Purpose: This study has been attempted in order to confirm the factors that affect the health- promotion lifestyle of nurses.
Method: Data was collected by questionnaires from 324 nurses at 5 university hospitals located in Seoul. The instrument tools utilized in this study was health-promotion lifestyle, perceived health status, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, self-efficacy, and social support, and validity and reliability of the tool have been verified with literature studies and pre-study examinations. The collected data have been analyzed using SPSS PC 12 program.
Result: The factors that affect health-promotion lifestyle of nurses were perceived health status (β= .320), self-efficacy (β= .248), social support (β= .139), perceived benefits (β= .207), and age (β= .089), that altogether explained 41.1%.
Conclusion: It has been confirmed that th regression equation model of this research may serve as a health- promotion lifestyle prediction factors in nurses.
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