A study on the factors of health-promoting lifestyle of middle age adult in a community

• Main Authors: YANG HSIAO-HUI, 楊小慧
• Other Authors: SU HUI-CHE
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50708897697803239527

碩士 === 弘光科技大學 === 護理研究所 === 97 === The purpose of this study was to explore the difference of health-promoting lifestyles among middle age adult in a community, and analyze the related factors. A cross-sectional design was adopted and data were collected sample of 190, aged from 40 to 64 middle age adult via self-reported questionnaires , which presented a 90% of the response rate. Percentage, mean, standard deviation, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation and stepwise regression analysis were used for data analysis. The main findings of the study are as follows：（1）The target group was around 51.89 years old in average；the mean score of overall health-promoting lifestyles was 58.05 and the highest score was the interpersonal support, nutrition, self- actualization, stress management, exercise, and the lowest was responsibility；in the self-efficacy of health promoting lifestyle, the highest score was interpersonal support, nutrition, responsibility, exercise, self- actualization, and the lowest was stress management.（2）The elders, sub-professionals, the better perceived health status, and self-efficacy of health promoting lifestyle scores were higher, would have better health-promotion lifestyle.（3）Self-efficacy of health promoting lifestyle of the subjects were the significant predictors and explained 85.2% of the variance of health-promoting lifestyles. Based on the results of this study, the following suggestions are proposed: for different demographic characteristics and to assessment the middle-aged adult can be sure of the degree-oriented, and then involvement of health-promoting activities, the school may teach health-promoting lifestyle program, the establishment of the middle age adult health promotion policies and strategies in order to achieve health-promoting lifestyle. Key words: perceived health status, self-efficacy of health promoting lifestyle, health-promoting lifestyles