Rababa Mohammad, Al Ali Nahla, Alshaman Ayat
Department of Adult Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Int J Community Based Nurs Midwifery. 2021 Apr;9(2):106-116. doi: 10.30476/ijcbnm.2020.87493.1443.
Several factors affect older adults' engagement in HPBs. This study aimed to examine HPBs, health needs, and associated factors among older adults in Jordan.
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 220 older adults at one governmental and one university hospital, which were selected using convenience sampling for geographical closeness to the researchers. All older adults with no cognitive or communication problems who attended the outpatient clinics of the two hospitals from December 2018 to April 2019 were included in the study. This time period was chosen based on the convenience of the participants and researchers. Data were collected by An Arabic version of the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP) and a demographic questionnaire. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 25.0 software was used for the descriptive and inferential analysis of the study data. The level of significance was set at P<0.05.
The mean score of the total HPLP was 125.33±19.09. The marital status and educational level of the participants were associated with the total HPLP (P<0.001) in all its dimensions, except for the dimension of interpersonal relations. Participants with chronic diseases had lower scores than those without diseases for the total HPLP (P<0.001) in all the six dimensions. Family income was positively correlated with the dimensions of nutrition (P=0.007) and exercise (P=0.002).
Despite the good overall mean score of older adults for total HPLP and some of its subscales, their levels of exercise and physical activity need to be promoted. The scores of older adults were related to various demographic and clinical factors.
多种因素影响老年人参与健康促进行为。本研究旨在调查约旦老年人的健康促进行为、健康需求及相关因素。
在一家政府医院和一家大学医院对220名老年人进行了横断面研究，这些医院因地理位置靠近研究人员而采用便利抽样法选取。纳入了2018年12月至2019年4月期间在这两家医院门诊就诊、无认知或沟通问题的所有老年人。选择这个时间段是基于参与者和研究人员的便利性。通过阿拉伯语版的健康促进生活方式量表（HPLP）和一份人口统计学调查问卷收集数据。使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）25.0软件对研究数据进行描述性和推断性分析。显著性水平设定为P<0.05。
HPLP总分的平均分为125.33±19.09。参与者的婚姻状况和教育水平在除人际关系维度外的所有维度上均与HPLP总分相关（P<0.001）。在所有六个维度上，患有慢性病的参与者的HPLP总分低于无疾病的参与者（P<0.001）。家庭收入与营养维度（P=0.007）和运动维度（P=0.002）呈正相关。
尽管老年人HPLP总分及其一些子量表的总体平均得分较好，但他们的运动和身体活动水平仍需提高。老年人的得分与各种人口统计学和临床因素有关。
