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The main purpose of the study was to explore the principles and methodology of Health Hazard Appraisal (HHA), then utilized the data from vital statistics of Taiwan area to caiculate the basic contents of HHA, as “Single-Decrement Life Tables”, “Multiple- Decrement Life Tables”,“Health Age Tables”by sex and age, but the risk factor indices for separate causes was adopted from the Geller-Gesner Table published in 1979 by the Mothodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis. The “Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire” was developed to collect the college students'' risks. The final instrument was done including:1) wellness Laxentory, 83 items, diveded into eight content areas: exercise, Nutrition, self-care, traffic salety, drug abuse, social environment, work and emotional management; 2) Risk of Death, 36 items, diveded into six content areas: smoking, drinking wine, carrying weapons, patient records, family''s background of illness, and depression. The split-half reliability of Wellness Inventory was 95, while depression was. 87. In November, 1982,123 freshmen of N.T.N.. were selected by systematic sampling method, the data was collected by individual. Analysis was made with computer by using percentage, correlation matrix, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe'' test, mutiple-regression and mutiple-correlation. The important conclusions were made as follows: 1. Concerning the Wellness Inventory pretesting on freshmen of N.T.N.U., the results approximated to medium and upper levels. For male students, they showed significant correlation between the eight items-scores and the total ones; as regards female students, they also showed signigicant correlation each other, with the exception of relationship between “traffic safety”and “emo-tional management”, respectively. 2. The partial explanation for eight items-scores of wellness Inventory to the total ones reached a significant level, as pretesting male students. But, as pretesting female students, “drug abuse”might be omitted to consider, for its result made no influence. 3. In connection with the freshmen''s wellness, they showed significant differences in “exercise”and “traffic safty” due to separate sex; in “exercise”,“emotional management” and the total scores due to dwelling district. 4. The male and female students'' status of depressions was high. Their depressions degree did not show significant differences due to sexes, census, dwelling district, and sections of the College Entrance Examination. 5. By using HHA, the mean of the total probability of dying per 100,000 within the next 10 years for freshmen of N.T.N.U.was 1783.53 for male students and 767.74 for female students, the mean of the health age of male students was 18.59 and female students, 18.85. In case the students'' existing risk factors (except those relating to heredity) were overcome, such that the total probability of dying within 10 years concerning male students would reduce by 21.50%and concerning female students would reduce by 10.73%. 6.They showed significant correlation between “the differences of chronological age and health age ”and “wellness” in male and female students, respectively. In this situation, the HHA''s reliablity was approved. 7. The total probability of dying within 10 years of the freshmen of N.T.N.U. showed significant differences due to sexes and separate sections of the College Entrance Examination. The percentage of reducing risk showd signigicant differences due to separate sexes. Nevertheless, “healthage” and “the differences of chronoloical age and health age ”showed no significant differences due to sexes, census, dwelling districts, and sections of the College Entrance Examination.
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