Assessment of Suboptimal Health Status among Young Adults and Its Association with Their Demographic Factors

Abstract

Objective: To assess the suboptimal health status among young adults and its association with their demographic factors visiting institute of dentistry CMH, Lahore Design of the Study: It was a cross-sectional study. Study Settings: This study was carried out at Outpatient Department of Dentistry Combined Military Hospital, Lahore from August 2020 to January 2021. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with sample of 384 young adults visiting institute of dentistry CMH, Lahore. Suboptimal health status was using the “Suboptimal Health Mesurement Scale” ver-1.0. Information of demographics and information related to affecting to lifestyle behaviors were evaluated with a questionnaire. The associations between demographic information, lifestyle behaviors were checked by applying a Pearson coefficient Chi-square test. Results of the Study: A total of 384 participants were included in this study. The mean age of the participants was a 27.79±5.23 year with 53.2 % being women. Age group 19-28 years had high sub-optimal health 51.7% (199), while participants falling in age category 29-39 years had low sub-optimal health 48.3% (186). There was a strong association between the two independent variables. Pearson chi square (1) = 4.152, p value 0.0. Conclusion: It was found that suboptimal health status was significantly associated with demographics of young adults, environmental factors and life style behaviors in both males and females. Keywords: Suboptimal health status, demographic factors, demographic factors scale, young adults