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Lifestyle, Quality of Life, and Health Promotion Needs in Mexican University Students: Important Differences by Sex and Academic Discipline

Few studies have evaluated and contrasted the lifestyles and quality of life of university students by academic discipline. We compared university students’ lifestyle and quality of life, and schools’ compliance with health promotion guidelines. Then, needs were ranked and prioritized. This was a cr...

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Autores principales: Núñez-Rocha, Georgina Mayela, López-Botello, Cynthia Karyna, Salinas-Martínez, Ana María, Arroyo-Acevedo, Hiram V., Martínez-Villarreal, Rebeca Thelma, Ávila-Ortiz, María Natividad
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7663378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33142666
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218024
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author Núñez-Rocha, Georgina Mayela
López-Botello, Cynthia Karyna
Salinas-Martínez, Ana María
Arroyo-Acevedo, Hiram V.
Martínez-Villarreal, Rebeca Thelma
Ávila-Ortiz, María Natividad
author_facet Núñez-Rocha, Georgina Mayela
López-Botello, Cynthia Karyna
Salinas-Martínez, Ana María
Arroyo-Acevedo, Hiram V.
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Ávila-Ortiz, María Natividad
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description Few studies have evaluated and contrasted the lifestyles and quality of life of university students by academic discipline. We compared university students’ lifestyle and quality of life, and schools’ compliance with health promotion guidelines. Then, needs were ranked and prioritized. This was a cross-sectional study carried out in a public university in Northeastern Mexico. Higher education students with no visual or hearing impairment from six different academic disciplines were included (N = 5443). A self-administered and anonymous questionnaire was applied that included the HPLP (Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile) and SF-12 scales. A check list was employed for measuring 26 on-site schools’ compliance with health promotion guidelines, and needs were ranked using Z-scores. The mean lifestyle was 53.9 ± 14.8 and the mean quality of life was 69.7 ± 5. Men had healthier lifestyles with more exercise and better stress management. The mean compliance with health promotion guidelines was 58.7%. Agricultural Sciences students had the highest need for improving both lifestyle and quality of life. Arts, Education, and Humanities, Engineering and Technology, and Social and Administrative Sciences schools ranked first in need for health promotion actions. The methodology used allowed hierarchization of areas requiring planning and implementation of specific actions, and the results indicated that healthy lifestyles and quality of life should be a priority.
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spelling pubmed-76633782020-11-14 Lifestyle, Quality of Life, and Health Promotion Needs in Mexican University Students: Important Differences by Sex and Academic Discipline Núñez-Rocha, Georgina Mayela López-Botello, Cynthia Karyna Salinas-Martínez, Ana María Arroyo-Acevedo, Hiram V. Martínez-Villarreal, Rebeca Thelma Ávila-Ortiz, María Natividad Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Few studies have evaluated and contrasted the lifestyles and quality of life of university students by academic discipline. We compared university students’ lifestyle and quality of life, and schools’ compliance with health promotion guidelines. Then, needs were ranked and prioritized. This was a cross-sectional study carried out in a public university in Northeastern Mexico. Higher education students with no visual or hearing impairment from six different academic disciplines were included (N = 5443). A self-administered and anonymous questionnaire was applied that included the HPLP (Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile) and SF-12 scales. A check list was employed for measuring 26 on-site schools’ compliance with health promotion guidelines, and needs were ranked using Z-scores. The mean lifestyle was 53.9 ± 14.8 and the mean quality of life was 69.7 ± 5. Men had healthier lifestyles with more exercise and better stress management. The mean compliance with health promotion guidelines was 58.7%. Agricultural Sciences students had the highest need for improving both lifestyle and quality of life. Arts, Education, and Humanities, Engineering and Technology, and Social and Administrative Sciences schools ranked first in need for health promotion actions. The methodology used allowed hierarchization of areas requiring planning and implementation of specific actions, and the results indicated that healthy lifestyles and quality of life should be a priority. MDPI 2020-10-31 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7663378/ /pubmed/33142666 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218024 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ávila-Ortiz, María Natividad
Lifestyle, Quality of Life, and Health Promotion Needs in Mexican University Students: Important Differences by Sex and Academic Discipline
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title_full Lifestyle, Quality of Life, and Health Promotion Needs in Mexican University Students: Important Differences by Sex and Academic Discipline
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title_full_unstemmed Lifestyle, Quality of Life, and Health Promotion Needs in Mexican University Students: Important Differences by Sex and Academic Discipline
title_short Lifestyle, Quality of Life, and Health Promotion Needs in Mexican University Students: Important Differences by Sex and Academic Discipline
title_sort lifestyle, quality of life, and health promotion needs in mexican university students: important differences by sex and academic discipline
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7663378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33142666
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218024
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