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- Title
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors among Medical College Students.
- Authors
Ajrash, Khamael Ali; Al-Abedi, Ghazwan Abdulhussein
- Abstract
Background: Countries are impacted by an increase of a group for unhealthy behaviors that strongly contribute to the raise of chronic diseases that have a close connection to daily life behaviors. These diseases include high blood pressure, diabetes, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular diseases. The study aims to assess the healthy lifestyle behaviors among medical college students, and found out relationship between healthy lifestyle behaviors with their demographic characteristics. Methodology: The descriptive research design was conducted at medical colleges in university of Kerbala during Sep 26th 2022 to 19th, March, 2023. The sample was collected from a non-probability convenience sample of 150 students between4th January and 27th February 2023. The data were described analyzed through use of a descriptive (frequencies, percentage...) and inferential (Spearman correlation coefficient) statistical analysis procedures. Results: The findings of the study indicated that the majority of the sample were female (68.7%), most of participants were single (88%), the highest percentage of the sample was living at their family (92.7%), and (61.3%) of them were resident in rural areas with high monthly income. Concerning the healthy lifestyle activities of the students; four fifths (79%) were at moderate level and this was not significantly associated with demographic characteristics. Conclusion: The results of this study show more than four fifths of the sample have moderate level of health behaviors. Fundamental applicable programs should be undertaken as soon as possible to improve students' health behaviors.
- Subjects
MEDICAL students; CONVENIENCE sampling (Statistics); HEALTH behavior; HYPERTENSION; RANK correlation (Statistics)
- Publication
Kerbala Jorunal of Medicine, 2023, Vol 16, Issue 2, p2667
- ISSN
1990-5483
- Publication type
Article