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Health-Promoting Behaviors and Quality of Life of Filipino Older Persons
SHEILA P. BELIRAN, MARKY S. LEGASPI
Journal Title:Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the
relationship between health-promoting behaviors and
quality of life (Qol) of older persons in Iloilo City.
Conducted from January to February 2014, this
research utilized 223 randomly-selected older persons
as participants who were classified according to age,
sex, civil status, educational attainment, work status,
monthly family income, type of family structure, and
health status. The data were obtained using two
published and validated instruments: the HealthPromoting
Lifestyle Profile Instrument II (1995) and the
World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument
(2004). Reliability testing was done among 20
randomly-selected older persons. The descriptive
statistics employed were the frequency count, rank,
percentage, mean, and standard deviation; while the
inferential statistics utilized were the t-test, one-way
analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Pearson productmoment
correlation coefficient (r ), all set at .05 alpha
level of significance. The overall health-promoting
behaviors was low and the quality of life was neither
poor nor good. Significant differences were noted in the
older persons’ health-promoting behaviors when
classified according to age, monthly family income and
health status. On the other hand, significant differences
were noted in QoL when the older persons were
grouped according to age and monthly family income.
There was a significant relationship between the six
sub-scales of health-promoting behaviors and the four
domains of the QoL. The results showed that healthpromoting
behaviors are positively associated with
better quality of life scores in the older persons living in
Iloilo City.
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