Healthy Aging Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2261-7434
ISSN: 2261-7434
Zeynab Karimpour
Introduction: Because of their significant position in society’s health, promoting mental health and a healthy lifestyle among nursing students is critical. Given the scarcity of research on this subject, the current study sought to determine the relationship between mental health and a health-promoting lifestyle among nursing students at East Azerbaijan’s medical science universities in Iran .
Methods: 624 bachelor’s of science nursing students were randomly chosen from all semesters in 2017-2018 for this descriptive correlational analysis using the census process. Goldberg and Hillier’s General Health Questionnaire (1979) and the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLPII), as well as a demographic questionnaire tailored for nursing students, were used to collect data. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS ver 13.
Results: The students’ average mental health score was 79.43 ± 18.59. The dimension of depressive symptoms had the highest mean (22.13 ± 6.9), while the dimension of social activity had the lowest (18.65± 5.93). The mean health-promoting lifestyle score was 126.71 ±21.40, with interpersonal interactions (24.18± 4.77) scoring highest and physical activities (17.16 ± 4.58) scoring lowest. About mean mental wellbeing scores and health-promoting lifestyle scores, there was a strong association (r=0.57, p0.001). The findings revealed that as mental health improved, so did self-promotional behaviors.
Conclusion: According to the findings of this report, there is a clear and important connection between students’ mental health and healthy lifestyle choices. As a result, more research is needed to look at health-promoting behaviors among this community of students, and universities must take the required steps and plans, such as activating consultation centers and placing a greater emphasis on lifestyle and its promotion.
Published Date: 2021-03-24; Received Date: 2020-06-24