Health-Promoting Lifestyle among Medical Students in Alexandria

Abstract

Background:The key method to let people follow a healthier lifestyle and to prevent chronic noncommunicable diseases is health promotion. Students in the medical field have to play a crucial role as in restoring and promoting health. Objective(s):The present study was carried out to assess health promoting lifestyle and self-efficacy among fourth grade medical students at Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, as well as to identify factors affecting their lifestyle in health promotion. Methods: A cross-sectional survey on 609 undergraduate fourth year medical students at Alexandria Faculty of Medicine during the academic year 2018-2019 was carried out. Participants were interviewed at the time they attended Community Medicine Department according to the faculty schedule. General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) and Health-Promotion Lifestyle Profile (HPLP II) questionnaires were the research tools used to identify student's health promoting lifestyle and their self-efficacy status. Results: More than half of the studied medical students (57%) showed good self-efficacy. The mean score for health promoting lifestyle profile was 2.4 ± 0.36 out of 4. The highest mean scores were for interpersonal relationships and spiritual growth domains. However, the lowest mean scores were for physical activity and health responsibility domains. Having a good self-efficacy perception, being free from psychiatric diseases, as well as practicing regular physical exercise were significant predictors of a promoting lifestyle among the studied medical students. Conclusion: More than half of the studied students had good general self-efficacy status. The highest mean scores of health promoting lifestyle domains were for interpersonal relationships and spiritual growth domains. Therefore, creating supportive educational environment that values healthy lifestyle and its vital link to student performance is needed.

Health Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors and Associated Factors among Sohag University Students

“…In addition, an informed written consent was obtained from each students after explaining the aim of the study with preservation of their privacy as the questionnaire was anonymous. (17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24) years. More than half of the studied students were either twenty years old or younger (52.2%).…”

Relationship between spiritual intelligence and lifestyle with life satisfaction among students of medical sciences

“…There are different challenges in medical sciences, such as job burnout, high stress, and dissatisfaction in the profession, which also include other aspects of the lives of students in these fields [ 3 ]. These situations, along with challenges such as fear of the future and balancing academic and social life, affect the satisfaction of these students' lives [ 4 ].…”

“…Adaptation to faculty, interpersonal conflicts between students and teachers, exposure to death and suffering, personal life events, and curricular factors (eg, new ways of learning) are some of the things that medical science students experience [ 3 ]. And this is how satisfaction with life as one of the strong indicators of quality of life [ 7 ] is under the influence of various factors [ 4 ]. It seems that one of the important things in this regard is the revival or modification of these people's lifestyle [ 4 ].…”

“…And this is how satisfaction with life as one of the strong indicators of quality of life [ 7 ] is under the influence of various factors [ 4 ]. It seems that one of the important things in this regard is the revival or modification of these people's lifestyle [ 4 ].…”

“…Lifestyle is the pattern of actions by which people are distinguished from each other, and these patterns gradually become the normal routine of daily life [ 8 ]. The student period is considered a bridge between adolescence and adulthood, and the stabilization of behaviors, habits, and lifestyle in general during this period will affect the whole life of a person [ 4 ]. Behaviors and lifestyle habits learned in childhood appear in early adolescence or youth and will be established in adulthood [ 2 ].…”