DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjams.2025.v13i02.029

Pages: 464-469

Background of the study: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs) often express their desire to ensure the success of medical treatment or to replace anti rheumatic drugs, at least partially, by changing lifestyle factors. This desire is fostered by the plethora of media reports that describe the influence of nutrition, body weight, physical fitness and stress level on health and life expectancy Aim: To find the correlation between health promoting life style factors, quality of life and self-esteem among arthritis patient from a selected hospital of Bagalkot. Materials and methods: Purposive sampling technique was used to select the 150 samples. Health promoting life style factors, quality of life and self-esteem was assessed by standardized scales. Results: among 150 samples of arthritis patients 88 samples had low self-esteem, 79 samples had moderate quality of life, regarding health promoting life style factors moderate amount of general life style is about 119(79.33%), good were 31 (20.66%), and there is no poor amount of general life style. Health responsibly is moderately about 110(73.33%), good were 33(22%) and poor amount of 7(4.66%). Physical activity among arthritis patient is moderately about 110(73.33%), good amount of physical activity is about 20(13.33%), and poor amount of 20(13.3%). In this study good amount of nutrition is about 75(50%), moderate amount of 67(45.66%) and poor were 8(5.33%). The moderate amount of spiritual growth is 108(72%), good were 42(28%) and there is no poor spiritual growth. The moderate amount of 108(72%) is reported, in the study of interpersonal relationship among people is moderately 104(69.33%), a good amount of 45(30%) and in poor were 1(0.66%). The stress management is moderately managed about 108(72%), a good amount of stress management is about 42(28%) and there is poor amount stress management in health promoting life style factor among arthritis patient. There is a significant correlation between ...