There weren’t any score, in questions 34, 44, 45 and 46 for cases who were living without a spouse.
The minimum and maximum scores of instrument were from 42 to 211.
This instrument categorized healthy lifestyle in three levels including desirable (156–211), moderate (99–155) and undesirable (42–98). Internal reliability of the original instrument was estimated adequate agreement (α =0.76).
Interviewers were aware of objectives of the study, collected information.
The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (tables, mean, median…) and analytic statistics using the SPSS 18 software (SPSS Inc: Chicago.).
Independent t‑test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Chi‑square test and ordinal logistic regression test were used to compare mean scores at a significant level of P < 0.05.
The Chi‑square test was used to determine the relation between type of lifestyle with and demographic information.
We used independent t‑test to determine the relationship between the mean score of lifestyle and demographic characteristics and in more than we groups we used ANOVA test.
The logistic regression model was used to determine effective factors in elder lifestyle.