The relationship between Kuwaitis attitude toward aging and their healthy lifestyle behaviors

Abstract EN

Along with the modernization of the society, cultural values and the perception of aging have been altered as well.

Studies demonstrated that there is a significant association between individuals’ attitudes towards aging and gerontology variables for their attitudes towards aging (p<0.001).

And participants’ occupation and smoking habits are also predictable variables for their attitudes towards aging (p<0.05).

disease among elder peoples.The study aims to examine the relationship between attitudes toward aging and healthy lifestyle behaviors among Kuwait’s men and women.

Data was collected using nonrandom opportunistic sampling on 553 Kuwaitis’ whose ages are 40 years and above.

The questionnaire grouped into three main domains: socio-demographic data, attitudes toward aging scale, and the healthy lifestyle behaviour scale.

SPSS (Version 21.0) used for data analysis.

T-test, one-way ANOVA, and multivariate regression were used to examine the study’s questions.

Participants’ attitudes toward aging were significantly associated with age, education, and ethnicity background (P> 0.05).

Also participants’ attitudes towards aging were significantly associated with healthy lifestyle and ease of access to health center (P> 0.01), and with suffering from chronic disease, eating balanced diet, and social activities (P> 0.001).

In addition, the study reveals that the evaluation of their health and participants’ thinking of engaging in regular physical activity are predictable