scholarly journals Determination of the Relationship between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors, Physical Fitness, and Risk Factors of Coronary Heart Diseases in University Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Ali Ozkan ◽  
Mutlu Turkmen ◽  
Taner Bozkus ◽  
Murat Kul ◽  
Recep Soslu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
University Students ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Coronary Heart Diseases ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Determination of Some Variables Affecting Risk Factors of Coronary Heart Diseases in University Students

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Ozkan ◽  
Mutlu Turkmen ◽  
Taner Bozkus ◽  
Murat Kul ◽  
Recep Soslu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Body Fat Percentage ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors

The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between healthy lifestyle behaviors, physical fitness and coronary risk factors in university students. 320 male and female (nm:171; nf:149) students from a university participated in this study voluntarily. For the determination of body composition and Body Mass Indexes (BMI), subjects’ height, body weight, and skinfold thickness were taken and body fat percentage (%Fat) was determined. Healthy lifestyle behaviors were determined using the healthy lifestyle behaviors questionnaire. Indicators of physical fitness included flexibility (sit-up) (F), muscle strength and endurance (isometric knee (KS), back strength (BS) and a total of shuttle (TS), sprint performance, BMI, and body fat percentage (%fat). Coronary heart disease risk factors included mean arterial blood pressure (systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP)), fasting blood levels of triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), hematocrit (HT), and hemoglobin (HM). Results indicated subjects have normal body mass index, body fat percentage, SBP, DBP, TG, TCF, BS, KS. The results of the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis, indicated that SBP, DBP, TG, TCF, BS, KS for male and female was significantly correlated with flexibility (sit-up) (F), muscle strength and endurance (isometric knee (KS), back strength (BS) and total of shuttle (TS)), sprint performance. (p<0.01; p<0.05), In conclusion, the findings of the present study indicated that physical fitness and healthy lifestyle behaviors play a determinant role in coronary heart disease risk factors for male and female students from a university.

Evaluating the Relationship between Nursing Students’ Awareness of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Health Behaviors with Health Literacy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sena Kaplan ◽  
Sibel Peksoy Kaya
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Significance Test ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship

INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between nursing students’ awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic and health behaviors with health literacy. METHODS: This descriptive and cross-sectional study comprised 408 students enrolled in an undergraduate nursing program at a public university in Turkey. The data were collected online using the Individual Information Form, Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II, and Turkish Health Literacy Scale-32. The percentiles, significance test of the difference between two means, and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: The mean age of students was 20.89±1.95 and three of them had been diagnosed with COVID-19. It was determined that the students had sufficient health literacy (𝒙̅ =35.97±8.73), and healthy lifestyle behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic were at a moderate level (𝒙̅ =55.76±12.05). The results showed that as awareness of nursing students regarding COVID-19 and precautions against it increased, their mean score of health literacy increased, too (p<.05). Furthermore, there was a positive correlation between students’ mean score of healthy lifestyle behaviors in nutrition, physical activity, and stress management and their mean score of health literacy (p<.05). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: As the results have shown a relationship between nursing students’ awareness of COVID-19 and healthy lifestyle behaviors and health literacy, it is suggested to adapt the health literacy to students’ daily life during the pandemic period.

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