Health Promotion Lifestyles and Associated Factors Among Clinical Nurses in Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background & Aims: Each person's lifestyle affects their health, and health-promoting behaviors and a healthy lifestyle are key strategies for facilitating and protecting health. Health-promoting lifestyle behaviors is an important determinant of health status in nurses, and nurses' health affects patients' health. The present study aims to determine health promotion lifestyles and associated factors among clinical nurses in Iran. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 303 nurses working in Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex (IKHC) affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences from October 2022 to August 2023. The research population included all nurses working in Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex. The research samples were included in the study by available sampling method after obtaining organizational permits, ethical approval and informed consent. Data collection was done using two questionnaires including: Demographic information form, Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II Questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed in SPSS software, version 25. Results: The Mean ± SD score of nurses’ Health-Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors was at upper moderate level (124.85 ± 19.89). the highest score of the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors dimension is related to "Interpersonal support (2.56 ± 0.48)" and " Self-Actualization (2.55 ± 0.54)" and the lowest score related to "Physical activity (2.12 ± 0.55)" and "stress management (2.26 ± 0.47)". The results showed that nurses who were divorced (p< 0.01) and those who had sufficient income (p< 0.05), never used tobacco (p< 0.01), and those who worked according to their legal working hours (p< 0.01) had higher health-promoting lifestyle behaviors. No more relationship was observed between other demographic variables with health-promoting lifestyle behaviors (p>0.05). Conclusion: Due to low scores related to stress management and physical activity healthcare providers and nursing managers are advised to include physical activity programs and stress management courses in their training plans.