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Hosseini S, Rajabzadeh R, Namdar Ahmadabad H, Afshin M, Hosseini F, Hasanzadeh M. Assessment of Health-Promoting Lifestyle Among Dormitory-Resident Students at North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Health Educ Health Promot 2025; 13 (3) :1001-1009
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Aims: Promoting healthy lifestyles among students is crucial, as they can facilitate health education within families and communities. This study aimed to assess health-promoting lifestyles among dormitory-residing students at North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences in 2024.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2024 among 348 dormitory-resident students at North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, selected via multistage sampling. Data on demographics and health-promoting behaviors were collected using a validated 49-item Persian HPLP-II questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 22, including descriptive statistics, t-tests, and ANOVA.
Findings: Of 348 dormitory-residing students (mean age 22.42 ± 2.32 years; 34.8% male), the mean health-promoting lifestyle score was 135.82 ± 19.35. Females exhibited significantly higher total and subscale scores than males (P < 0.05). Employed students scored higher in total, health responsibility, physical activity, and nutrition (P < 0.05). Significant differences were observed by educational level, mother's education, father's occupation, and family income (P < 0.05), with lower scores generally associated with lower socioeconomic factors; no differences by marital status (except health responsibility), semester, field of study, or mother's occupation.
Conclusion: This study highlights the need for targeted interventions to improve health-promoting lifestyles among dormitory-residing students, who showed strengths in interpersonal relations and nutrition but deficiencies in stress management and physical activity. Significant differences were influenced by sociodemographic factors including gender, employment, educational level, mother's education, father's occupation, and family income. Overall behaviors were relatively favorable, warranting focused enhancements in weaker areas.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2024 among 348 dormitory-resident students at North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, selected via multistage sampling. Data on demographics and health-promoting behaviors were collected using a validated 49-item Persian HPLP-II questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 22, including descriptive statistics, t-tests, and ANOVA.
Findings: Of 348 dormitory-residing students (mean age 22.42 ± 2.32 years; 34.8% male), the mean health-promoting lifestyle score was 135.82 ± 19.35. Females exhibited significantly higher total and subscale scores than males (P < 0.05). Employed students scored higher in total, health responsibility, physical activity, and nutrition (P < 0.05). Significant differences were observed by educational level, mother's education, father's occupation, and family income (P < 0.05), with lower scores generally associated with lower socioeconomic factors; no differences by marital status (except health responsibility), semester, field of study, or mother's occupation.
Conclusion: This study highlights the need for targeted interventions to improve health-promoting lifestyles among dormitory-residing students, who showed strengths in interpersonal relations and nutrition but deficiencies in stress management and physical activity. Significant differences were influenced by sociodemographic factors including gender, employment, educational level, mother's education, father's occupation, and family income. Overall behaviors were relatively favorable, warranting focused enhancements in weaker areas.
Article Type: Original Research |
Subject:
Healthy Life Style
Received: 2025/09/5 | Accepted: 2025/10/10 | Published: 2025/08/19
Received: 2025/09/5 | Accepted: 2025/10/10 | Published: 2025/08/19
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