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Estilos de vida dos estudantes do Ensino Superior
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O estilo de vida tem impacto na morbilidade, qualidade de vida, bem-estar e mortalidade, sendo o principal responsável pelo desenvolvimento de doenças crónicas não transmissíveis. Traduzem-se por padrões comportamentais identificáveis que podem ter repercussões na saúde, nomeadamente na dos estudantes que frequentam o ensino superior, na fase única de consolidação de atitudes e comportamentos.
O ensino superior configura uma transição múltipla que potencia stress, instabilidade e um ajustamento exigente, com impacto a nível pessoal e académico, podendo gerar novos comportamentos de risco.
Como objetivo geral, delineou-se avaliar o estilo de vida dos estudantes do ensino superior, tratando-se de um estudo do tipo quantitativo, descritivo simples exploratório e transversal, realizado em meio natural, sendo a amostra constituída por 59 estudantes do ensino superior com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 25 anos de idade, a frequentar estabelecimentos de ensino superior do Porto, que preencheram um questionário constituído por questões sociodemográficas e clínicas e, como segundo momento, o Questionário “Estilo de Vida Fantástico”, para virmos a conhecer aspetos relacionados com dez componentes do dia a dia: Família e Amigos, Atividade física/Associativismo, Nutrição, Tabaco, Álcool e outras drogas, Sono e stresse, Trabalho/Tipo de personalidade, Introspeção, Comportamentos de saúde e sexual e Outros comportamentos.
Os principais resultados revelaram que 37,3% dos estudantes da amostra apresentam um estilo de vida “Muito bom”, 30,5% tem um estilo de vida “Regular”, 22,0% um estilo de vida “Bom”, 8,5% um estilo de vida “Excelente” e, 1,7% “Necessita de melhorar”.
Lifestyle impacts on morbility, quality of life, wellness and mortality and they are responsible by the non-transferable chronic diseases. It rely on specific behavioral patterns which could have health implications, mainly on university students, in that stage of attitudes and behavior consolidation. University attaches multiple transitions on student's life which may provoque them potencial stress, emotional instability and a hard fitting to its situation, both from personal and academic life and consequently generating new risk behaviors. The main goal of this work has been to analyze the lifestyle of students in higher education. Being a quantitative study, it was simply descriptive, explanatory and transversal being developed in a natural environmental. The sample os formed by 59 university students with ages from 18 to 25 years old, from Porto’s university. The students filled up a quiz with social-demographic and clinic questions and a second one named “Amazing lifestyle”. Aiming to know ten everyday behavior aspects: family and friends, physical activity, student’s associations, nutrition, smoking, drinking alcoolic beverages and other drugs, sleep and stress, work, personality, introspection, healthy, sexual and others behaviors. The main results obtained revealed that 37,3% presents a “Very good level” of lifestyle, 30,5% “Regular”, 22% “Good”, 8,5% “Excellent” and 1,7% “Need to improve”.
Lifestyle impacts on morbility, quality of life, wellness and mortality and they are responsible by the non-transferable chronic diseases. It rely on specific behavioral patterns which could have health implications, mainly on university students, in that stage of attitudes and behavior consolidation. University attaches multiple transitions on student's life which may provoque them potencial stress, emotional instability and a hard fitting to its situation, both from personal and academic life and consequently generating new risk behaviors. The main goal of this work has been to analyze the lifestyle of students in higher education. Being a quantitative study, it was simply descriptive, explanatory and transversal being developed in a natural environmental. The sample os formed by 59 university students with ages from 18 to 25 years old, from Porto’s university. The students filled up a quiz with social-demographic and clinic questions and a second one named “Amazing lifestyle”. Aiming to know ten everyday behavior aspects: family and friends, physical activity, student’s associations, nutrition, smoking, drinking alcoolic beverages and other drugs, sleep and stress, work, personality, introspection, healthy, sexual and others behaviors. The main results obtained revealed that 37,3% presents a “Very good level” of lifestyle, 30,5% “Regular”, 22% “Good”, 8,5% “Excellent” and 1,7% “Need to improve”.
Description
Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa para obtenção do grau de Licenciada em Enfermagem
Keywords
Comportamentos saudáveis Estilo de vida Educação superior Estudantes Saúde Healthy lifestyle Lifestyle Higher education Students Health