The Study on Health Promoting Lifestyle of the Elderly

일부 지역 노인의 건강증진 생활양식에 관한 연구

This study was done describe health promoting lifestyle and to determine affecting factors in elderly based on the health promoting behaviors. The specific purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of life satisfaction, self-esteem and the demographic characteristics to health promoting lifestyle and to determine causal factors affecting the elderly. The subjects were a volunteer sample of 200 elderly in Kyungsan city. The instruments for this study were Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile(47 items), Life Satisfaction Scale(20 items) and Self-Esteem Scale(10 items). Frequency, percentage, t-test, ANOV A, Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression technique with SAS program were used to analyze the data. The results of the study are as follows; 1) The average item score for the health promoting lifestyle was 3.3; the highest score on the sub scale was self-actualization(M=3.5) with the lowest being exercise(M=2.9) 2) Health promoting lifestyle was significantly different according to marital status and religion. 3) All of the subscales on health promoting lifestyle were positively related to life satisfaction(r=0.534, p〈0.001 and self-esteem(r=0.608, p〈0.001). The life satisfaction was positively related to self-esteem(r=0.593, p〈0.001). 4) Life satisfaction, self-esteem and marital status explained 28.04% of the variance for the total health promoting lifestyle. The results of this study show that life satisfaction, self-esteem and marital status predicted the health promoting lifestyle of the elderly. So health promoting programs that increase life satisfaction and self-esteem should be developed to promote a healthy lifestyle of the elderly.