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Objective:To understand the status of health-promoting lifestyle of middle-aged and elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis, and to comprehensively analyze the influencing factors based on the biological-psychological-social medicine model, to explore controllable factors.Methods:Using convenient sampling method, 177 middle-aged and elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis who were hospitalized in First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital) from July 2020 to November 2020 were selected for questionnaire survey. The Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile Ⅱ (HPLP-Ⅱ) was used to evaluate their health promotion lifestyle status, the influencing factors were measured by general data sheet, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), disease recognition questionnaire for knee osteoarthritis patients, Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA), Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) and Self-efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease (CDSES), respectively.Results:The total score of HPLP-Ⅱ, the total score of WOMAC, the score of disease recognition questionnaire, the total score of SSRS, the score of HAMA, HAMD, CDSES were (117.52 ± 15.58), (105.63 ± 31.64), (14.21 ± 3.23), (38.60 ± 5.18), (7.76 ± 4.41), (6.01 ± 4.54), (33.77 ± 6.04) points for middle-aged and elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis. The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that the influencing factors were disease cognition, per capita monthly income, imaging grade, self-efficacy, support utilization, objective support, a total of 71.9% variation of regression equation could be explained.Conclusions:Middle-aged and elderly knee osteoarthritis patients health promotion lifestyle score at a low level, to improve, affected by disease cognition, imaging grading, self-efficacy, social support, medical staff should combine the degree of disease and individualized factors for disease health education, improve patients′ self-efficacy and social support level, prompting patients to adopt a healthy lifestyle.
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Objective:To explore the association rules of personality traits and health-promoting lifestyle in patients with primary angle closure glaucoma, so as to provide advice for the synthetical treatment.Methods:From July to November 2021, a total of 117 primary angle closure glaucoma patients(acute patients n=89, chronic patients n=28) in ophthalmology department of five hospitals in Nanjing were investigated with type A behavior pattern scale, health-promoting lifestyle scale Ⅱ and general information questionnaire.Based on Weka 3.8.5, algorithm of Apriori was used to mine its association relationship. Results:(1) The total scores of type A behavior pattern scale for patients with acute and chronic types of primary angle closure glaucoma were (32.48±6.43) and (27.54±6.49) respectively.The total scores of health-promoting lifestyle scale Ⅱ were (101.69±11.83) and (97.79±7.78) respectively.(2) There were positive associations among patients with acute primary angle closure glaucoma, type A/A-personality (including impatience and hostility) and health-promoting lifestyle (including stress management disorder, interpersonal relationship management disorder, well sense of health responsibility and adequate dietary nutrition intake)(all support>0.1, confidence >0.6, lift >1.0). And patients with chronic primary angle closure glaucoma were associated with B/B-personality (including patience and mild), health-promoting lifestyle (including stress management disorder, interpersonal relationship management disorder, well sense of health responsibility and adequate dietary nutrition intake)(all support>0.1, confidence >0.6, lift >1.0).Conclusion:Primary angle closure glaucoma is strongly related with personality traits and health-promoting lifestyle.Its synthetical treatment plan should take both physical and mental measures, and classified health management for patients with different disease types.
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Objective:To describe the health-promoting lifestyle of caregivers of children with neurodevelopmental disorders and analyze its influencing factors.Methods:A total of 352 caregivers of children with neurodevelopmental disorders in a hospital in Shenzhen were investigated by questionnaire.The main caregivers were investigated with health-promotion lifestyle scale Ⅱ.Generalized linear model was used to analyze the influencing factors of the health promoting lifestyle score of the caregivers by SPSS 20.0 and R 3.6.0 softwares.Results:The total score of health promotion lifestyle for caregivers of children with neurodevelopmental disorders was (127.66±17.87). The standardized score was (62.05±8.96), with the highest standardized score being (69.62±11.04) for the nutrition dimension and the lowest score being (51.67±11.45) for the physical activity dimension.The difference between the groups was statistically significant ( F=62.780, P<0.01). The results of linear regression analysis showed that the education level ( "junior college" vs "primary and junior high school" : β=14.524, t=3.054, P=0.002; "undergraduate and above" vs "primary and junior high school" : β=18.561, t=3.936, P<0.001), care time ( ">3 years" vs " <1 year" : β=-7.156, t=-3.687, P=0.003), and family income ( "10 000-20 000 yuan/ month" vs "<5 000 yuan/month" : β=14.351, t=3.050, P=0.002) were the influencing factors of health promotion lifestyle of caregivers. Conclusion:The life style of caregivers should be paid attention to.It is necessary to help them improve their health-promoting lifestyle through multiform health promotion methods.
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Objective:To investigate the status and influencing factors of health-promoting lifestyle in young and middle-aged people with high normal blood pressure, so as to provide the basis for primary prevention about hypertension.Methods:From July to December 2020, a convenience sampling method was used to select 280 cases of young and middle-aged people with high normal blood pressure in the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University were investigated by self-administered general information questionnaire,and Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile Ⅱ(HPLP-Ⅱ).Results:The HPLP-Ⅱ total score in the young and middle-aged with high normal blood pressure was 146.79 ± 29.57. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that different occupation,income, family history of hypertension and learning-willingness were the influencing factors of their health-promoting lifestyle( P<0.05). Conclusions:The health-promoting lifestyle among the young and middle-aged with high normal blood pressure is at a medium level, health care providers should strengthen guidance to improve their health-promoting lifestyle through health education and other ways for individuals without stable employment, poor income level, no family history of hypertension and lack in willingness to learn.
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Objective To learn current status of psychological capital and health-promoting lifestyle among duty nurses,and to analyze their relationship.Methods A total of 527 duty nurses from tertiary referral hospital affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University were selected and investigated using rating scale with Nurses' Psychological Capital Questionnaire,health-promoting lifestyle questionnaire and a self-designed questionnaire about demographic information.We process the result by pearson correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis.Results Overall respondents showed high psychological capital scores(79.66 ± 14.07),and the four dimension scores rated in sequence were self-efficiency(67.81％),resilience(66.47％),optimism(66.17％),hope(65.00％).Overall score in health-promoting lifestyle was (60.38 ± 17.71).The five dimension scores rated in sequence were occupational safety (68.14％),self-actualization (62.77％),development of interpersonal support (60.99％),balanced diet (58.70％),sports health care(34.32％).The result of pearson correlation analysis showed positive correlation between psychological capital and health-promoting lifestyle among duty nurses (P ＜ 0.05).Self-realization and occupational safety has important influence on psychological capital.Conclusions Health-promoting lifestyle was an important influencing factor of psychological capital.Effective strategies should be implemented to combine elevation of psychological capital and health-promoting lifestyle,to promote better physical and mental health and to obtain holistic health care quality.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the impacts of acupoint catgut embedding therapy on postpartum weight retention.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Seventy-one women of postpartum weight retention were divided into an observation group (35 cases) and a control group (36 cases) according to their own wishes when re-examination in 42 days after delivery. In the control group, the nutrition consultation was provided and the calories intake was controlled continuously for 20 weeks. In the observation group, on the basis of the treatment as the control group, the acupoint embedding therapy was applied to Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Guilai (ST 29), Shuifen (CV 9), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40) and Yinlingquan (SP 9). The sutures, No. 4-0 were cut as 2 to 4 mm in length and put into the embedding needle. Afterarrival, the sutures were pushed into the acupoints with the needle core and the needle was removed quickly. The treatment was given once every two weeks, continuously for 20 weeks. Totally, 10 times of acupoint catgut embedding therapy were required. Before and after treatment, the body mass, weight retention, body mass index (BMI), percentage of body fat (PBF), waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio (WHR) and health promoting lifestyle profile (HPLP-Ⅱ) were observed in the participants of the two groups.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After treatment, body mass, weight retention, BMI, PBF, WC and WHR were all reduced as compared with those before treatment in the participants of the two groups, indicating the significant differences (all<0.05). After treatment, the body mass, weight retention, BMI, PBF, WC and WHR in the participants of the observation group were lower than those in the control group, indicating the significant differences (all<0.05). The score of every dimension of HPLP-Ⅱ after treatment was higher than that before treatment in the participants of the observation group, indicating the significant differences (all<0.05); and the scores of health responsibility, sports and spiritual growth in the observation group were higher than those in the control group, indicating the significant differences (all<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The acupoint catgut embedding therapy improves in the postpartum weight retention and achieves the satisfactory clinical therapeutic effects.</p>
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Nursing students is the reserve force of nursing career, undertaking the duty of promoting the patients'health in the future,whose lifestyles will not only affect their own health,but also affect the health of others.This paper reviews the relevant literature,demonstrating that nursing students′health promoting lifestyles are in the general level as a whole.The determining factors of health promoting lifestyle include cognitive-perceptual factors and correction factors.So as for the influencing factors of the healthy promoting lifestyles of nursing students, researchers can make experimental research on other possible factors as well,or further explore the influencing factors through interviews,observation and other methods,and combine with the following overview for practical guidance.
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Objective To explore the correlation between health value and health-promoting lifestyle in elderly people at nursing home. Methods Totally 130 elderly people from nursing home were investigated with health value scale and health-promoting lifestyle profile II to understand the status of their health value and health-promoting lifestyle and the correlation between them. Results The mean score of health value was 7.78±1.58, which was in the middle level;The mean score of health-promoting lifestyle was 132.78±14.99. Among all dimentions. nutrition scored highest, while health responsibility and physical activity scored lowest. The health value was positively correlated with the health-promoting lifestyle among nursing home elderly people (P<0.01). Their own health status and health value were influencing factors of health promoting-lifestyle, which could be explained at 43.5%of the variance. Conclusions The nursing home for elderly people were good in health value and average in health-promoting lifestyle. The elderly with a higher health value had better health-promoting lifestyle. Health care workers should improve elderly people′s level of health value, and give more help and guidance to the elderly people for physical activity and health responsibility, making them establish healthy lifestyle.
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Objective To investigate the health behavior and the exposure rate of risk factors of rural population with high risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Methods A total of 176 cold region rural COPD high-risk persons were recruited and investigated with Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile Ⅱ (HPLP Ⅱ),Health Behaviour Self-efficacv Scale,general information questionnaire.Results The total score of HPLP was (92.70±11.22) points in the rural area of COPD,and the scores of the nutrition and interpersonal relationship were the highest,which were (20.06±2.75) points,(19.30±3.16) points,health responsibility and sports dimension were lower,which were respectively (13.74±2.60) points,(9.85±2.80) points.Health behavior self-efficacy scored (71.75±7.68) points,which showed significant correlation with HPLP Ⅱ score (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions COPD high-risk population of the cold area health promoting lifestyle and health behavior self-efficacy level are not high.Improving mral population at higher risk of COPD health behavior and self-efficacy level can form good healthy lifestyle and behavior.
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Objective By discussing the state of lifestyle as well as affecting factors of kidney transplant recipients,to provide more health education content and basis for their physical and psychological health.Method With internationally accepted Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP),we surveyed the lifestyle of the selected 104 long-term follow-up cases of kidney transplant recipients.At the same time,163 sex-and age-matched healthy volunteers,who had no obvious abnormalities in the medical test,were chosen.Result For HPLP scores among the 104 cases of recipients,20 cases were excellent,67 cases good,17 cases common,and none was inferior.As a whole,its excellent rate was 83.65％.As for 129 healthy volunteers,their overall excellent rate was 70.55％.The HPLP scores for the nutrition behavior ranked top in kidney transplant recipients,followed by healthy responsibility behavior,and lowest for exercise behavior.For the healthy volunteers,the HPLP scores for interpersonal support behavior ranked top,followed by nutrition behavior,and lowest for healthy responsibility.Correlation analysis revealed that the HPLP scores in kidney transplant recipients were significantly and positively correlated with age (r =0.307,P =0.002) and educational level (r=0.370,P =0.000),and not with gender,ethnicity,occupation and kidney sources (P＞0.05).The HPLP scores in idney transplant recipients were higher than those in healthy volunteers,among which self-actualization and healthy responsibility showed statistically significant differences (P ＜ 0.05),there was no significant difference in exercise,nutrition,interpersonal support and stress management between recipients and healthy volunteers (P＞0.05).Conclusion The HPLP scores in kidney transplants was higher than in healthy volunteers,thereinto,stress management behavior and exercise behavior were relatively weak,which were the focused improvement projects of lifestyle of kidney transplant recipients.
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Objective To explore the correlation of fatigue with health-promoting lifestyle in the udnergraduate students, so as to provide scientific evidence for the intervention. Methods A cross-section trial was carried out in the undergraduate students from a medical university in Guangzhou. By a self-designed questionnaire, the incidence of fatigue in the undergraduate students was figured out after data processing and statistical analysis. Results A total of 6 100 questionnaires were released, and 5 843 were responded, with a respondent rate being 95.79%. The number of effective questionnaires arrived 5 676. The results showed that the prevalence of fatigue among undergraduate students was 49.6%. The female had a higher risk than the male ( 51.6% vs 45.8%, P0.05). The students with poor level of health-promoting lifestyle had a higher risk of suffering from fatigue (OR=6.647, 95%CI: 4.913-8.993). Conclusion Fatigue is prevalent among the undergraduate students. The incidence of fatigue can be reduced by increasing the level of self-actualization, physical exercise and pressure management.
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BACKGROUND: Normal renal function and health have been recognized as important factors in living donors after kidney donation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the health status and health-promoting lifestyle in living donors after kidney donation. METHODS: A total of 678 living-kidney donors were counted in our center from January 1990 to December 2011. Only 84 donors agreed to participate in the survey by telephone. We received consent for participation in our survey from 48 donors (57.1%). Data were collected from May to August 2013 using donor characteristics, health status, and Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile I (HPLP-I). RESULTS: The donors were predominantly female (62.5%) and the average age was 48.9+/-11.8 years, and the average period after nephrectomy was 9.7+/-5.7 years. The characteristics of donors included ideal body weight (37.5%), overweight (37.5%) in body mass index, and good health status (81.3%). Most donors underwent an annual medical check-up (56.2%), no health problem (81.3%), and no disease (64.6%). However, one patient was treated with dialysis for renal failure due to diabetes. The total average score for HPLP-I was 128.3+/-13.9. Higher than average scores (116.3+/-19.1) were observed for the general middle-aged woman. There were statistically significant differences in self-realization and nutrition in subsection of HPLP-I. Self-realization showed a higher score for Christian (F=2.743, P=0.041) and good health (F=3.389, P=0.017). Nutrition showed a higher score for overweight, obesity (F=6.783, P=0.000), and older than 60 (F=3.854, P=0.009). CONCLUSIONS: Most living kidney donors were healthy after their donation and had relatively high scores for health-promoting lifestyle. However, one patient had a serious health problem. In addition, younger, longer period after donation, and the rare health examination of donors showed a lower health-promoting lifestyle. Designed and continuous health-care management after transplantation is needed for kidney donors.
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Female , Humans , Body Mass Index , Dialysis , Ideal Body Weight , Kidney Transplantation , Kidney , Life Style , Living Donors , Nephrectomy , Obesity , Overweight , Renal Insufficiency , Telephone , Tissue DonorsABSTRACT
Background & objectives: With advances in knowledge about health promotion, public health professionals are in search for the determinants of personal health behaviours. This study was carried out to explore the level of engagement of north Indian students in health promoting behaviours; to determine their sense of coherence scores; and to ascertain the determinants of health promoting behaviours of these students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was done in four randomly selected colleges of Chandigarh during 2007-2008 in 200 students (100 male, 100 female). Their health promoting lifestyle profile (HPLP) and sense of coherence (SOC) scores were estimated using interviews. The data were analyzed using Pearson's product moment correlation, and also stepwise linear regression analysis. Results: Mean HPLP and SOC scores of the students were 138.69 and 130.87, respectively. Females cared more about their health than males. Male students were more involved in physical activities. There was a linear correlation between the total SOC and HPLP scores (r=0.3). Female students (63%) consulted doctors more than males (50%) and washed their hands more regularly (P<0.05). Only 13 per cent students practiced yoga regularly. Female students had more meaningful relationships with friends and had more faith in God. Regression equation revealed that the two independent variables (SOC and age) accounted for 10.8 per cent of the variance in HPLP. Interpretation & conclusion: Students with higher SOC scores had higher HPLP scores. Female students were more health conscious than male students. In general, college students in Chandigarh had a good health promoting lifestyle and good sense of coherence.
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Attitude to Health , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Health Behavior , Health Promotion/methods , Humans , India , Life Style , Male , Motor Activity , Surveys and Questionnaires , Sense of Coherence , Students , Universities , Young AdultABSTRACT
Estudio no experimental, transeccional y correlacional que recopiló información respecto de los factores predictores de las conductas promotoras en salud, en la perspectiva de los Determinantes Sociales en la comuna de Coronel. El universo estuvo conformado por los adultos que durante el año 2007 se realizaron el Examen de Medicina Preventiva en los Establecimientos de Salud de la comuna. La muestra fue conformada por procedimiento aleatorio simple y estratificado, por sexo y en 4 tramos de edad. De los adultos que cumplían con los requisitos establecidos, se seleccionó el 5 por ciento de la población estudiada, quedando conformada por 223 adultos entre 20 a 64 años. La población estudiada fue mayoritariamente de sexo femenino. Destacaron como predictores de estilos de vida saludable el ingreso y la escolaridad. A partir de los resultados obtenidos, se hace necesario fomentar la inclusión de los determinantes sociales, en los procesos de elaboración, ejecución y evaluación del conjunto de políticas sociales que influyen en la salud de las personas y comunidades.
An annual preventive health examination is offered to the population of age 20 - 64 years who are benefi ciaries of the Chilean National health care public system OBJECTIVE: To find out, among benefi ciaries living in the Municipality of Coronel, a) the level and distribution of certain socioeconomic characteristics; b) the main health related lifestyle patterns, and c) the association between variables a) and b).METHOD: Questionnaires on both groups of variables were applied in a representative sample of the population that underwent the preventive examination during the year 2007.RESULTS: The lifestyle variables were positively correlated with family income, school level attained and the clinic attended. The scores were higher among women. The combined effect of these three variables explained 17 percent of the total variation of lifestyle scores. CONCLUSION: In Coronel Municipality several social determinants of health appear to have some influence on various kinds of behaviour that are known to be related to the health status of the population. The results should be of use to the health promotion strategy in this region of Chile.
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Humans , Public Policy , Social Conditions , Social Indicators , ChileABSTRACT
PURPOSE: This study was done to investigate correlations among Health Promoting Lifestyles, Health Risk Indicators, Activities of Daily Living, and Depression of the in-house stroke patients. METHOD: The subjects were 58 in-house stroke patients in a health center and two welfare centers. Data was collected using questionnaires and measuring health risk indicators such as blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglyceride, blood sugar, body fat rate. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficients. RESULT: The health promoting lifestyle performance showed a significant negative correlation with health risk indicators and depression. There was a significant negative correlation between activities of daily living and depression. CONCLUSION: Health promoting lifestyle which focus on regular physical check-up, medication, diet management, exercise, smoking cessation, drinking abstinence, and stress management should be developed to improve health risk indicator and depression of the in-house stroke patients.
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Humans , Activities of Daily Living , Adipose Tissue , Blood Glucose , Blood Pressure , Cholesterol , Depression , Diet , Drinking , Life Style , Surveys and Questionnaires , Smoking Cessation , Stroke , TriglyceridesABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between self-empowerment and a health promoting lifestyle in climacteric women, and to provide the basic data for health promoting intervention. The subjects were 246 women who visited the sports center in Taegu, Korea and ranged in age from 40 to 59. The data was collected during the period from December 2nd to December 15th, 2001. The instruments were the revised health promoting lifestyle scale developed by Park, In Suk(1997) Originally the instruments were developed by Spreitzer(1995) and Jung Hea Joo(1998), who translated it into Korean. The data was analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and stepwise multiple regression. The results of this study were as follows : 1. Mean score of total empowerment was 3.76 and the subcategory 'meaning', had the highest score at 4.08. 2.Mean score of total health promoting lifestyle was 2.83 and in the subcategory, the highest degree of performance was 'sanitary life', followed by 'harmonious relationships' and 'self actualization'. The lowest degree was 'professional health management'. 3. A significant statistical difference between age, education and self-empowerment was found. 4. A significant statistical difference between age, marital status, leisure time activity (hobbies /community service) and a health promoting lifestyle was found. 5. Health promoting lifestyle was positively related to self-empowerment(r=.4592). A health promoting lifestyle was the highest positively related to the subcategory 'impact' (r=.4329). 6. The most important variable affecting the health promoting life style was impact which accounted for 19% of the total variance in stepwise multiple regression analysed. Five variables, impact, age, meaning, marital status and leisure time activity(hobbies/community service) accounted for 26% in promoting a healthy life style. From the results of the study, the following recommendations are presented : 1) Adopting the concept of self-empowerment is required in broad nursing fields. 2) Using and making a self-empowerment promoting program which can cause positive effects on a health promoting lifestyle are required. 3) It is required to check the rank of the subcategories such as meaning, competence, self determination and impact according to the subjects. 4) It is required to check the effects of all variances of self-empowerment, self- efficacy and self-esteem variances through the repeated studies.
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Female , Humans , Climacteric , Education , Korea , Leisure Activities , Life Style , Marital Status , Mental Competency , Nursing , Personal Autonomy , Power, Psychological , SportsABSTRACT
This study was designed to explore and compare health-promoting behaviors and perceived health status between Korean elderly and Korean-American elderly. One hundred fifty Korean elderly and one ten Korean-American elderly recruited from senior centers respectively. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS program through which with a structured questionnaire. T-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficients were tested. The results were followings : 1. In religion, 32.7% of Korean elderly were protestant, while 61.8% of Korean-American elderly were protestant. 61.3% of Korean elderly were living with their children, and only 17.3% of Korean-American elderly were living with their children. 2. Perceived health status of Korean elderly was 3.08 and Korean-American elderly was 3.01, there was no significant difference in those two groups. 3. The mean HPLP score of Korean elderly was 2.63, showed significant relationships with age, economic status and education, while Korean-American elderly was 2.54, showed significant relationships with education and economic status. 4. There was no significant difference in the mean HPLP score in two groups, but Korean elderly showed higher practices in health responsibility, exercise, and stress management than that of Korean-American elderly. Both two groups showed highest practices in nutrition(3.14, 3.01), and the lowest practices in exercise(2.14, 1.92). 5. The HPLP score of Korean and Korean-American elderly showed(r=0.24, r=0.20) positive correlations with perceived health status. To draw concrete resolution for health promotion of Korean-American elderly, this study suggests followings for future research: 1. Developing health promotion programs focused on exercise and stress management is also imperatively suggested not only for better health practices of Korean immigrant elderly population but also for enhancing their level of well-beings and life satisfaction. 2. Identifying the influences of culture on their practices of health-promoting lifestyle patterns among Korean, Korean- American and other racial elderly groups.
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Aged , Child , Humans , Education , Emigrants and Immigrants , Health Promotion , Life Style , Protestantism , Surveys and Questionnaires , Senior CentersABSTRACT
The purpose of study was to assess how hospital nurses practice their health promoting lifestyle and to identify affecting factors. The subjects were 286 nurses working at three general hospitals in Kwang-ju. The data were collected by questionnaire from September 1st. to September 10th, 1999. The instruments for this study were the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile developed by Walker et al., perceived health status scale developed by Ware et al., self-efficacy scale developed by Sherer et al., and social support scale developed by Cohen et al.. The data were analyzed with mean, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient and Stepwise Multiple Regression. The results of this study were as follows: 1. The mean score of health promoting lifestyle was 2.36. Interpersonal support showed the highest score(2.67) and health responsibility (1.92) showed the lowest score. The mean score of perceived health status was 3.07, self-efficacy was 2.62, and social support was 2.91. 2. The relationship between general characteristics of subjects and health promoting lifestyle showed significant differences according to duty cycle(t=4.15, p=.042), disease experience (t=5.18, p=.023), monthly income(F=3.13, p=.025), exercise frequency(F=9.12, p=.000), stress reliefe method(F=5.98, p=.000), job satisfaction(t=11.44, p=.000), and perceived fatigue(F=6.13, p=.002). 3. Health promoting lifestyle showed significant positive correlations with perceived health status (r=.2190, p=.0002), self-efficacy (r=.5137, p=.0001) and social support (r=.5181, p=.0001). 4. The combination of social support(27.1%), exercise frequency(10.4%), self-efficacy(8.8%), job satisfaction, perceived health status, perceived fatigue and explained 53.5% of the variance of health promoting lifestyle. Therefore, this study suggests that a replicate study is needed until more affecting factors other than health promoting lifestyle.
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Fatigue , Hospitals, General , Job Satisfaction , Life Style , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to identify the major factors affecting performance in health promoting lifestyle of the elderly. The subjects for this study were 244 elderly person over the age of 60, living in K country, Kyongnam. Data were collected from August 31 to September 30, 1998. The collected data were analyzed with an SPSS program using frequency, percent, mean, cronbach alpha, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson' coefficients of correlation, Duncan test, and stepwise multiple regression. The results are summarized as follows. 1) The average score of performance in the health promoting lifestyle was 2.73. The variable with the highest degree of performance was regular diet(3.29), whereas the one with the lowest degree was self-control(2.22). 2) Performance in the health promoting lifestyle was significantly correlated with self esteem(r=.28, p=0.00), internal health locus of control(r=.58, p=0.00), powerful others health locus of control(r=.48, p=0.00), chance health locus of control(r=.25, p=0.00), perceived health status(r=.53, p=0.00). 3) Performance in the health promoting lifestyle was significantly correlated with such demographic variables as education level (F=9.47, P=0.00), marital status(F=2.63, P=0.05) and previous occupation(F=3.85, P=0.00). 4) The combination of internal health locus of control, powerful others health locus of control and perceived health status explained 43.4percent of the variance of health promoting lifestyle On the basis of this study, other factors affecting others health promoting lifestyle should be identified.
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Aged , Humans , Education , Internal-External Control , Life StyleABSTRACT
Although healthy lifestyle have been proved as an effective way of improving higher well-beings for individuals, researches on health -promoting behaviors of minority elderly with a specific ethnic heritage have been sparsely tried. This study was designed to explore health-promoting lifestyle patterns of Korean immigrant elderly living in Seattle. USA and its relationships with two associated elderly were recruited from two senior centers and interviewed with a structured questionnaire. Data were collected from October 1998 to January 1999, and analyzed using SPSS program through which t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson Correlation Coefficients were tested. As the results, the mean HPLP score of the Korean immigrant elderly was 2.54 (SD =.36), showing significant differences by education (F=3.61, P=.016), economic status (F=3.01, P=.034), and current health status (F=3.69, P=.008). In self-esteem, two socioecomic variables showed statistical association with self-esteem; martial status (t= 2.47, P=.015) and living situation (F= 4.03, P= .021). The HPLP subscales that showed higher mean scores were nutrition (M=3.01, SD= .52) and interpersonal support (M= 2.65, SD= .47) while lower mean scores were detected in the domain of excercise (M= 1.92, SD= .74) and stress management (M= 2.26, SD= .47). Perceived health status revealed significant positive correlation with health-promoting lifestyle patterns (r= .19, P=.043) and self-esteem (r= .19, P= .043) and self-esteem (r= .32, P= .001) in the present study. It is concluded that engagement in health-promoting lifestyle patterns should be actively encouraged to enhance personal health of Korean immigrant elderly. Developing health promotion programs focused on exercise and stress management is also imperatively suggested not only for better health practices of Korean immigrant elderly population but also for enhancing their level of well-beings and life satisfaction.