Observational studyJournal of community health2019
Health Perception According to the Lifestyle of University Students.
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- Self-Perceived Health Status of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Diabetes in Spain: Associated Factors and Sex Differences.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Perceptions of quality of life and the clinical learning environment: a cross-sectional study of four cohorts of health professions students.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Factors associated with changes in physical activity levels among Chinese international students in South Korea.Physical activity and nutrition · 2024Article
- Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and its association with sustainable dietary behaviors, sociodemographic factors, and lifestyle: a cross-sectional study in US University students.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
- The impact of health promotion training on university students' health perceptions, healthy lifestyle behaviors, and risky behaviors.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Psychological status of general population 1 year after the outbreak of COVID-19: a cross-sectional study based on SCL-90.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Preventing burnout and substance use disorder among healthcare professionals through breathing exercises, emotion identification, and writing activities.Journal of interprofessional education & practice · 2022Article
- Health-promoting factors among students in higher education within health care and social work: a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data in a multicentre longitudinal study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Usage behavior and health benefit perception of youth in urban parks: A case study from Qingdao, China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Intention to Screen for Hepatitis C Among University Students: Influence of Different Communicative Scenarios.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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- Diet Quality Compared to the Nutritional Knowledge of Polish, German, and Slovakian University Students-Preliminary Research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Mediating Effect of Sports Participation on the Relationship between Health Perceptions and Health Promoting Behavior in Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Impact of Physical Activity Practice and Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Relation to Multiple Intelligences among University Students.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Cluster Analysis of Health-Related Lifestyles in University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Role of Body Image, Disordered Eating and Lifestyle on the Quality of Life in Lithuanian University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
University students are characterized by having inadequate eating habits, along with an unhealthy lifestyle, which, among other factors, can affect the perception they have of their state of health. The aim of the study was to evaluate the health perception of a group of university students according to lifestyle. A cross-sectional observational study was carried out on 214 university students from different universities and branches of knowledge. Anthropometric data were collected. Three questionnaires were administered: PREDIMED (Mediterranean Diet (MD) adherence), SF-36 (perception of health state) and GPAQ (physical activity (PA)). The differences between variables were analyzed using Student-t or Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis and Pearson Chi-Square tests. Statistical significance was reached at p < 0.05. Most students were found to be normal weighted. The subjects presented an moderate MD adherence, this being better in Health Sciences students. 75.7% practiced light PA. The health perception is worse for most of the subscales analyzed than that of the reference population (except physical-function, physical-role, and emotional-role). There is an association between PA and health perception: students with intense PA have less body pain and better physical function; the less active, the less vitality. The more physically active subjects the greater MD adherence. Lifestyle and eating habits of health sciences students are healthier than that of students from other branches of knowledge. The physically active subjects have a better perception of quality of life-related to health and greater MD adherence.
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