Abstract
BackgroundHealth-promoting lifestyle (HPL) is any measure taken to maintain a person’s health. The most important and influential factor in maintaining and enhancing health are health-promoting behaviors (HPB). This study aimed to determine HPB and their predictors among Iranian men.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, 783 Iranian men, living in Tehran, were selected, using multistage cluster sampling. The employed questionnaires, namely the sociodemographic questionnaire, Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II), and the second part of the Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ 85-Part 2), were completed through interviews. The relationship between the dependent variables (HPLP-II and its subdomains) and independent variables (sociodemographic characteristics and social support) was investigated using the adjusted General Linear Model (GLM).ResultsThe mean ± standard deviation of the total HPLP-II score was 2.72 ± 0.44 in the range of 1–4. Among the six dimensions of the HPB, the participants achieved the highest score (3.00 ± 0.52) and lowest score (1.96 ± 0.56) in spiritual growth and physical activity, respectively. The Pearson test showed that the perceived social support was significantly correlated with HPLP-II (r = 0.23; p < 0.001) and all of its subdomains (r = 0.09–0.24; p < 0.001). Based on the adjusted general linear model, social support, age, job, and income adequacy were the predictors of HPL in men and could explain 30.9% of the variance of the HPL score.ConclusionsThe research findings confirmed the importance of social support and modifying variables (social and personal) in the incidence of HPB in men.
Highlights
Health-promoting lifestyle (HPL) is any measure taken to maintain a person’s health
Health-promoting behaviors and perceived social support The mean ± standard deviation of the total Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) score was 2.72 ± 0.44 within the score range of 1–4
This finding showed that Iranian men moderately adopt health-promoting behaviors (HPB)
Summary
The most important and influential factor in maintaining and enhancing health are health-promoting behaviors (HPB). Health promotion is a process that empowers people to increase control over and to improve their health [1]. Pender (1996) divided the HPB into six dimensions of nutrition, physical activity, stress management, health responsibility, interpersonal relationship, and spiritual. The health promotion is comprised of certain behaviors by which a person engages with proper nutrition, regular exercise, avoidance of destructive behaviors, protection against accidents, early diagnosis of disease symptoms, control of emotions and feelings, adaptation with stress and problems, and improvement of interpersonal relationships [13]. Studies have shown that inappropriate health behaviors, lack of health-seeking behaviors, and self-neglect are more common among men than women [14, 15]. These three risk factors pose the men’s disability-adjusted life year (DALYs) to risks and increase the incidence of mortality and morbidity among them [17]
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