سلوكيات نمط الحياة الصحي لدى طلبة الكليات الطبية وغير الطبية في جامعة كربلاء: دراسة مقارنة

Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors among Medical and Non-Medical College Students at the University of Kerbala: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Healthy lifestyle behaviors are defined as the adoption and implementation of behaviors that will reduce the risk of a serious illness or premature death, as well as protect and improve health levels. This study objectives to compare the healthy lifestyle behaviors between medical and non-medical college students, and find out the relationship between healthy lifestyle behaviors for students with their demographic characteristics.
A comparative study was carried out through a selection of (7) Colleges (Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Engineering, Pure Science, Education for human sciences, and Law college) at university of Kerbala to meet the study objectives. A non-probability (convenience) sample of 300 fourth-class students has been selected from colleges.
The study reveals that healthy lifestyle behaviors among students at medical and non-medical colleges show moderate levels as reported 79.3%, (M±SD=103.29 ± 9.769), 74% (M±SD=106.00 ± 9. 728) for medical and non-medical colleges students respectively. The results show that there is significant difference in overall healthy lifestyle behaviors at p-value= 0.017, particularly in subdomains of physical activity and nutrition 0.037 and 0.007 between two groups. Also, there was significant relationship between healthy lifestyle behaviors and residency area for non-medical college students.
Healthy lifestyle behaviors between students of medical and non-medical colleges are moderate level. While there is a significant difference between medical and non-medical students in the healthy lifestyle behaviors and in subdomains of physical activity and nutrition particular. The study suggests encouraging the deans of the colleges construct exercise facilities for both genders to promote the value of the physical activity.