Correlation between health value and health-promoting lifestyle in elderly people at nursing home
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2016.03.005
- VernacularTitle:养老机构老年人健康价值与健康促进生活方式状况及其相关性
- Author:
Wenjing ZHANG
;
Yan WANG
;
Ting LIU
;
Li YIN
;
Li MA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
elderly people;
nursing home;
health value;
health-promoting lifestyle
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2016;15(3):21-25,26
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
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.
