Healthy lifestyles and their association with personal factors in UNAN– Managua students 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5377/torreon.v9i26.10256Keywords:
lifestyles, students, personal factors, universityAbstract
Objective: To determine whether there is an association between lifestyles and personal factors in UNAN- MANAGUA university students.
Methodology: A sample of 753 university students from 16 to 29 years of first to fifth year of 2012-2016 was analyzed. An analytical design with statistical methods of chi square association testing was used to determine the association of variables and logistic regression analysis to determine the strength of association using the Odds Ratios (OR) of the risk factors and to know the predictive value of each of the dimensions of the lifestyles.
Results: The average age of female students is 19 and for the male is 20 years, the body mass index of the students is overweight, the male in obesity grade 1. 74% of students in the urban area, 52.5% of students in study do not have any type of student scholarship, 90% of students do not report self-informed illness, and 60% of students of both sexes have inadequate lifestyles. No difference was found in the lifestyle according to sex. Bivariate analysis does not reflect statistical association (p-value greater than 0.05) between the variables age, sex, body mass index, provenance, height and lifestyle. In the logistic regression analysis the most significant covariates found in the model were nutrition, exercise, health responsibility, stress management, self-realization and student lifestyle.
Conclusion: Most students have inadequate lifestyles. The personal factors age, sex, body mass index, provenance and height of students are not associated with the lifestyle of these. On the other hand, there is a strong association between the dimensions of nutrition, exercise, responsibility in health, stress management, self-realization and student lifestyle.
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