TY - JOUR T1 - The relationship between COVID-19 fear levels and healthy lifestyle behaviors of elderly individuals: a cross-sectional study. AU - Yıldız,Erman, AU - Çiftçi,Meltem Çapar, Y1 - 2023/02/26/ PY - 2022/12/27/revised PY - 2022/12/5/received PY - 2023/1/19/accepted PY - 2023/5/3/medline PY - 2023/2/28/pubmed PY - 2023/2/27/entrez KW - elderly individuals KW - fear of COVID-19 KW - healthy lifestyle behaviours KW - pandemic SP - 379 EP - 388 JF - Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society JO - Psychogeriatrics VL - 23 IS - 3 N2 - BACKGROUND: It is known that fear of COVID-19 is associated with many lifestyle behaviours including delays in access to healthcare services and smoking status. However, the relationship between healthy lifestyle behaviours and fear of COVID-19 in older individuals remains unclear. Therefore, there is a need for research that examines the relationship between healthy lifestyle behaviours and fear of COVID-19 in elderly individuals. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the COVID-19 fear levels of elderly individuals and their healthy lifestyle behaviours. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out with individuals at or over the age of 65 registered at a public health centre located in eastern Turkey (N = 494). Data collection tools included a form for descriptive variables and two scales, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19 S) and the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours Scale-II (HLSBS-II). Descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-test, ANOVA, correlation analyses, and hierarchical linear regression analyses were used in the analysis of the data. RESULTS: The mean HLSBS-II and FCV-19 S scores of the participants were 127.61 ± 24.76 and 20.96 ± 7.29, respectively. While fear of COVID-19 alone, as indicated by the FCV-19 S score, explained 2.4% of the total variance in healthy lifestyle behaviours, fear of COVID-19, having a university degree, and high economic status together explained 7.5% of the total variance in healthy lifestyle behaviours indicated by scores on the HLSBS-II. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study showed that fear of COVID-19 and healthy lifestyle behaviours were dynamics that are positively related, albeit to a small extent, to each other for elderly individuals. Additionally, it was revealed that elderly individuals have moderate levels of fear of COVID-19 and healthy lifestyle behaviours. SN - 1479-8301 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/36843244/The_relationship_between_COVID_19_fear_levels_and_healthy_lifestyle_behaviors_of_elderly_individuals:_a_cross_sectional_study_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -