Health promoting lifestyle behaviors and related risk factors among female employees in Zagazig city

Abstract

Aim of the study: This study aimed to measure health Promoting lifestyle behaviors and related risk factors among female employees in Zagazig City. Subjects and Methods:A cross sectional research design was selected to achieve the aim of the current study. The study was carried out on females employed in the governorate building in Zagazig city. Study participants:The study sample is a convenience sample of 200 females recruited from Zagazig Governorate administrative building. The inclusion criteria included females, aged 25 to 55, working in any administrative department for any duration and willing to participate in the study. The exclusion criteria were females not suffering from hypertension, diabetes mellitus. Results:Results revealed that about one fifth of the studied sample (20%) was hypertensive, while 26% and 68.5% respectively were diabetic and obese. No statistically significant relation between chronic illnesses (hypertension, diabetes and obesity) and healthy promoting lifestyle behaviors among study sample. Conclusion:Results suggest that participants do not consistently include health-promoting behaviors into their lifestyle, especially exercise, health responsibility and stress management.Recommendation: Develop a process to promote worksite wellness programs, to complete health assessments, and to support behavioral changes intended to promote healthy lifestyles.

Health-Promoting Lifestyle Behaviour: A Determinant for Noncommunicable Diseases Risk Factors Among Employees in a Nigerian University

“…It was established that there is a relationship between a health-promoting lifestyle and health status (Abu-Moghli et al, 2010). Health-promoting lifestyle practice is key in the control and prevention of NCDs and of mortality and morbidity associated with this 'monster' (Fang-Hsin & Hsiu-Hung, 2005;Sorour et al, 2014). With limited literature on relationship between health-promoting lifestyle behaviour and risk factors related to NCDs among university employees, this study add to the existing literature on health-promoting lifestyle behaviour and NCDs risk factors among university employees.…”

“…Similar findings were reported among female employees in Zagazig city, where 20% of the employees were hypertensive, 26% were diabetic and 68.5% were obese. Furthermore, they had poor scores on the physical activity, stress management and health responsibility subscales (Sorour et al, 2014).…”

“…Health promotion is advocated worldwide as an efficient strategy for enhancing quality of life and controlling the increasing prevalence of NCDs (World Health Organization, 2015). Practicing health-promoting lifestyles involves taking responsibility for health, eating healthy food, avoiding sedentary lifestyle (Sonmezer et al, 2012;Sorour, Kamel, El-Aziz, & Aboelseoud, 2014), avoiding tobacco use, avoiding stress and exhaustion, having seven to eight hours of sleep daily, and maintaining a healthy environment (Sonmezer et al, 2012). High blood pressure, high blood sugar, tobacco use, physical inactivity, and overweight and obesity are the five leading risks for NCDs globally (Al-Qahtani, 2015).…”

“…In a study conducted among female employees in Egypt, revealed that all the participants who had one of three chronic diseases -diabetes mellitus, hypertension or obesity had poor physical activity, poor health responsibility and poor stress management lifestyle behaviour (Sorour et al, 2014). A study on HPLP and BMI of 796 Taiwanese workers in various occupations revealed that obese workers participated less in the overall health-promoting lifestyle profile and stress management subscale of HPLP compared with workers who had moderate BMI (Huang, Ren-Hau, & Feng-Cheng, 2010).…”

“…Most risk factors associated with NCDs stem from an unhealthy lifestyle, and adopting health-promoting lifestyle practices will prevent and control the onset of these diseases and complications associated with them (Sorour et al, 2014;WHO, 2017). A healthy lifestyle involves all the efforts an individual makes to promote health and to prevent illness (Sonmezer et al, 2012).…”