Health promotion behavior is regarded as one of the main criteria in determining health, identified as the principle factors in catching numerous diseases and health promotion and prevention from diseases are directly related to these behaviors.[19] The present study, examined health promotion behaviors and its effective factors of the elderly in the province of Dena, by using the standard questionnaire of HPLP2.
The present investigation showed that 85% of the old people had intermediate behaviors for health promotion and 15% had suitable behaviors. This result could be due to the attention of the authorities in recent years towards the old age problems, as a priority and executing the pilot plan or the integrated cares for the old people in the province of Dena.
The mean score for the health promotion behaviors in the elderly people in this research was 57/5 (from 100) that in comparison to other studies using HPLP2 had a rather higher value. This average has been reported to be 50/5 in Yazdi elderly people (a city in Iran), by Morovati et al.[20] and 55/8 in the investigation by Wang,[21] in the women villagers with 60-69 years of age, and 51/3 in the old women with 80-88 years of age. The mean score is reported by Acton to be 58/3 for the elderly people in America