Do demographic factors and a health-promoting lifestyle influence the self-rated health of college nursing students?

ABSTRACT:

Background

To adopt a healthy lifestyle is considered an essential component of nursing education. Self-rated health is a subjective assessment of health status and is consistent with objective health status. Previous studies have shown an association between self-rated health and engagement in a healthy lifestyle. Nursing students need to feel good about their subjective health status and to be able to adopt health improvements in their lifestyle before attempting to disseminate health messages to clients. The aims of this study were to compare the difference in self-rated health and health promotion lifestyle profile between senior and junior nursing students, describe correlations between self-rated health and health promotion lifestyle profile, and identify the predictors of se

SUBMITTER: Chow SKY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6267045 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature