The Relationship Between Health-Promoting Lifestyle and Its Related Factors with Self-Efficacy and Well-Being of Students
10.24171/j.phrp.2019.10.4.04
- Author:
Mohammad AMIRI
1
;
Reza CHAMAN
;
Ahmad KHOSRAVI
Author Information
1. Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
life style;
physical activity;
students
- MeSH:
Cross-Sectional Studies;
Curriculum;
Employment;
Health Behavior;
Humans;
Life Style;
Motor Activity
- From:
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
2019;10(4):221-227
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: Unhealthy lifestyles among young people are seriously related to incapacity and health problems in adulthood. The aim of this study was to determine the importance of a health-promoting lifestyle and its association with self-efficacy and well-being. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, a sample of 500 students from Shahroud University of Medical Sciences (Shahroud, Iran) were randomly selected in 2017. The Persian versions of Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile, Self-Efficacy Scale, and WHO-5 Well-Being Index were used. RESULTS: Among the participants, 34% of students had an abnormal imaginable well-being, and 68% of students had high self-efficacy. The mean score of a health-promoting lifestyle was 127.47 ± 19.78, which is interpreted as moderate, and the mean score of physical activity was 14.10 ± 4.95, which is poor. There was a significant relationship between well-being, and self-efficacy with health-promoting lifestyle. Age, gender, educational level, place of residence, student employment, self-efficacy, and well-being were associated with students’ lifestyles. CONCLUSION: A health-promoting lifestyle of students in this study was moderate and they did not have an acceptable level of physical activity. The direct effect of well-being, and self-efficacy on lifestyle, revising students’ curriculums to improve their health behaviors, and general health indicators, can all lead to the enhancement of health-promoting lifestyles.
