A study of the relationship between well-being and health-promoting lifestyle in hospital elderly volunteers

• Main Authors: Peng, Shih-Ling, 彭士玲
• Other Authors: 葉明理
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51683366718915112217

碩士 === 國立臺北護理健康大學 === 護理研究所 === 101 === The purpose of this study is to survey current status of health-promoting lifestyle in hospital elderly volunteers; by comparing the differences in various items of their background, the relationship between well-being and health-promoting lifestyle was explored, and the prediction of well-being based on health-promoting lifestyle was established. Questionnaire survey was adopted in this study, hospital volunteers with age over 55 years were invited, and 400 valid data were obtained by purposive sampling. Tools used in this study were structured questionnaires, such as "well-being scales", "health- promoting lifestyle profile", and "social demographic variables". Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, independent t test, Pearson’s correlation, one-way ANOVA, and hierarchical regression analysis. The results are summarized as follows: (1) “economic status” and “perceived health status” as background factors made significant differences on well-being (2) “perceived health status” as a background factor made a significant difference on health-promoting lifestyle. (3) among various items in the health-promoting lifestyle profile, “interpersonal support” got the highest average score, “sports & leisure” got the lowest average score. (4) health-promoting lifestyle had a significant correlation with all the variances in well-being scales. (5) perceived health status in social demographic variables is a predicting factor for well-being, responsible for 21% variances; and self-achievement in health- promoting lifestyle profile is a predicting factor for well-being, responsible for 32% variances. Hope that the results in this study may provide the relevant institutions and authorities a reference in making strategies about health-promoting lifestyle and well-being.