Health-promoting behaviors in persons admitted to the health center selected in Tehran

Health-promoting behaviors in people admitted to selected health centers in Tehran. The significance of health-promoting behaviors in maintaining people s performance and independence and promoting the quality of life increases with age. This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted to determine health-promoting behaviors in people admitted to selected health centers in Tehran in 2010. In this study, 612 people (239 men and 373 women) admitted to Tehran s selected health centers were selected purposefully. The data were collected using Health- Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. This standard instrument consists of 6 subscales namely, nutrition, physical activity, spiritual growth, health responsibility, interpersonal relations, and stress management. To maintain weight of the items, the total scores of the instrument and subscales were calculated using mean scores. To do so, each item was assigned a score of 1-4. The independent t test and Pearson correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. The spiritual growth and physical activity subscales comprised the maximum and minimum mean scores, respectively. The health responsibility and physical activity showed the maximum significant correlation, and the physical activity and the interpersonal relations scores showed the minimum significant correlation. The physical activity and health responsibility subscales got minimum scores. This necessitates the health care staff and authorities to pay more attention to these two subscales and take action to obviate or reduce these problems.