Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Antai College of Economics and Management/ School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
2 PhD Student, Health Education and Health Promotion, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: An individual’s lifestyle is closely related to the health so that a healthy lifestyle
improves the purpose of this study was prioritizing health promotion lifestyle domains in students of
Qazvin University of Medical Sciences from the students and professors’ perspective.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was done in cross‑sectional method. The statistical
population of this study consisted of students in Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in the academic
year 2018. In addition, 10 faculty members in this university and five students were questioned in
Delphi method from different educational groups. The questionnaire was used consisted of two
parts. The first part included demographic characteristics, and the second part included the standard
questions for Pender’s health promotion model. The Delphi needs assessment method was also
used to collect the information.
RESULTS: The mean score of students’ health‑promoting behaviors was average (135.22 ± 19.35).
The greatest score of health promotion behaviors was related to the spiritual growth scale (25.3 ± 5.4),
and the lowest score was for physical activity (19.7 ± 05.1). The results of the Delphi method also
suggested that both groups of faculty members and students believe that the dimensions of health
accountability, physical activity, and prevention of high‑risk behaviors in the students’ lifestyle, need
to be intervened.
CONCLUSION: The results of the present study indicated that the students’ lifestyle at Qazvin
University of Medical Sciences was in average condition and low scores in the dimension of physical
activity. Planned interventions should be made to promote health‑promoting lifestyle among these
students.
Keywords
Disease Control and Prevention Health‑Related Quality‑of‑Life
14‑Item Measure. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention; 2005.
2. Rajabi‑Gilan N, Reshadat S, Zangeneh A. Happiness in health
sector personnel; some demographic and occupational related
factors. J Isfahan Med Sch 2015;32:1897‑906.
3. Herrman H, Saxena S, Moodie R; World Health Organization.
Promoting Mental Health: Concepts, Emerging Evidence, Practice:
A Report of the World Health Organization, Department of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse in collaboration with the
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation and the University of
Melbourne; 2005.
4. Su S, Wang X, Pollock JS, Treiber FA, Xu X, Snieder H, et al.
Adverse childhood experiences and blood pressure trajectories
from childhood to young adulthood: The georgia stress and heart
study. Circulation 2015;131:1674‑81.
5. Petersen PE. Global policy for improvement of oral health in the
21st century–implications to oral health research of World Health
Assembly 2007, World Health Organization. Comm Dentist Oral
Epidem 2009;37:1‑8.
6. Walker SN, Sechrist KR, Pender NJ. The health‑promoting lifestyle
profile: Development and psychometric characteristics. Nurs Res
1987;36:76‑81.
7. Wei CN, Harada K, Ueda K, Fukumoto K, Minamoto K, Ueda A.
Assessment of health‑promoting lifestyle profile in Japanese
university students. Environ Health Prev Med 2012;17:222‑7.
8. Wang D, Ou CQ, Chen MY, Duan N. Health‑promoting lifestyles
of university students in Mainland China. BMC Public Health
2009;9:379.
9. Nacar M, Baykan Z, Cetinkaya F, Arslantas D, Ozer A, Coskun O,
et al. Health promoting lifestyle behaviour in medical students:
A multicentre study from Turkey. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev
2014;15:8969‑74.
10. Prochaska JJ, Prochaska JO. A review of multiple health behavior
change interventions for primary prevention. Am J Lifestyle Med
2011;5:208‑21.
11. Tork‑Zahrani S, Lotfipur‑Rafsanjani M, Ahmadi M, Alavi‑Majd H.
Midwives’ views regarding educational needs in perimenopausal
health and care. Adv Nurs Mid 2007;17:26‑31.
12. Almutairi KM, AlonaziWB, Vinluan JM, Almigbal TH, BataisMA,
Alodhayani AA, et al. Health promoting lifestyle of university
students in Saudi Arabia: A cross‑sectional assessment. BMC
Public Health 2018;18:1093.
13. Morris ML, Carter SA. Transition to marriage: A literature review.
J Fam Consum Sci Educ 1999;17:1‑21.
14. Fathnezhad‑Kazemi A, Hajian S. Factors influencing the adoption
of health promoting behaviors in overweight pregnant women:
A qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2019;19:43.
15. Madigan EA, Vanderboom C. Home health care nursing research
priorities. Appl Nurs Res 2005;18:221‑5.
16. Kelishadi R, Esmaeil Motlagh M, Rajaei L, Massoudi S, Ardalan G,
Roudbari M, et al. Needs assessment for health status and self‑care
ability of youths aged 18‑29 years in selected provinces of Iran.
J Health Care 2017;19:152‑68.
17. Shakour M, Yamani N, Ehsanpou S, Alizadeh S. Reproductive
health needs assessment of girl and boy teenagers. Armaghane
Danesh 2016;8:816‑29.
18. Womersley K, Ripullone K. Medical schools should be prioritising
nutrition and lifestyle education. BMJ 2017;359:j4861.
19. Nilsaz M, Tavasoli E, Mazaheri M, Sohrabi F, Khezeli M,
Ghazanfari Z. Study of Health‑promotion behaviors and life style
among students of Dezful universities. Sci J Ilam Univ Med Sci
2013;20:168‑75.
20. Ziapour A, Abbasi P, Ozdenk GD, Kianipour N. Study on the role
of social capital in students’ health at kermanshah university of
medical sciences: The role of demographic variables. J Clin Diagn
Res 2018;12:JC01‑4.
21. Mohammadi Zeidi I, Pakpour Hajiagha A, Mohammadi Zeidi B.
Reliability and validity of Persian version of the health‑promoting
lifestyle profile. J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2012;21:102‑13.
22. Abbasi P, Ziapour A, Kianipour N. Correlation of the components
of student’s lifestyles and their health promotion. J Clin Diagn
Res 2018;12:1‑4.
23. Maheri AB, Bahrami MN, Sadeghi R. The situation of
health‑promoting lifestyle among the students living in
dormitories of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
J Health Dev 2013;1:275‑86.
24. Hacıhasanoglu R, Yıldırım A, Karakurt P, Saglam R. Healthy
lifestyle behaviour in university students and influential factors
in Eastern Turkey. Int J Nurs Pract 2011;17:43‑51.
25. Haynes CL. Health promotion services for lifestyle development
within a UK hospital – patients’ experiences and views. BMC
Public Health 2008;8:284.
26. Mazloomi S, Ehrampoosh M, Asgarshahi M. Yazd University of
medical science students’ perspective toward exercise. J Res Med
2000;3:213‑9.
27. Zhang SC, Wei CN, Harada K, Ueda K, Fukumoto K, Matsuo H,
et al. Relationship between lifestyle and lifestyle‑related factors
in a rural‑urban population of Japan. Environ Health Prev Med
2013;18:267‑74.
28. Ghassemi H, Harrison G, Mohammad K. An accelerated nutrition
transition in Iran. Public Health Nutr 2002;5:149‑55.
29. Ghasemi R, Rajabi‑Gilan N, Reshadat S, Zakiei A, Zangeneh A,
Saedi S. The relationship of social support and self‑efficacy with
mental health and life satisfaction. J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci
2017;27:228‑39.
30. Magnani R, Macintyre K, Karim AM, Brown L, Hutchinson P,
Kaufman C, et al. The impact of life skills education on adolescent
sexual risk behaviors in KwaZulu‑Natal, South Africa. J Adolesc
Health 2005;36:289‑304.
31. Rezaee Z, Ghaderi N, Nori E, Nori B, Safari O, Pashaie T. Study
of the health‑promoting lifestyle status of students that living in
dormitories of Kurdistan University of medical sciences in 2016.
Rahavard Health J 2017;3:1‑12.
32. Scully M, Dixon H, White V, Beckmann K. Dietary, physical
activity and sedentary behaviour among Australian secondary
students in 2005. Health Promot Int 2007;22:236‑45.
)