The lifestyle of married women referring to health centers in West of Ahvaz

Given the importance of he-althy lifestyle related factors such as nutrition، physical activity، smoking، sleep-ing، leisure، individual health and repr-oducetive behavior، the aim of this study was to determine the lifestyle of married women، aged 15-45 years old، referring to health centers in west of Ahvaz city. In this descriptive-analytical study، statistical population incl-udeed 384 married women، aged 15- 49 ye-ars old، referring to health centers in the west of Ahvaz city. Sampling was conduc-ted by stratified method. The tool for colle-cting information was a researcher designed multi-section questionnaire، which was co-mpleted by aid of trained interviewers along with interviewing. Data were analyz-ed by SPSS software and chi- square test at sign-ificant level of P< 0. 05. The finding showed that the me-an age of subjects under study was 30. 6 ± 7 years. There was a significant association between lifestyle and other parameters such as ethnic (p< 0. 001)، marital status (p< 0. 004)، occupation (p< 0. 002) and income (p< 0. 001). The subjects had an average lifestyle in terms of sleep quality (29. 2%)، spend leisure time (49. 7%)، nutrition (54. 7%) and individual health status (48. 2%). in overall، 50. 3% of women had an average lifestyle. The most common method of contraception was condom (34. 8%). Discussion & Considering that most of the women in this study had an average lifestyle، this emphasizes the imp-ortance of health education to familiarize most women with appropriate lifestyle and right behavioral habits acting as a protective factor.