Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Geriatric Health Promotion scale

SUMMARY STATEMENT What is already known about this topic? The population is ageing rapidly and consistently worldwide. Health‐promoting behaviours are crucial in enabling older adults to function independently and to ensure a better quality of life. The instruments commonly used to measure health‐promoting behaviours are not tailored to the specific needs of the older people. What this paper adds? The Turkish version of the GHP scale is usable for evaluating health‐promoting behaviours in older adults. The Turkish version of the GHP scale for older people showed statistically acceptable levels of reliability and validity for use in the Turkish population. The presence of distinct subscales within this scale serves to identify the areas where the older adults require additional support. The implications of this paper: The Turkish version of the GHP scale could be an appropriate instrument for nurses to measure the health‐promoting behaviours of older people. This scale can be used to establish health promotion programmes that encourage the adoption of healthy lifestyle practices that are specifically tailored to the needs of older people. This scale can be used in future studies that are planned for health promotion among the older individuals.