The Prediction of Locomotive Syndrome based on Health-Promoting Lifestyle in Older Adults Living in Urban Areas
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This case-control study aimed to examine the predictive factors, including personal factors and health-promoting lifestyles, which affected the locomotive syndrome among older adults living in urban areas in Bangkok. The sample consisted of 200 older adult patients in the Orthopedic Outpatient Unit, Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, and they were equally divided into experimental and control groups. Research instruments were a personal data record form and a lifestyle assessment form for health promotion - II in the Thai version. The reliability analyzed by using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was .93. Data were analyzed using Descriptive Statistics and Binary Logistic Regression.
The results revealed that age, body mass index, educational background, smoking habit, high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, knee osteoarthritis, and low to moderate levels of health-promoting lifestyle were able to predict the locomotive syndrome in older adults. Recommendations from the results were that medical personnel, especially geriatric care nurses, should recommend health promotion to older adults for improving healthy lifestyle behaviors in accordance with their daily habits. Furthermore, this health promotion is crucial for older adults with chronic diseases in preventing the effects of Locomotive syndrome and maintaining functional capacity and a good quality of life.
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