Sociodemographic and academic factors associated with unhealthy lifestyle among Brazilian nursing students.
Tássia Teles Santana de MacedoDebra J SheetsFernanda Michelle Santos E Silva RibeiroCarlos Antônio de Souza Teles SantosAna Luisa PatrãoFernanda Carneiro MussiPublished in: Nursing & health sciences (2023)
This study aimed to identify sociodemographic and academic factors associated with unhealthy lifestyles among Brazilian undergraduate nursing students. A cross-sectional study was completed by 286 nursing students in Brazil. Multinomial logistic regression was conducted to examine the association between sociodemographic and academic variables with the latent lifestyle indicator. The model fit's validity was assessed using Akaike information coefficient estimation, Hosmer-Lemeshow test, and the ROC curve. A high health risk lifestyle was 2.7 times more likely among students aged 18-24 years than students aged 25 years or older (OR = 2.7, 95% CI = [1.18, 6.54] p = 0.02); 2.3 times more likely among students with ≥400 h of semester time (OR = 2.3, 95% CI = [0.93, 5.90], p = 0.07); and 3.8 times more likely among female students (OR = 3.8, 95% CI = [0.82, 8.12], p = 0.09). A moderate health risk lifestyle was 1.8 times more likely among students from the 6th to 10th semesters (OR = 1.8, 95% CI = [-0.95, 3.75], p = 0.07). Sociodemographic and academic factors were associated with unhealthy lifestyles. Health promotion efforts are necessary to improve nursing students' health behaviors.
Keyphrases
- nursing students
- health risk
- high school
- physical activity
- metabolic syndrome
- health promotion
- cardiovascular disease
- weight loss
- heavy metals
- drinking water
- public health
- medical students
- type diabetes
- healthcare
- mental health
- risk factors
- health information
- middle aged
- magnetic resonance
- risk assessment
- social media
- contrast enhanced