Correlation Between Health-promoting Lifestyle And Health Value Among Community Elderly People

Objective: To investigate health-promoting lifestyle and health value among the age over 60 elderly people in Dalian, to analyze alternating between the two factors, and to discuss the correlation of them, so as to direct the elder healthy lifestyle and to make a feasible nursing service measures in community. It aimed to provide basic theoretical for the community nursing education and promote the quality of the elder’s life in the future.Methods: The use of cluster sampling, 250 elder people selection from five communi ties in some St. Dalian from Nov to Dec. 2013 to analyze the health- promoting lifestyle and health value by using General Information Questionnaire, Health-Pr omoting Lifestyle Profile and Health Value Scale.SPSS17.0 software was used for descriptive analysis,t-test,LSD test,one–way ANOVA analysis,Kruskal-wallis H an alysis,Spearman correlation and linear regression.Results: 1.By analyzing,the community elderly people health-promoting lifestyle scores are 141.33±22.06,and health value index scores are 67.95%. Six dimensions scores are nutrition(24.84±4.314),interpersonal-relationship(24.96±4.300),self- fulfillment(24.00±4.797),health obligation(21.88±5.121),against pressure(21.88±3.999),athletic sports(20.77±4.465), 70% of the elderly health promoting lifestyle score was good. There existed different gender were significant differences in self- fulfillment and health obligation(P<0.05); different cultural level has significant differences in athletic sports,against pressure and health-promoting lifestyle(P<0.05); different type of medical insurance has significant differences in the interpersonal relationship, athletic sports(P<0.05),but there no significant differences in different age, marital status, source of income, average income per month, living conditions and chronic diseases.2.The community elderly people health value scores is 7.98±1.679,the health value of 66.1% of the elderly at the higher level, 31.3% at the middle level, 2.6% at the low level,there is no significant difference between different gender, ag-e, e ducational level, marital status, income,income per capita, living conditions, chroni c diseases, health care the categories of the elderly health value score(P>0.05). 3.The elderly community health promoting lifestyle and health value were positively correlated(P=0.000), the health value is the major influencing factors of health promoting lifestyle of the elderly.Conclusion: 1.The health lifestyle of elderly people in community is above in a middle condition and to be further improved,different demography feature of the health–promoting lifestyle of elderly people in community have significant differences. 2.The health value score of elderly people in community is over in a middle condition and to be further improved,different demography feature of the health–promoting lifestyle of elderly people in community haven’t significant differences. 3.There was a positive correlation between health value and health-promoting lifestyle. The health value is one of the most important factors. It paid our paramedics in community attention on promoting health and establishing the correct healthy consciousness is important for a healthy lifestyle of elderly people.