A systematic review of social determinants of healthy lifestyle among Iranian women

Abstract

Abstract Aim This review aimed to determine the social determinants of healthy lifestyle among Iranian women. Design A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Method A comprehensive electronic search was carried out with no time limit until 6 September 2019. Newcastle–Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale (adapted for evaluating cross‐sectional survey/studies) was used to evaluate the quality of the articles. The metap code was used in SATATA16 to combine the p‐values using Edgington's additive method. Results Twelve studies entered the systematic review. The meta‐analysis results showed that social determinants of healthy lifestyle among Iranian women included income, job, education, spouse's education and occupation, housing and social support. Conclusions Given the relationship between modifiable factors and women's lifestyles, it seems that it is necessary to set policies to improve the status of factors related to women's lifestyle including reducing poverty, promoting education and providing social support to eliminate.

Keywords

• health behaviour
• Iran
• lifestyle
• social determinants of health
• women