Health-Promoting Lifestyles of Nursing Students in Mahidol University
Based on Pender's health promotion medel, this study aimed to examine the level of health promoting liestyles of nursing students in Mahidlol University and analyze related factors in 2006. The research design was a cross-sectional analytic study. The study population was unclergraduate nurs...
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| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/1500 |
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| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Based on Pender's health promotion medel, this study aimed to examine the level of health promoting liestyles of nursing students in Mahidlol University and analyze related factors in 2006.
The research design was a cross-sectional analytic study. The study population was unclergraduate
nursing students who were studying at the Faculty of Nursing; Mahidol University in 2006.The
research instrument was a self-administrated questionnaire. Data were analyzed,by using descriptive
statistics such as frequency, percentage, means, standard deviations, and mcdian. Moreover, for
analytic statistics' the Kruskal-Wallis test, Spearman rank correlation, Chi-square test, and multiple
regressions were employed.
The research results showed that more than half (53.58%) of the nursing students had health prornoting
lifestylcs at a moderate level. The nursing students performed best in interpersonal
relations but worst in exercisc. There were significant diff'erences among the various age groups and
studying years with fieshmen reporting worse in health responsibility and stress management. 'l'here
were significantly positive associations between health-promoting lifestyles and health promotion
course taken, perceived health status, and perceived health self-efficacy. Among these factors,
perceived health self-efficacy was the strongest predictor able to explain 37.8 percent variance of
health promoting lifestyles.
An exploration of the results leads to several recommendations made to rectily the weaknesses
in the nursing students'health-promoting li'estyles .Causes for the low rate of exercisc need to be
carefully exarrincd. Moreover, identifying sources of stress in first year college students and strengthening
their health responsibility warrant further attention. Nursing educators could also motivate the
students to perform good health practices andl enhance their health self efficacy. This would lead 10
better health -promoting lifestyles. |
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