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The health promotion lifestyle of metabolic syndrome individuals with a diet and exercise programme
Author(s) -
Lin YuHua,
Chu LiLing
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12149
Subject(s) - health promotion , gerontology , medicine , stepwise regression , marital status , metabolic syndrome , physical activity , promotion (chess) , physical therapy , obesity , public health , environmental health , population , nursing , politics , political science , law
The purpose of this study was to explore a health promotion lifestyle ( HPL ) with a diet and exercise programme ( DEP ) in metabolic syndrome adults. The study consisted of 207 individuals who followed a DEP and 185 who did not. The subjects were rural community adults. Their HPL was evaluated using the C hinese version of the H ealth P romotion L ifestyle P rofile S hort F orm ( HPLP ‐ S ). The average HPLP ‐ S score was significantly higher in the DEP group (3.28 ± 0.36) than in the group without the DEP (2.05 ± 0.65). Stepwise regression analysis revealed that group, gender, smoking, alcohol use, marital status, religion and chronic disease were predictors of an HPL and accounted for 67.0% of the variance in the HPLP ‐ S score. This study demonstrates that a DEP has positive effects on a health promotion lifestyle. The community‐based DEP targeting health promotion behaviours should be presented as a strategy for metabolic syndrome in adults.