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T1 Health Perception According to the Lifestyle of University Students
A1 Mateo Silleras, Beatriz de
A1 Camina-Martín, Mª Alicia
A1 Cartujo-Redondo, Alicia
A1 Carreño Enciso, Laura
A1 Cruz Marcos, Sandra de la
A1 Redondo del Río, María Paz
AB University students are characterized by having inadequate eating habits, along with an unhealthy lifestyle, which, among other factors, can affect the perception they have of their state of health. The aim of the study was to evaluate the health perception of a group of university students according to lifestyle. A cross-sectional observational study was carried out on 214 university students from different universities and branches of knowledge. Anthropometric data were collected. Three questionnaires were administered: PREDIMED (Mediterranean Diet (MD) adherence), SF-36 (perception of health state) and GPAQ (physical activity (PA)). The differences between variables were analyzed using Student-t or Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis and Pearson Chi-Square tests. Statistical significance was reached at p < 0.05. Most students were found to be normal weighted. The subjects presented an moderate MD adherence, this being better in Health Sciences students. 75.7% practiced light PA. The health perception is worse for most of the subscales analyzed than that of the reference population (except physical-function, physical-role, and emotional-role). There is an association between PA and health perception: students with intense PA have less body pain and better physical function; the less active, the less vitality. The more physically active subjects the greater MD adherence. Lifestyle and eating habits of health sciences students are healthier than that of students from other branches of knowledge. The physically active subjects have a better perception of quality of life-related to health and greater MD adherence.
PB Springer
SN 0094-5145
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64890
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64890
LA spa
NO J Community Health, Julio 2018, vol. 44, p. 74-80
DS UVaDOC
RD 01-jun-2024