Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to examine the healthy living practices of senior people in relation to specific demographic characteristics. The research group was made up of volunteers aged 60 and higher (37 Male, 33 Female) who applied to the family health facility in Elazig's city center in 2022 owing to health issues. The "Personal Information Form" was used as a data collecting instrument in the study, and the "Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II" was used to measure the participants' healthy living skills. The SPSS statistical package tool was used to examine the data. Significance level was accepted as p<0.05. It was observed that there was no statistically significant difference between the gender, age, marital status and educational status of the research group and healthy lifestyle behaviors (p>0.05). It was determined that the female participants in the research group had higher mean healthy lifestyle behaviors than the male participants, and the married participants compared to the single participants. Based on the research group's education level, the healthy living behavior score averages of university graduate participants were greater than those of the other groups. In conclusion, the research group's healthy lifestyle behavior averages were moderate, and the female participants' healthy lifestyle behavior averages were higher than the male participants'. In light of this knowledge, we believe that developing a regular fitness program for senior people is critical to living a healthy life.

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