and the multidimensional health locus of control

Industrial Health

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-373

  Kudo, Yasushi ^a   Okada, Mitsushi ^b   Tsunoda, Masashi ^b   Satoh, Toshihiko ^b   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health belief model; Japanese workers; Metabolic syndrome; Motivation; Multidimensional health locus of control; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79959303626     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1172     Document Type: Article

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