ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Nantawon Suwonnaroop

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: The Effects of Social Support, Perceived Health Status, and personal factors on Health-Promoting Behaviors among American Older Adults.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Thai Journal of Nursing Research Vol. 6 No. 2 April-June 2002:41-54

รายละเอียด / Details:

This study explored the effects of personal factors(gender,race, education, and income), perceived health status(self-assessed health and number of chronic illnesses), and social support on health-promoting behaviors in American older adults. Pender's (1996) Health Promotion Model was used as the guiding theoretical framework. A convenience sample of 121 olfer adults (aged 55 to 105 years) was recruited from senior housing gacilities and senior centers. Data were collected using a structured interview format which contained five instruments:demographic information, the SF-36 Health Survey, the Older Americans Resources Service(OARS) schedule of illnesses,the Personal Resource Questionnaire-Part II, and Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II Multiple regression analyses revealed that 21 % of the variance in health status. When social support was included in the analysis, the amount of variance in explaining health-promoting behaviors was increased by 10 %. Race, education, and social support were the major predictors of health-promoting behaviors. In addition, race, education, and self-assessed health were found to have direct influences on health-promoting behaviors, through social support. Nurses need to recognize the influences of these factors, especially social support, in design health-promoting interventions.

Keywords: social support, health status , health promoting behaviors, older adults, mental health

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2002

Address: Thailand Nursing Council

Code: 00084

ISSN/ISBN: 0859-7685

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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