The regression analysis of predictors for selected health behaviors among elderly in Poland

Młynarska Magdalena, Nowicki Grzegorz, Misztal Okońska Patrycja, Korecka Renata, Goniewicz Mariusz, Naylor Katarzyna. The regression analysis of predictors for selected health behaviors among elderly in Poland. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(4):256-265. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1221401 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5425 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/863505 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license (Http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.03.2018. Revised: 10.03.2018. Accepted: 19.04.2018. The regression analysis of predictors for selected health behaviors among elderly in Poland Magdalena Młynarska, PhD¹, Grzegorz Nowicki, PhD2, Patrycja Misztal Okońska, PhD¹, Renata Korecka, MA¹, Mariusz Goniewicz, MD, PhD1, Katarzyna Naylor, MA3 ¹Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University, Lublin. Poland 2Community Nursing Unit, Chair of Oncology and Environmental Health, Medical University of Lublin 3Medical Simultion Center,MedicalUniversity, Lublin, Poland Abstract The meaning of the word health takes on a different connotation in relation to certain individuals or groups. The trend is visible when taking under consideration the health of elderly individuals or the entire population in this age category. Even more, there has been noticed a great spread in individuals belonging to this age group, given that the elderly person is considered to be one that completed 65 years of life until the diversified its end. Therefore, such a wide age range covering approximately 20 - 30 years demands diverse criteria for persons aged 70 years and the ones aged 90 years. The purpose of the study was to identify predictors influencing the health behaviors of people over 65 years of age in Poland. On the one hand, older age allows a sense of satisfaction, fulfillment and understanding for the meaning of the whole past life. On the other hand, it can be a source of physical and mental pain, the cause of dissatisfaction and frustration. All in all, the manner in which this period is experienced depends on numerous factors. These include both genetic and individual factors as well as social aspects. However, the most important ones are considered to be health behaviors of seniors. For that reason, taking into account the perspective of aging Poland, joint preparation for old age should become a priority undertaking. Key words: health behaviors, aging, health of senior