Author
Martina Josephine M. Aberasturi,
Marianne Roxette B. Danzalan,
Queenie Rose C. Gerzon,
Angelique L. Ignacio,
Sean Michael B. Uy,
Maia Lucille C. Pacubas
Related Institution
College of Rehabilitative Sciences – Department of Physical Therapy, Cebu Doctors' University, Mandaue, Cebu, Philippines
Publication Information
Publication Type
Thesis/Dissertations
Specialization
Physical Therapy
Abstract
The study aimed to determine the lifestyle habits of first year college students of Cebu Doctors' University for school year 2015-2016. The respondents for this study consisted of 457 first year students of Cebu Doctors University drawn through simple random sampling techniques. The respondents were stratified by their sex (either male or female) and by college (College of Arts and Sciences, College of Nursing, College of Rehabilitative Sciences, College of Allied Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, College of Dentistry and the College of Optometry). A total of 140 male and 318 female respondents participated in the study. The study made use of the descriptive comparative cross-sectional analysis research design.
The wellness lifestyle questionnaire was used for data collection. The wellness lifestyle questionnaire consisted of nine categories which included health related fitness, nutrition, avoiding chemical dependency, stress management, personal hygiene/health, disease prevention, emotional well-being, personal safety and environmental health/protection. The 36-item questionnaire was assessed on a five-point scale (ranging from 5 - always, to 1 = never). Thus, the most desirable health practice has 5 points while the least desirable one had one (1) point. The findings of the study showed that lifestyle habits of the respondents needs improvement in health related fitness with a corresponding rating of 81 % and nutrition with 70%. The respondents had good health practices in personal hygiene with 56.9% and stress management 52.7%. The respondents have excellent rating in avoiding chemical dependency with 80.3% and emotional well-being with 46.2%. These findings seem to suggest that the respondents were at a greater health risks and may be taking serious and unnecessary risks with their health. A possible explanation for the poor healthy practices is that respondents in this study may not be aware of the risks inherent in unhealthy lifestyle habits.
The findings of the study corroborates the observations of Hoeger and Hoeger (2002) who reported that many young adults in United States led unhealthy lifestyles which may lead to chronic diseases and other ill-health. Based on the findings of this study, it can be recommended that a health and wellness program be established and implemented in the first year students of Cebu Doctors' University. It was also found out that gender influence lifestyle habits of the respondents where females tend to practice healthier habits than males in nutrition, avoiding chemical dependency, personal hygiene/health, disease prevention, emotional well-being and personal safety while males practice healthier habits than females in health-related fitness.
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