Structured Model on the Health related Quality of Life in University Students focused on Personal Competency Health Care.
- Author:
EunYung HONG
1
;
Eun Hee LEE
;
Geun Myun KIM
;
Eun Ju JEON
;
Bin Hee PARK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Quality of life; Health promotion; Self esteems; Social support; Self efficacy
- MeSH: Delivery of Health Care*; Health Promotion; Humans; Life Style; Quality of Life*; Self Concept; Self Efficacy
- From:Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing 2017;20(2):129-139
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: PURPOSE: This research was conducted to construct a model explaining the quality of life (QOL) related to undergraduate students' health. Social support, self-efficacy and self-esteem were used as exogenous variables while health promotion lifestyles, personal health care competency were endogenous variables. METHODS: A survey was conducted with a structured questionnaire including QOL, health promotion lifestyles, personal health care competency, social support, self-efficacy, and self-esteem. Data were collected from 269 undergraduate students with random sampling and then analyzed using structural equation modeling. RESULTS: Personal health care competency, health promotion lifestyles, social support, self-esteem had both direct and indirect effects while self-efficacy had indirect effects on the QOL of undergraduate students. Especially, social support, self-efficacy and self-esteem influenced positively to the QOL while greater health promotion lifestyles and personal health care competency improved QOL. Thus, personal health care competency and health promotion lifestyles were important mediator for positive QOL in undergraduate students. CONCLUSION: Interventions aiming to enhance health promotion lifestyles and personal health care competency, based on the results of this study, are required to help positive QOL in undergraduate students. Our results can serve as basic data for designing such interventions.
