Abstract

VARELA-AREVALO, María Teresa; OCHOA-MUNOZ, Andrés Felipe  and  TOVAR-CUEVAS, José Rafael. Types of lifestyles in young university. Univ. Salud [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.2, pp.246-256. ISSN 0124-7107.

Introduction: The current evidence on the relationship between lifestyles and the main health problems in the world is wide, taking into account the increase in the numbers of behaviors of risk and their impacts on the health of the population Objetive: The aim of the study was to describe life styles of private college youth from Cali, according to their practices in eight dimensions, and to identify clustering of them. Materials and methods: The study sample consisted of 370 youth with ages between 18 and 25 years, who answered the Lifestyle Questionnaire for University Students - CEVJU-R2, which classifies healthy and unhealthy practices. Regression models for binary response factor and a combination of cluster analysis methods were used. The stats packages for the regression models and FactoClass (10) for multivariate analysis with the R software were used. Results: With binary regression models and combination of multivariate methods, it was possible to find three clusters: 1) men, without couple, not working, with unhealthy physical activity practices; 2) women, without couple, not working, with unhealthy physical activity practices and high level of stress; and 3) women, without couple, not working, with unhealthy physical activity practices. Conclusions: Typologies found will allow the university to make targeted interventions that consider the characteristics of different types of youth, achieving better results and optimizing the available resources.

Keywords : Health behavior; young adult; regression analysis; gender and health; adolescent health.

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