Correlation of the health‐promoting lifestyle, enrollment level, and academic performance of College of Nursing students in Kuwait

Al-Kandari, Fatimah; Vidal, Victoria L.

doi:10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00311.x

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“…"I consume and save electricity and water considering the limited resources" 39.5% 59.6% 9,10 In our study, the HLSB-II scale average points were higher than previous studies on university students; however, the results represent only a medium level of healthy lifestyle behavior, highlighting the need for further education in this area. The higher results of the students may be related to the high sociocultural level of the students and the interest of them, because this was an elective course.…”

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Effect of Health Education on Healthy Lifestyle Behavior

Şemin¹,

Tengiz²

2016

Turkiye Klinikleri J Health Sci

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A AB BS ST TR RA AC CT T O Ob bj je ec ct ti iv ve e: : In this study, we aimed to investigate whether "Health and Life" course improved the university students' healthy lifestyle behavior or not and to determine the most preferred educational method used during the course. M Ma at te er ri ia al l a an nd d M Me et th ho od ds s: : The research design was based on the principle of single group pretest-posttest pattern. The participants were 47 students who had attended "Health and Life" course in Izmir University of Economics at Fall semester of 2014-2015 educational year. Students completed a questionnaire, containing the Healthy Lifestyle Behavior-II Scale (HLSB-II) as well as additional questions about health behavior (11 items) and educational methods, in the first week of the course (pretest) and before the final exam (posttest). R Re es su ul lt ts s: : The internal consistency coefficient consulted for the analysis of the HLSB-II scale reliability was determined as Crohnbach α: 0.93. Mean pretest scale score was 136.79±17.80, and posttest was 148.34±20.89. The difference between pretest and posttest was statistically significant by paired samples t-test (p<0.05). The highest mean score for the subcategories of the scale that contribute to the development of healthy lifestyle, was interpersonal relations (28.23±3.95/28.98±4.13), whereas the lowest mean score was physical activity (18.81±4.88/21.63±4.77). The "collaborative learning method-small group discussion after presentation" was found more useful educational method (41.3%) than the other methods as interactive method-question-answer (26.1%), lecturing (21.7%) and flipped classroom (10.9%). C Co on nc cl lu us si io on n: : Education should be organized to improve the university students' understanding of three components of health and their lifestyle behavior, and small group discussions with the enhanced cooperative learning methods would be preferred.K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Education; health attitude; behavior; lifestyle Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Bu çalışmada çeşitli eğitim yöntemlerinin uygulandığı "sağlık ve yaşam" dersinin öğrencilerin sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarını geliştirmeye etkisinin olup olmadığının araştırıl-ması ve en çok tercih edilen eğitim yönteminin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. G Ge er re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön nt te em ml le er r: : Araştırmamız tek grup öntest-sontest dizaynındadır. Çalışmanın evrenini 2014-2015 eğitim yılı güz dönemi "Sağlık ve Yaşam" dersine devam eden öğrenciler (n: 47 kişi) oluşturmuştur. Öğrencilere Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranış (SYBD) Ölçeği-II yanında sosyo-demografik özellikler, sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarını etkilediği düşünülen bazı faktörlerin değerlendirilmesi ile ilgili sorular (11 madde) ile derste uygulanan farklı eğitim yöntemlerine yönelik soruları içeren anket formu eğitimin başladığı ilk hafta (öntest) ve final sınavı (sontest) öncesinde uygulanmıştır. B Bu ul lg gu ul la ar r: : SYBD-II Ölçeği Crohnbach alfa değeri 0,93 olarak bulunmuştur. Öğrencilerin eğitim başında SYBD Ölçeğ...

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Effect of Health Education on Healthy Lifestyle Behavior

Şemin¹,

Tengiz²

2016

Turkiye Klinikleri J Health Sci

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“…Studies in Finland (children) and elsewhere (adolescents) reported a positive association between PA and academic achievement (12,13). In contrast, in Kuwait, there was no direct association between PA and academic achievement (14); and in the UK, there was no direct association between PA and students' academic achievement whether the indicator employed was subjective (self reported) or objective (actual module grade) (15).…”

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Correlates of Achieving the Guidelines of Four Forms of Physical Activity, and the Relationship between Guidelines Achievement and Academic Performance: Undergraduate Students in Finland

Ansari

Suominen

Draper

2017

Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARY Objectives:We surveyed and compared, by gender, the levels and correlates of achieving the international guidelines of four forms of physical activity (PA): moderate PA (MPA), vigorous PA (VPA), moderate or vigorous PA (MVPA), and muscle strengthening PA (MSPA). The study assessed the associations between achieving the guidelines of the four PA forms and a range of socio-demographic, health and academic performance variables.Methods: Data was collected across the seven faculties of the University of Turku (2013-2014 from a representative sample of 1,189 undergraduates). An English language online self-administered questionnaire assessed frequency and duration of PA/week for each form of PA. We employed cut-offs for the guidelines in accordance with the American Heart Association. Chi-square statistic tested the differences in PA, socio-demographic variables and academic performance between males and females. Binary logistic regression examined the factors associated with achieving the four PA guidelines and linear regression examined the association between the frequency of PA and academic performance.Results: Achievement of PA guidelines was relatively low across the sample. Female students were less likely to achieve the VPA or MSPA guidelines, but were more health conscious and in generally exhibited better academic performace than males. High health awareness and excellent/ very good self-rated health were the strongest predictors of achieving all forms of PA. Parents' education level was positively related to likelihood of achieving the VPA, MVPA and MSPA guidelines. Achieving the MPA guidelines (but not VPA or MSPA) was positively associated with subjective perceptions of better academic performance.Conclusions: Achievement of PA guidelines was generally low for this sample of Finnish students, and was associated with positive health status and high health awareness. Universities need a holistic approach to improve awareness of health and promote PA in students' lifestyles.

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“…If they were convinced of the need to adopt a healthy lifestyle, with adequate physical exercise and a proper diet, the task of encouraging their patients to do likewise would be much easier. As indicated by McDowell and Al-Kandari [38] [39], activity promotion and personal behaviour of health care professionals are associated with the promotion of healthcare for patients. Hence, with their health-promoting lifestyle and knowledge, student nurses would be able to perform their role more effectively as practitioners.…”

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Physical Activity and Health-Promoting Lifestyle of Student Nurses in Malaysia

Geok¹,

Yusof²,

Soh³

et al. 2015

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Studies have indicated that lack of regular physical exercise and not adhering to a health-promoting lifestyle among student nurses are barriers to their encouraging patients to exercise. On the other hand, nurses who personally embrace physical activity are more likely to encourage their patients to improve their health through physical activity or diet. As a result, promoting an active and healthy lifestyle among student nurses is important because this has a crucial role in their subsequently encouraging healthy lifestyles among their patients. The aims of this study were to determine the physical activity levels and health-promoting lifestyles among student nurses in Malaysia, and to investigate whether there was a correlation between the physical activity levels of student nurses and their lifestyle habits. Further investigation was also carried out to correlate lifestyle habits with physical activity during weekdays and at the weekends. This study involved 189 student nurses who were pursuing Diplomas and Bachelor Degrees in local government universities. The Yamax Digi-Walker pedometer was used to measure physical activity, while the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP) II questionnaire was used to assess the health-promoting lifestyles of the participants. The HPLP II consisted of six sub-scales which included health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, spiritual growth, interpersonal relations, and stress management. According to the results on physical activity, the student nurses had a mean of 8275.97 ± 2210.174 steps per day and were thus categorised as somewhat active. Additionally, the student nurses were found to be more active during weekends (M = 8389.75, SD = 2689.12) as compared to weekdays (M = 8230.46, SD = 2353.97). According to previous studies, both step counts are classified in the "somewhat active" category. Overall, the results for HPLP II showed that student nurses students in Malaysia had a positive health-promoting lifestyle with a score of 2.58 ± 0.34 on a 4-point Likert scale. The highest score was reported in spiritual growth, with a score of 2.92 ± 0.43. Meanwhile, physical activity was observed to be the lowest, with a score of * Corresponding author. S. K. Geok et al. 791.74 ± 0.39. The results found no correlation between physical activity and overall health-promoting lifestyle among student nurses in Malaysia (r = 0.06, n = 189, p < 0.37). However, there was a significant relationship between physical activity (measured by the pedometer) and physical activity habit (measured through the questionnaire) among the student nurses (r = 0.24, n = 189, p < 0.01). According to the findings, when the participants indicated in the questionnaire that they were active physically, the pedometer readings also showed a corresponding similarity in terms of their daily physical activities.

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Correlation of the health‐promoting lifestyle, enrollment level, and academic performance of College of Nursing students in Kuwait

Cited by 99 publications

References 20 publications

Effect of Health Education on Healthy Lifestyle Behavior

Effect of Health Education on Healthy Lifestyle Behavior

Correlates of Achieving the Guidelines of Four Forms of Physical Activity, and the Relationship between Guidelines Achievement and Academic Performance: Undergraduate Students in Finland

Physical Activity and Health-Promoting Lifestyle of Student Nurses in Malaysia

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