Department of Nursing, Gachon University of Medicine & Science
Abstract
Purpose: This study was done to investigate the relationship between health related lifestyle and health status. Method: A survey was conducted with a questionnaire. Participants were 220 student nurses who were selected from G College, Incheon, Korea. ANOVA, t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data on health related lifestyle and health status. Results: First year student nurses had significantly higher score on health related lifestyle than senior students. But the social health status of senior students was significantly higher than that of first year students. Social health status was shown to be high for the students who had never been ill, who lived in their own house, and whose economic status was at the median level. There was a statistically significant correlation between health related lifestyle and health status (physical, emotional and social). Conclusion: Health related lifestyle has a significant influence on physical, emotional and social health. Also health conception, disease experience and economic status are related to physical, social health, and where the student lives has an effect on health related lifestyle.
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