Perceived Behavioral Etiology of Cardiovascular Diseases Is Able to Predict a Health-Promoting Lifestyle in Men Under Methadone Therapy in Kermanshah City, 2017

objectives: the present study was conducted to examine the relationship between the perceived behavioral risk factors of cardiovascular diseases (cvds) and health-promoting lifestyle in men under methadone therapy.methods: in this cross-sectional study, 68 patients who referred to methadone-maintenance treatment (mmt) centers in kermanshah city were assessed during september 2017. perceived heart risk factors scale (phrfs) and health promoting lifestyle profile (hplp-ii) were used for data collection. the data were analyzed using multivariate linear regression analysis.results: the mean age of the patients was 39.4 ± 13.3 years. the results of correlation and regression analysis showed that there was a significant direct relationship between perceived behavioral risk factors and all subscales of hplp-ii (p < 0.001). the model generally could explain the variance of 14.9% to 35.8% related to healthy lifestyle components.conclusions: it can be concluded that understanding harmful heart behavior patterns by drug addicts under methadone therapy may lead to adopting a comprehensive healthy lifestyle. training must be focused on improved knowledge and perception of the drug addicts about behavioral risk factors of cvds.