Health REGULATIONS: The Effects of Health Promoting Lifestyle, Depression, and Religious Activities on the Quality of Life for Christian Believers

Purpose: This study is a descriptive research study attempted to provide basic data with a view to improve the quality of life by identifying the impact on the quality of life for the subjects of local religious community. Prior to the start of the study, a review of the research was requested, and the G-W University Research Ethics Review Committee approved of it. Method: As for the data collection, the final 253 copies were used for the analysis of the adults who attended the retreat. The collected data were analyzed by the descriptive statistics, Chi-Square test, t-test, ANOVA, Pear-son correlation analysis, and the multiple regression analysis using the SPSS 25.0 statistical program. Results: As a result of the study, the health promoting lifestyle(r=.431, p<.001), depression(r=-.381, p<.001), religious activities(r=.275, p<.001) and the quality of life were all significant in correlation. The factors influencing the quality of life of the research subjects were the health promoting lifestyle(β=.335, p<.001), depres-sion(β=-.275, p<.001), and the religious activities(β=.144, p=.011), while the explanatory power was 33.0%. Conclusion: Through this study, it is necessary to develop a program which can improve the quality of life along with the continuous religious activities.