Elder's Lifestyle and Its Related Factors in Azarshahr,Iran Print

Life style refers to the ordinary daily activities accepted by individuals in their life, which affect their health. Given that the elderly age related conditions have some physical and psychological consequences for both individuals and their families, we aimed at investigate the lifestyle of the elder people in Azarshahr.
this cross-sectional study was conducted on 312 elder people, aged ≥ 65 years, who were selected via stratified random sampling in Azarshahr. The data was collected with Iranian Elder Life style Scale and analyzed by SPSS software 18 using independent samples t tests, ANOVA, Chi-Square, and Pearson correlation test.
Findings: The results showed that 30 % had unfavorite, 47% semi favorite, and 23% favorite life style. There was significant difference between lifestyle and the variables such as sex (p = 0.002), education (p = 0.041), and chronic diseases (p = 0.003). Age had significant correlation with Preventive behaviors(r=-0.61), exercise and recreation activities(r=-0.18), stress(r=-0.63), and relationships(r=-0.25).
considering that the majority of elder people of Azarshahr have unfavorite or semi favorite life style, we recommend that some educational programs be performed for elder people of this city to increase their life style.