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Lifestyle Habits Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life in Moroccan College Students

The transition to university is a critical period during which considerable life changes arise. Useful national data to design tailored interventions aimed at promoting health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among Moroccan students are lacking. The present study is aimed at filling this gap by inves...

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Autores principales: Achak, Doha, El-Ammari, Abdelghaffar, Azizi, Asmaa, Youlyouz-Marfak, Ibtissam, Saad, Elmadani, Nejjari, Chakib, Hilali, Abderraouf, Marfak, Abdelghafour
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9915387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36767760
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032394
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author Achak, Doha
El-Ammari, Abdelghaffar
Azizi, Asmaa
Youlyouz-Marfak, Ibtissam
Saad, Elmadani
Nejjari, Chakib
Hilali, Abderraouf
Marfak, Abdelghafour
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El-Ammari, Abdelghaffar
Azizi, Asmaa
Youlyouz-Marfak, Ibtissam
Saad, Elmadani
Nejjari, Chakib
Hilali, Abderraouf
Marfak, Abdelghafour
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description The transition to university is a critical period during which considerable life changes arise. Useful national data to design tailored interventions aimed at promoting health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among Moroccan students are lacking. The present study is aimed at filling this gap by investigating the levels and associated factors of HRQoL among a national sample of Moroccan university students. HRQoL was assessed using the EQ-5D-5L instrument. Data from 2759 university students were collected in a large, cross-sectional, web-based survey. All statistical analyses were conducted using the R software. The EQ-5D-5L findings showed that the majority of students rated level 1 (no problems) and level 2 (slight problems) for the “Mobility”, “Self-Care”, “Usual Activities”, and “Pain/Discomfort” HRQoL dimensions. However, the “Anxiety/Depression” dimension was the exception; more than half (57.1%) of the students were slightly to extremely anxious or depressed. The levels of lifestyle habits were of concern among participants of this study. With respect to sedentary behaviors and physical activity, we found that approximately 80% of participants spent ≥2 h/day on different screen-based sedentary behaviors, and 60% were physically inactive. Lifestyle habits that were found to be associated with HRQoL are sleeping time, physical activity, leisure, hygiene, household activities, homework, and social media time. The multiple regression model explained 93% of the EQ-VAS score variance. The findings could be of great importance for researchers and policymakers interested in promoting health of university students.
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spelling pubmed-99153872023-02-11 Lifestyle Habits Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life in Moroccan College Students Achak, Doha El-Ammari, Abdelghaffar Azizi, Asmaa Youlyouz-Marfak, Ibtissam Saad, Elmadani Nejjari, Chakib Hilali, Abderraouf Marfak, Abdelghafour Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The transition to university is a critical period during which considerable life changes arise. Useful national data to design tailored interventions aimed at promoting health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among Moroccan students are lacking. The present study is aimed at filling this gap by investigating the levels and associated factors of HRQoL among a national sample of Moroccan university students. HRQoL was assessed using the EQ-5D-5L instrument. Data from 2759 university students were collected in a large, cross-sectional, web-based survey. All statistical analyses were conducted using the R software. The EQ-5D-5L findings showed that the majority of students rated level 1 (no problems) and level 2 (slight problems) for the “Mobility”, “Self-Care”, “Usual Activities”, and “Pain/Discomfort” HRQoL dimensions. However, the “Anxiety/Depression” dimension was the exception; more than half (57.1%) of the students were slightly to extremely anxious or depressed. The levels of lifestyle habits were of concern among participants of this study. With respect to sedentary behaviors and physical activity, we found that approximately 80% of participants spent ≥2 h/day on different screen-based sedentary behaviors, and 60% were physically inactive. Lifestyle habits that were found to be associated with HRQoL are sleeping time, physical activity, leisure, hygiene, household activities, homework, and social media time. The multiple regression model explained 93% of the EQ-VAS score variance. The findings could be of great importance for researchers and policymakers interested in promoting health of university students. MDPI 2023-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9915387/ /pubmed/36767760 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032394 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Nejjari, Chakib
Hilali, Abderraouf
Marfak, Abdelghafour
Lifestyle Habits Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life in Moroccan College Students
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36767760
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032394
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