Study of Health Promotion Lifestyle and Psychological Well-being in Women Attending the Health Centers of Arak City in 2019

Abstract

Background and Aim: Women are the main pillar of social development and the main axis of family health. Success, survival and promotion of society depend on the health of women in society. Since Health Promotion lifestyle and psychological well-being are important determinants of health, therefore, this study was conducted to determine the Health Promotion lifestyle and psychological well-being in women attending to the health centers of Arak ,2019. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, among women attened to health centers in Arak, 221 women who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study by continuous sampling and the form of demographic information, health-promoting lifestyle (HPLP- II) and Ryff Psychological well-being Questionnaire were completed. Data were described using descriptive statistics of frequency, frequency percentage, mean, standard deviation and data analysis by analysis of variance, independent t-test and regression using SPSS software version 19. Ethical considerations: This study with the code of ethics IR.IUMS.REC.1398.609 has been approved by the ethics committee of research Deputy of Iran University of Medical Sciences. Results: The mean of health-promoting lifestyle in the study units was 135.96. The components of physical activity with mean (16.31) and nutrition with mean (26.41) had the lowest and highest scores, respectively. The mean of psychological well-being in the study units was 72.29. The components of Purpose in life with mean (10.76) and Personal Growth with mean (13.19) had the lowest and highest scores, respectively. Age, chronic diseases, employment, number of children and alcohol consumption had a significant negative relationship with health-promoting lifestyle and education of woman and her husband had a significant positive relationship with health-promoting lifestyle (p<0.05). overall demographic variables predict as much as 13% of health-promoting lifestyles. Age, number of children, presence of chronic physical and psychological diseases had a significant negative relationship with psychological well-being and economic status, education of woman and her husband had a significant positive relationship with psychological well-being. overall, demographic variables predict as much as 10% of psychological well-being. Conclusion: Considering that health-promoting lifestyle and psychological well-being are two important determinants of health, the study of these two indicators and factors affecting them can help Intervention planning to promote women's physical and psychological health.

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