title: Health promotion behavior in middle-aged Koreans: a cross sectional survey.
abstract: This cross-sectional study was conducted to verify self-efficacy, self-esteem, and social support as characteristics of health promotion behavior in middle-aged Koreans, and the influence of social support on self-efficacy and self-esteem with respect to health promotion behavior. Data were collected from 310 subjects in South Korea using a self-administered questionnaire. We found a significant finding that self-efficacy positively influences health promotion behavior, focusing on the moderating effect of social support. Self-efficacy affected health promotion behavior (P < 0.01) as did social support. Mean self-efficacy, self-esteem, health promotion behavior, and social support scores were 50.27, 29.35, 124.39, and 76.51, respectively. This finding provides strong evidence that social support can be used as a model to understand health promotion behavior. Individualized nursing interventions based on social support and self-efficacy theory should be utilized in high-risk middle-aged patients so as to assist and improve health promotion behavior. Also, in community practice settings, nurses should consider that increased social support and self-efficacy are required to improve health promotion behaviors.
authors: Department of Nursing, Konkuk University, Chungju, South Korea.
authors: Eun Ja
authors: EJ
authors: Yeun
authors: Sunsook
authors: S
authors: Baek
authors: Heejeong
authors: H
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012649:Self Concept; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012923:Social Class; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Korea; health behavior; middle-aged; self-efficacy; self-esteem; social support