A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS LEVEL OF HEALTH PROMOTION BEHAVIOR AMONG RURAL ELDERLY AT SELECTED VILLAGES OF TRICHY DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU

Health promotion behaviour is one of the main standards for determining health that is known as the basic factor in catching plentiful diseases. Assessing such behaviours by the elderly avoids condition to various diseases and has possible effect in promoting health and increasing the elderly quality of life. Objectives: 1. To assess the Socio demographic characteristics of rural elderly 2. To assess the Level of Health Promotion Behavior among rural elderly Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted at on 200 elderly people by applying Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile-II Tamil version to assess the level of level of Health Promotion behavior and information regarding the sociodemographic characteristics were collected. Results: Level of Health Promotion behavior in respondents was determined using the Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile-II Tamil version tool. Out of 200 elderlies. 33.7 % of the respondents were having Poor HPLP and 50 % of the respondents were having General HPLP, 6 % of the respondents were having Good HPLP and 5.5 % of the respondents were having Excellent HPLP. Conclusions: The current research has shown that out of 200 elderlies almost 83.7 % elderlies were having poor and general HPLP according to Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile-II Tamil version tool and the score level was 100 and below. So, the results endorse that there is Poor and general HPLP among the geriatric population and adequate measures should be taken to identify factors associated with health promotion behavior of elderly at rural community and designed educational interventions to enhance Health promotion behavior among older adults is the mandate of the present scenario in our country.