Lifestyles of nursing students in Argentina
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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v56.105167Keywords:
Healthy lifestyles, Students, Nursing, Self-care, Health PromotionAbstract
Introduction: Several studies have reported a deficit of self-care in nursing students with a predominance of inadequate eating habits, smoking, a sedentary lifestyle, high alcohol consumption, and poor stress management. Objective: the purpose of this research was to characterize the lifestyle of students of the Bachelor's Degree in Nursing at eight institutions of higher education in Argentina. Material and methods: Multicenter, descriptive, and quantitative study. The Nola Pender's Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile - II tool which consist of 52 items that are categorized into six dimensions. Results: A total of 1,718 undergraduate nursing students from eight institutions of higher education in Argentina participated in the study. Respondents had a mean age of 29.48 years (SD: 9.66), were from public institutions (67.00%) and were in the second year of the study plan (32.54%). The best and worst rated dimensions were Self-realization and Stress management with 61.93% and 19.38% of the sample having a healthy rating, respectively. Lifestyle in general was characterized as regular in 68.92% of the students and was healthy in only 4.77%. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the lifestyle of the students was mostly regular, and relationships were identified between the sociodemographic and educational variables.
Keywords: Healthy lifestyles; Students; Nursing; Self-care; Health Promotion.
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