Hua Yan|Bo Wang|Gwenyth R. Wallen|Peng Shao|Chunping Ni|Qianzhen Hua
Health-Promoting Lifestyles and Depression in Urban Elderly Chinese
Air Force Medical University|Air Force Medical University|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center|Air Force Medical University|Air Force Medical University|Air Force Medical University
explore healthpromoting lifestyles depression provide insight relationship healthpromoting lifestyles depression urban community sample elderly chinese peoplea crosssectional descriptive correlational study 954 communitydwelling urban elderly chinese aged 60 conducted july december 2010 lifestyles depression assessed using revised chinese version healthpromoting lifestyle profile hplpc geriatric depression scale gds respectivelyin cohort 158 elderly urban adults met criteria depression half sample 621 scored greater 100 hplpc range score sum 55 160 significant correlations selfactualization 1167 95ci 11111226 nutrition 1118 95ci 10331209 physical activity 1111 95ci 10151216 depression among communitydwelling elderly chinesethis crosssectional study significant associations found represent directional causation longitudinal followup recommended investigate specific causal relationship lifestyles depressiondepression common medium high levels healthpromoting lifestyles among urban elderly chinese people lifestyle behaviors selfactualization good nutrition habits frequent physical activity correlated fewer depressive symptoms healthy lifestyles developed population measures taken improving depression