Determining Relationships Among Perceived Health Status and Health Promoting Lifestyles of Frontier Elderly

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of six aspects of a healthy lifestyle (nutrition, exercise, stress management, self-actualization, health responsibility, and interpersonal support) with selected demographic variables and perceived health status. The sample consisted of 52 elderly adults residing in a frontier South Dakota county. Pearson product-moment correlation indicated no significant relationship between the subjects' perceived health status, measured by a Visual Analog Scale, and their Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile score. Statistically significant (p <.05) relationships were found between the demographic variables of educational level and financial status and perceived health status scores. Phi testing found no significant associations of categorized demographic variables to health-promoting lifestyles.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - University Access Only

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate Nursing

Year

1994

Author dc:creator

• Kirby, September

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dianna Sorenson

• health and hygiene of rural elderly
• South Dakota health attitudes
• health promotion
• South Dakota health behavior
• Nursing

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 1994 September Kirby. All rights reserved

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/750

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:openprairie.sdstate.edu:etd-1750