Zainab Saima, Khoso Aneeta, Siddiqui Maryam, Ashraf Kiran, Mumtaz Muhammad Anees, Awan Manahil
Department of Community Medicine, Department of Community Medicine Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Department of Community Medicine Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Educ Health Promot. 2021 Oct 29;10:389. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_241_21. eCollection 2021.
The growth in the elderly population is predicted to expand exponentially and developing countries like Pakistan have about two-third of the global elderly population. It is vital to maintain the health of the elderly aged population to reduce disabilities and health-care cost.
This study aimed to determine the health promotion practices among the older aged population in Pakistan and to explore the factors associate with adopting healthy lifestyle practices.
This was a cross-sectional study spanning from 2019 to 2020 conducted on 317 participants of age more than 60 years in Pakistan. The participants included healthy attendants of patients visiting the outpatient clinics of different disciplines in the Liaquat National Hospital Karachi through purposive sampling technique. The health-promoting practices were assessed using Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II Questionnaire. The factors that determined the healthy practices among the elderly population were identified using independent -test and analysis of variance and Tukey test, with a significance level of < 0.05. IBM SPSS Statistics 22 was used for data entry and analysis.
The highest subscale was detected from interpersonal relationships and spiritual growth. The lowest score was detected from physical activity. The scores differed significantly by occupation, education, and the marital status of the participants. Females, unmarried people, those who were less educated, and participants relying on others for financial support had lower health-promoting lifestyle scores.
The overall health-promoting practices were good among the old-aged population of Pakistan. These practices differed particularly for physical activity, spiritual growth, and interpersonal relationships.
预计老年人口将呈指数级增长，像巴基斯坦这样的发展中国家拥有全球约三分之二的老年人口。维持老年人口的健康对于减少残疾和医疗保健成本至关重要。
本研究旨在确定巴基斯坦老年人口中的健康促进实践，并探索与采用健康生活方式相关的因素。
这是一项于2019年至2020年进行的横断面研究，对巴基斯坦317名60岁以上的参与者进行了调查。参与者包括通过目的抽样技术从卡拉奇利亚卡特国家医院不同科室门诊就诊患者的健康陪护人员。使用健康促进生活方式概况II问卷评估健康促进实践。使用独立样本t检验、方差分析和Tukey检验确定老年人口中健康实践的影响因素，显著性水平为<0.05。使用IBM SPSS Statistics 22进行数据录入和分析。
人际关系和精神成长方面的子量表得分最高。身体活动方面的得分最低。得分在参与者的职业、教育程度和婚姻状况方面存在显著差异。女性、未婚者、受教育程度较低者以及经济上依赖他人的参与者健康促进生活方式得分较低。
巴基斯坦老年人口的整体健康促进实践良好。这些实践在身体活动、精神成长和人际关系方面存在特别差异。
