Abstract

LAGUADO JAIMES, Elveny  and  GOMEZ DIAZ, Martha Patricia. HEALTHY LIFESTYLES OF NURSING STUDENTS AT UNIVERSIDAD COOPERATIVA DE COLOMBIA. Hacia promoc. Salud [online]. 2014, vol.19, n.1, pp.68-83. ISSN 0121-7577.

Objective: To determine healthy lifestyles in nursing students from the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Bucaramanga Headquarters using the Nola Pender's HLPII instrument which included six dimensions: responsibility in health, nutrition, physical activity, and stress management, interpersonal and spiritual relationships in nursing students. Materials and Methods: Cross sectional study applying Nola Pender's questionnaire II (HPLP II) to 154 students, with 52 items divided into six dimensions in order to assess the frequency of behavior performance. Previously, an informed consent was applied. Results: Female gender was predominant with 85.7 % (132), mean age 21+/-7 years, minimum age was 16 and maximum age was 38 years. Behaviors that reach the frequency considered routinely healthy are given in the spiritual dimension and the relationships dimension. Conclusions:, Different factors interfere in maintaining a healthy life in the university stage. In the nursing students in this study, healthy habits are not performed in a routinely way, considering these as not healthy as proposed by Nola Pender. The data found potentiate risk behaviors for chronic non contagious diseases, which can interfere for reducing disability and mortality as a consequence of these diseases.

Keywords : Nutrition; physical activity; lifestyle; interpersonal relationships; health behavior.

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