Volume 22, Issue 2 (7-2026)
J Health Syst Res 2026, 22(2): 295-303 |
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Hosseini S H, Rajabzadeh R, Nabavi S H. Prediction of Social Participation of the Elderly Based on Self-Efficacy in Health Behaviors in Bojnurd, Iran, 2022. J Health Syst Res 2026; 22 (2) :295-303
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1- Assistant Professor, Department of Health Education and Public Health, School of Health AND Non-Communicable Disease Research Center, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
2- Assistant Professor, Non-Communicable Disease Research Center, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
3- Assistant Professor, Addiction and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
2- Assistant Professor, Non-Communicable Disease Research Center, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
3- Assistant Professor, Addiction and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
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Background: Elderly self-efficacy in health behaviors can lead to maintaining the health of the elderly and provide the necessary basis for having an active life and participating in social life. This study was conducted with the aim of predicting the level of participation based on self-efficacy in health behaviors on social participation in old age.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 380 elderly people over 60 years of age from among the elderly covered by health centers in 1401 were invited to Bojnourd city health centers for interviews by simple random sampling. To assess self-efficacy in health behaviors, a self-rated ability questionnaire for health behaviors was used, and to measure social participation, the Canadian Community Health Survey Social Participation Questionnaire was used. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS version 21 software and a linear regression model.
Findings: In this study, the mean (standard deviation) age of participants was (7.64) 68.96 years. Most (57.8%) of the 224 participants were female. The mean (standard deviation) social participation score was (0.117) 6.22. The study data showed that increasing age, female gender, and education (cycle) were significantly associated with decreased social participation (P < 0.05). Among the subscales of self-efficacy in health behaviors, the subscale of self-efficacy in stress management increased social participation in the elderly. In total, the variables entered into the model predicted 14% of social participation in the elderly.
Conclusion: Self-efficacy in stress management, age, male gender, and education explain social participation in the elderly, although this effect was small and it seems that social participation in the elderly is affected by a wide range of variables.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 380 elderly people over 60 years of age from among the elderly covered by health centers in 1401 were invited to Bojnourd city health centers for interviews by simple random sampling. To assess self-efficacy in health behaviors, a self-rated ability questionnaire for health behaviors was used, and to measure social participation, the Canadian Community Health Survey Social Participation Questionnaire was used. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS version 21 software and a linear regression model.
Findings: In this study, the mean (standard deviation) age of participants was (7.64) 68.96 years. Most (57.8%) of the 224 participants were female. The mean (standard deviation) social participation score was (0.117) 6.22. The study data showed that increasing age, female gender, and education (cycle) were significantly associated with decreased social participation (P < 0.05). Among the subscales of self-efficacy in health behaviors, the subscale of self-efficacy in stress management increased social participation in the elderly. In total, the variables entered into the model predicted 14% of social participation in the elderly.
Conclusion: Self-efficacy in stress management, age, male gender, and education explain social participation in the elderly, although this effect was small and it seems that social participation in the elderly is affected by a wide range of variables.
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education health and promotion
Received: 2024/07/3 | Accepted: 2025/07/12 | Published: 2026/07/6
Received: 2024/07/3 | Accepted: 2025/07/12 | Published: 2026/07/6
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