Research Article

The Relationship between Health Promoting Behaviors and Quality of Life in Nursing Home Residents in Kayseri

Table 1

Distribution of health-promoting lifestyle behaviors profile and WHOQOL-OLD scale mean scores .

HPLP subscalesActual range*Scale range** Cronbach’

Self-actualization13–5213–52 1.00
Health responsibility10–4010–35 0.60
Exercise5–205–17 0.27
Nutrition6–2412–23 0.49
Interpersonal support7–287–28 0.65
Stress management7–287–25 0.74
Total score48–19255–156 0.89

WHOQOL-OLD domainsMedian (min–max) Cronbach’

Sensorial functions46.87 (0.0–100.0) 0.43
Autonomy 37.50 (0.0–93.75) 0.59
Past, present, and future activities 43.75 (0.0–87.50) 0.57
Social participation43.75 (0.0–93.75) 0.76
Death and dying 50.00 (0.0–93.75) 0.63
Intimacy 50.00 (0.0–100.0) 0.58
Total score 43.75 (6.25–72.92) 0.76

The lowest and highest values that can be obtained in the original scale.
**The lowest and highest values that are applied to the scale.
***Mean and standard deviation for each scale.