title: Health-promoting lifestyle and depression in metabolic syndrome patients in Korea.
abstract: This cross-sectional study assessed the association between health-promoting lifestyle and depression in metabolic syndrome patients by using a questionnaire survey in Korea. Data were collected from 195 adults (> 20 years old) with hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes. The correlation coefficient (r) between health-promoting lifestyle and depression was -0.309 (P < 0.001), and correlation between individual lifestyle dimensions and depression varied from -0.135 to -0.391. The non-depressed group had higher health-promoting lifestyle scores than the depressed group (P = 0.003). Scores for three dimensions of the health-promoting lifestyle profile--self-actualization (P < 0.001), interpersonal support (P = 0.001) and stress management (P = 0.025)--were significantly higher in the non-depressed groups. Logistic regression analysis provided an odds ratio of 2.766 (P = 0.003) for health-promoting lifestyle between the two groups. For patients with metabolic syndrome, depression was negatively associated with health-promoting lifestyle and is an important factor affecting health-promoting behaviour.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Science, Dong-Eui University, Busan, Korea. swkang75@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Se Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Ji Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Yoo
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D056910:Republic of Korea