scholarly journals Assessment of Health Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors of Students at the University of Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: A Quantitative Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-184
Author(s):  
Obaid Ul Haq ◽  
Hafiz Sabghatullah ◽  
Katrina A Ronis ◽  
Hizbullah Khan
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Health Promoting Lifestyle ◽  
The University

Background: Health promoting lifestyle behaviors are important to achieve good health and wellbeing especially for young adults. The university setting is where students can be exposed to positive and negative lifestyle activities. The aim of this study was to ascertain the level of involvement in health promoting lifestyle behaviors by the students attending the University of Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional quantitative approach was utilized to survey university students. Data was collected from 308 male and female university students through a modified and validated questionnaire on “Health- Promoting Lifestyle Profile II”. Institutional ethical approval was obtained. Data was analyzed with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 19.0. Results: The main findings revealed that the mean (SD) health promoting lifestyle behaviors score was 2.48 (+0.3) for all the study participants. Female students had a better overall health promoting behavior as compared to male students and the former were more health responsible (mean score 1.97 (+ 0.5) as compared to their male counterparts (mean score 1.79 + 0.4), this difference was statistically significant (p=0.002). Male students were more physically active mean (SD) 2.20 (+ 0.5) than female students mean (SD) score 2.03 (+ 0.4), and difference was statistically significant (p=.006). Conclusion: Overall health promoting lifestyle behaviors of students from the University of Malakand were low irrespective of gender. Male students were physically more active whereas female students were more health responsible. It is recommended that relevant stakeholders work in collaboration with students to develop HPL behavior policies and implement interventions to promote healthy lifestyle behavior within national university settings.

SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS AND CONTRACEPTION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN TURKEY

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAHBAL ARAS ◽  
ESMAHAN ORCIN ◽  
SEMA OZAN ◽  
SEMIH SEMIN
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Attitudes ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Premarital Sexual ◽  
The University

The aim of this study was to evaluate the sexual attitudes and behaviours of university students. An anonymous questionnaire was administered to 550 final-year university students aged 20–25 years in Izmir, Turkey. Male students opposed premarital sexual intercourse for both genders more than female students did. The frequency of sexual intercourse among male students (61·2%) was higher than that among female students (18·3%). The mean age of first sexual intercourse was lower among male than among female respondents. The rate of condom use at first sexual intercourse was 47·4%. The frequency of having two or more past sexual partners and masturbation was higher among males than females. It was found that there were culture-specific and gender-dependent differences in sexual attitudes and behaviours of the university students. These results may help in the planning of education and health policies in Turkey.

scholarly journals Aerobic Capacity and Anaerobic Power Levels of the University Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Cengiz TASKIN
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Aerobic Capacity ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Anaerobic Power ◽  
Anaerobic Capacity ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Fatigue Index ◽  
The University

<p>The aim of study was to analyze aerobic capacity and anaerobic power levels of the university students. Total forty university students who is department physical education and department business (age means; 21.15±1.46 years for male and age means; 20.55±1.79 years for female in department physical education), volunteered to participate in this study. Anaerobic power was measured with Running Anaerobic Sprint Test (RAST). Oxygen consumption was estimated 20-m shuttle run test. We found that was aerobic and minimum anaerobic capacity of physical education students higher than aerobic and minimum anaerobic capacity of business students (P&lt;0.05). On the other hand, we didn’t found differences between physical education female and male students and business female and male students in maximal anaerobic capacity and average anaerobic capacity (P&gt;0.05). We found that was aerobic and minimum anaerobic capacity of female and male students in department physical education higher than aerobic and minimum anaerobic capacity of female and male students in department of business (P&lt;0.05). In addition, fatigue index of female students in department physical education lower than fatigue index of female students in department of business was found (P&lt;0.05). In conclusion, recreational sportive activities affect development of aerobic capacity, depending on this, aerobic capacities of the students having education at the physical education and sport teaching department are more advanced than the students of the business management department due to applied courses included in the curriculum, in addition to recreational activities, genetic factors are determinants of anaerobic capacities.</p>

scholarly journals Effects of the Sports on the Personality Traits and the Domains of Creativity

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Elif Top ◽  
Mustafa Akil
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Female Students ◽  
The Other ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Scientific Creativity ◽  
The University ◽  
Sports Sciences

The present study investigated the correlation between the personality traits of the university students who wereengaged in sports and the ones who were not engaged in sports, and their domains of creativity. A total number of593 students studying in the faculty of sports sciences and in other departments were included the study. As the datacollection tools, “Revised/Shortened Form Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-RS)” and “Kaufman Domainsof Creativity Scale” (K-DOCS) were used in the present study. When the creativity and personality traits of thefemale and male students were compared, it was found out that the neuroticism points of female students were foundto be higher comparing to the male students. While the male students had higher points in in the domains of scholarlycreativity, mechanical/scientific creativity, artistic and psychoticism, the female students were found to have scoredhigher points in the other domains. When the creativity and personality traits of the students who were engaged insports and those of the students who were not engaged in sports were compared, the extroverted characteristics werefound higher and psychoticism characteristics were lower of the individuals engaged in sports, while no differencewas found in other domains. Consequently, it could be said that female students were more neurotic, that theindividuals engaged in sports were more extroverted compared to the ones not engaged in sports, and that malestudents have higher points compared to the female students in the domains of scholarly, mechanical/scientific,artistic and psychoticism.

scholarly journals Assessment of Health-Promoting Lifestyle among Dental Students in Zagreb, Croatia

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Larisa Musić ◽  
Tonći Mašina ◽  
Ivan Puhar ◽  
Laura Plančak ◽  
Valentina Kostrić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Health Promoting Behaviors ◽  
Health Responsibility ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Health Promoting Lifestyle ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Study

As future healthcare professionals, dental medicine students are expected to exhibit healthy lifestyle behaviors. This study aims to assess the health-promoting behaviors among undergraduate dental medicine students of all six academic study years at the University of Zagreb, and determine their predictors. Students were invited to complete a two-part survey, consisting of a self-reported sociodemographic questionnaire and the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP II). Three hundred and forty-nine students completed the survey; the response rate was 60.3%. The total mean HPLP II score was 2.64 ± 0.34. Students in the second academic study year scored the lowest (2.50 ± 0.33), and students in the sixth academic study year scored the highest (2.77 ± 0.32). Health responsibility was the overall lowest scored subcategory, while interpersonal relations was scored the highest. Female students reported lower spiritual growth and stress management than male students. Higher body mass index (BMI) was related to lower health responsibility. Smoking, place of residence and the age of participants did not seem to have an impact on health-promoting behaviors. Dental students at our faculty exhibit moderate health-promoting behaviors, even in the absence of a formal health-promoting course in the existing curriculum.

scholarly journals The Social Correlates of Anxiety among University Students

2018 ◽  
pp. 80-89
Author(s):  
Khisro Kaleem Raza Et al.,
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Use Of Self ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Social Correlates ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University

Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness experienced by an individual regarding his/her future-oriented tasks, where an individual feels apprehension regarding the worse happening which may not actually happen. The correlates of anxiety refer to the factors which lead towards the feelings of worry, whereby the social correlates of anxiety are the social factors which may lead towards anxiety. The current study was designed to investigate the social correlates of anxiety among university students. A total of 758 students from the University of Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were taken as a sample of the study including 442 male and 316 female students from all the disciplines of the stated university from its final year all masters programs. A proportionate sample of 30% from both male and female students was taken and the data were collected through the use of self-report four point liker scale inventory. The social correlates of anxiety among university students were divided into three broad categories including family (parents), friends and teachers. Data were collected, tabulated and analyzed for the stated correlates of anxiety among university students which revealed that all of the three social correlates of anxiety prevailed among male students. Finally, suggestions were made and recommendations were presented for minimizing the severity of anxiety correlates among university students.

scholarly journals Gender, Age, Year of Course and Faculty: Factors Influencing the Risk of Eating Disorders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
María-Camino Escolar-Llamazares ◽  
María-Ángeles Martínez-Martín ◽  
María-Begoña Medina-Gómez ◽  
María-Yolanda González-Alonso ◽  
Elvira Mercado-Val ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
University Students ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Second Year ◽  
The University ◽  
Probabilistic Sample

Background: The passage through university, as a complex experience, can heighten personal susceptibility to eating disorders. The objective of this research is to determine how gender, age, year of course, and center or faculty can influence the risk of an eating disorder among university students. Method: A transversal and descriptive study with a probabilistic sample of 516 Spanish students from 26 university degrees is performed, by administering the Inventory Eating Disorder-Reference criterion (EDI-3-RF) to the students. Results: It was found that the female students enrolled in second-year grades presented a greater obsession with thinness and body dissatisfaction, that the male students did more physical exercise to control their weight, and that those under 20 years and the students from both the Health and Law Faculties presented greater bulimic behavior. Conclusions: It is necessary to implement preventive measures adapted to the university students.

Determination of Risk Factors of the Youth for Coronary Heart Disease Based on Gender

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (09) ◽  
pp. 20613-20620
Author(s):  
Betül ÖZEN ◽  
Özlem CEYHAN ◽  
Zeliha KAYA ERTEN ◽  
Meltem SOYLU
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Coronary Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The University

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the risk factors of the youth for coronary heart disease. Methods: This cross-sectional study was completed with 216 students who were studying in a university located in Kayseri and selected for the sample by using the stratified simple random sampling method. Results: In the study, 40.3% of the university students were 20-21 years old, 69% were female, and 21.3% had the history of heart disease in their family. 47.8% of the male students were smoker, 17.9% were drinking alcohol, 22.4% did not do physical exercise and no significant difference was determined compared to the female students (p<0.05). More than 65% of the university students described themselves as stressed. 20.1% of the female students and 35.8% of the male students were eating fast food. It was found that BMI and body fat percentage of the male students were significantly higher than female students. On the other hand, waist-to-hip ratio of the female students was significantly higher than the male students. In addition, the male students had higher systolic (p = .001) and diastolic blood pressures (p = .004). Conclusion: This study showed that young people were at risk for coronary heart disease. This reveals the importance of recognizing risky behaviors among young people and conducting studies to encourage young people for lifestyle change.

scholarly journals Determining The Anxiety And Anxiety Levels Of University Students In The COVID 19 Outbreak.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (07) ◽  
pp. 4887-4894
Author(s):  
Mustafa Çalık
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
As Stress ◽  
The University

Objective The outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused considerable public health problems. Departing from the case of COVID-19, this paper aims to not only find out the psychological impacts of the changes in universities’ educational programs on undergraduate students in Turkey but also make a scientific contribution to determining what kinds of supports can be given to university students in other possible social catastrophes that could take place in any future time. Material- Methods 1117 university students over the age of 17 from 23 universities  took part in this study by completing the online questionnaire we prepared on the Internet. The relationship between university students’ stress and anxiety levels and their age, gender and class year were examined. Result While average BAI scores of male students were 11.56, female students’ average BAI scores were 16.65. Average STAI-1 points of male and female students were 46,71 and 49,04, respectively. As a result, it was found that there were significant differences between BAI and STAI-1 scores of male and female students.(p<0.05) Conclusion ''Our study found that more than two/three of the  university students suffered from anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 outbreak.'. In this regard, it can said that university students should learn to deal with such mental and emotional problems as stress, anxiety and fear, which more likely require psychological and physical effort, by taking necessary measures during important social catastrophes such as Covid-19 outbreak.

scholarly journals Health Problems in University Students - A Case Study

2019 ◽  
pp. 337-341
Author(s):  
Podila Sankara Pitchaiah ◽  
Nazia Sultana
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Science Students ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Irritable Bowel ◽  
The University

Health problems are common among male and female students. The present study was aimed to examine the seasonal, allergy, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and other health problems among the Arts and Science students of Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. The study found that a high percent of Science students have health problems compared to Arts students. 13.71 % of Science students have seasonal health problems, 5.65% have allergy, 6.05 % have IBS and 9.27% have other than these problems. In the case of Arts students the percentages are 3.75, 1.50, 1.22 and 1.50 respectively. It is also observed that seasonal problems are high among the university students compared to remaining problems. The study concluded that the health problems are high in female than male students.

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