Objective: The present study examined how expectations regarding aging (ERA) influence physical activity participation and physical function. Method: We surveyed 148 older adults about their ERA (ERA-38), health-promoting lifestyles (HPLP-II), and self-rated health (RAND-36). We tested the mediating effect of physical activity on the relationships between ERA and physical function. Results: Pos...

English: The Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP) was used to compare the prevalence of selected behaviors between 594 college students residing in the US, and 629 students residing in Japan. No significant differences were found on subscales for stress management and interpersonal relations. Japanese students, however, scored higher on nutrition and health responsibility subscales, wherea...

conclusions health providers should improve the qol in the elderly by facilitating hpl through health-promoting interventions, which will maintain and increase physical activity, stress management, and spiritual growth. background as individuals live a longer life, health-promoting lifestyle (hpl) becomes even more essential, particularly with regard to maintaining functional independence and i...

Background: Health-promoting lifestyle is one of the determination criteria for health factors and the prevention of health-threatening factors. According to the available statistics, 53% of deaths are related to lifestyle. The aim of this study was to evaluate health-promoting lifestyles in medical students of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences (RUMS), Rafsanjan, Iran. Materials and M...

This study aims to determine the role of health promoting behavior as a mediator relationship between perceived social support and psychological distress in poor young adults DKI Jakarta. The research data collection was directly conducted by visiting participants, with age 8-29 years old (N = 314). instruments used were HPLP II, Social Provision Scale (SPS), Symptom-25 Checklist (HSCL-25). res...

conclusions according to the results of the study, health-promoting model-based self-care behaviors can help identify and predict cardiac surgery patients’ lifestyles in iran. this pattern can be used as a framework for discharge planning and the implementation of educational interventions to improve the lifestyles of cabg patients. background advances in coronary artery surgery have reduced pa...