Introduction: Health-promoting behaviors include actions that lead to empowering people to increase their control over health and ultimately improve the health of the individual and society. Nurses are among the members of the health-care team who are responsible to the clients The realization of this important issue requires the health of the nurse herself.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate health-promoting behaviors and related factors in nurses. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 322 nurses working in Sanandaj Educational and Medical Centers in 2019, were selected by stratified random sampling. In order to collect data, demographic Information questionnaire and a standard Walker-promoting lifestyle questionnaire were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 16, descriptive statistics, linear Regression and Pearson correlation coefficient.
Results: The mean scores of health-promoting behaviors of nurses were 134.62±20.92. The majority of nurses (54.30%) were in the moderate group in terms of health-promoting behaviors. The variables of first child, age, work experience and chronic illness had a statistically significant effect on the total score of health-promoting behaviors (P<0.001).
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that performing health-promoting behaviors of nurses is at a moderate level. It is suggested to organize training courses on health promoting behaviors for nurses, in health-care centers and universities. By knowing the factors affecting these behaviors, the awareness of nurses will increase and an important step should be taken to maintain their health.