| Assessment of health-promoting lifestyle profile in Japanese university students. | |
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PMID: 21987366 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVES: This descriptive study of 314 students was conducted to determine whether there were any relationships of their demographic variables with a health-promoting lifestyle profile. METHODS: The Japanese version of the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) questionnaire was used to investigate students' lifestyles. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multiple comparison procedures using the Scheffe test were conducted to identify significant differences among university year (first, second, etc.) groups. The t-test independent participants was utilized to compare the HPLP-II scores according to gender and living with family (yes/no). Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the effects of various demographics on the overall HPLP-II score and the six health-promoting lifestyle subscales. RESULTS: The whole cohort of participants had an overall HPLP-II mean score of 2.50 (SD = 0.29), with the highest mean score being for interpersonal relations (3.05 ± 0.44), and the lowest mean score being for health responsibility (2.01 ± 0.53). The overall HPLP-II score of the students during the first university year was 2.59 (SD = 0.29), and this score progressively declined in their second year (2.49 ± 0.29), third year (2.47 ± 0.28), and fourth year (2.45 ± 0.30). Female students practiced significantly better health responsibility, interpersonal relations, and nutrition than males, and male students practiced significantly better physical activity than females. The students who were living with family had significantly higher nutrition scores than those not living with family. CONCLUSIONS: These significant findings linking the HPLP-II, university year level, and living with family (yes/no) in university students will enable healthcare providers to develop interventions to assist students in improving their health lifestyles in the university environment and will help in devising suitable education programs. |
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Chang-Nian Wei; Koichi Harada; Kimiyo Ueda; Kumiko Fukumoto; Keiko Minamoto; Atsushi Ueda |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-10-11 |
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Title: Environmental health and preventive medicine Volume: - ISSN: 1347-4715 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-11 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9609642 Medline TA: Environ Health Prev Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Preventive and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1, Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan, cnwei@kumamoto-u.ac.jp. |
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