Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.15434/kssh.2015.28.3.220

Health Promoting Behavior and Perceived Health Status of Nursing College Students: A Longitudinal Study  

Lee, Suk Jeong (Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University)
Baek, Hee Chong (Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society of School Health / v.28, no.3, 2015 , pp. 220-228 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate changes in health promoting life style and weight control behavior among nursing students during their two years of college, and to identify the relationship between the changes and their perceived health status. Methods: The subjects were 264 female students in a three-year nursing college in Seoul, Korea. Data was analyzed by paired t-test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and multiple logistic regression using SPSS ver.21. Results: Of the six sub-categories regarding health promoting life style, five except spiritual growth showed improvement after two years, but their perceived health status did not change significantly. The number of students who engaged in weight control behavior increased, but there was no change in the number of students who engaged both in weight control and in diet. The group which recorded high scores in perceived mental health status showed 1.2 times greater positive changes in health promoting lifestyle (OR=1.202, p=.023). Conclusion: The results showed although health promoting behavior changed positively throughout the nursing curriculum, physical activities were still low and few students used constructive methods to control their weight. Therefore, it is recommended that nursing colleges build specific programs into their curriculum to correct students' undesirable health promoting behavior.
Keywords
Health promotion; Health status; Body mass index;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 12  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 Lee, H. J. (2014). An influencing health promoting behavior of perceived health status and self-efficacy according to major of college students. Journal of the Korean AcademiaIndustrial Cooperation Society, 15(2), 989-999.   DOI
2 Lee, M. S., Kim, K. S., Cho, M. K., Ahn, J. W., & Kim, S. (2014). Study of stress, health promoting behavior, and quality of life of nursing students in clinical practice and factors associated with their quality of life. Journal of Muscle and Joint Health, 21(2), 125-134.   DOI
3 Lee, R. L., & Loke, A. Y. (2005) Health-promoting behaviors and psychosocial well-being of university students in Hong Kong. Public Health Nursing, 22(3), 209-220.   DOI
4 Ministry of Health and Welfare & Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). 2013 Statistics for health behavior and chronic disease. Osong: Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
5 Oh, J. W., & Moon, Y. S. (2014). A predictive model of health promotion behavior in nursing students. Journal of Digital Convergence, 12(10), 391-403.   DOI
6 Shin, H. S., & Shin, H. (2008). Antecedents of health-promoting behavior among female university students in Korea. Journal of East-West Nursing Research, 14(1), 78-86.
7 Tanaka, S., Itoh, Y., & Hattori, K. (2002). Relationship of body composition to body-fitness estimation in Japanese university students. Obesity Research, 10(7), 590-596.   DOI
8 Ulla Diez, S. M., & Perez-Fortis, A. (2010). Socio-demographic predictors of health behaviors in Mexican college students. Health Promotion International, 25(1), 85-93.   DOI
9 Walker, S. N., Sechrist, K. R., & Pender, N. J. (1995). The health promoting lifestyle profile II. Omaha: University of Nebraska Medical center, College of Nursing.
10 Wardle, J., Hasse, A. M., & Steptoe, A. (2006). Body image and weight control in young adults: International comparisons in university students from 22 countries. International Journal of Obesity, 30(4), 644-651.   DOI
11 Whang, S. J. (2006). The relationship between clinical stress, selfefficacy, and self-esteem of nursing college students. Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education, 12(2), 205-213.
12 Al-Kandari, F., & Vidal, V. L. (2007). Correlation of the health-promoting lifestyle, enrollment level, and academic performance of college of nursing students in Kuwait. Nursing and Health Sciences, 9(2), 112-119.   DOI
13 Choung, S. K., & Min, S. Y. (2006). Body satisfaction and weight loss in women college students. Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing. 13(3), 485-492.
14 Alpar, S. E., Senturan, L., Karabacak, U., & Sabuncu, N. (2008). Change in the health promoting lifestyle behavior of Turkish university nursing from beginning to end of nurse training. Nurse Education in Practice, 8(6), 382-388.   DOI
15 Baek, H. C., Lee, S. J., Go, Y. A., & Yang, S. H. (2011). Factors affecting health promoting lifestyle in nursing students. Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing, 25(1), 73-83.
16 Bruce, M. (2010). Active and health behavior, nursing self-efficacy and engagement among nursing students-A longitudinal cohort study. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Karolinska Institutet, Stockolm.
17 Chung C. W., & Lee S. J. (2013). Effects of body weight control behaviors on bone mineral density in Korean young adult women. Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 19(1), 57-65.   DOI
18 Clement, M., Jankowski, L. W., Bouchard, L., Perreault, M., & Lepage, Y. (2002). Health behaviors of nursing students: A longitudinal study. Journal of Nursing Education, 41(6), 257-265.
19 Edelman, C. L., Kudzma, E. C., & Mandle, C. L. (2010). Health promotion throughout the life span(8th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby.
20 Hong, S. H. (2013). The relationship between perceived health status and health promoting behaviors among nursing students. Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education, 19(1), 78-86.   DOI
21 Hui, W. C. (2002). The health-promoting lifestyles of undergraduate nurses in Hong Kong. Journal of Professional Nursing, 18(2), 101-111.   DOI
22 Kim, H. (2015). Comparison of health behavior, stress and stress coping type between undergraduate nursing students and female students in other majors. Journal of East-West Nursing Research, 21(1), 28-35.   DOI
23 Kang, J. S., Kim, A, Y., Kim, M. Y., & Jung, D. (2009) A study on body attitude, body mass index, and perceived stress among women's college students. Journal of Korean Academy of Public Health Nursing, 23(2), 296-305.
24 Kang, K. (2012). The body mass index, body image recognition, weight control behavior of nursing students. Journal of the Korean Academia-Industrial Cooperation Society, 13(8), 3492-3499.   DOI
25 Kim, D. H. (2012). Comparison of health promoting lifestyle between health department and non-health department university students in Korea. Global Health Nursing, 2(1), 26-33.
26 Kim, H. S., Oh, E. G., Hyong, H. K., & Cho, E. S. (2008). A study on factors influencing health promotion lifestyle in college students. Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing, 19(3), 506-520.
27 Kim, J. H. (2011). The effect of subjective body image perception on obesity stress, diet among women in their twenties and thirties. Unpublished masters' thesis, Kunkuk University, Seoul.
28 Kim, J. H. (2015). Associations between weight control behavior and health behaviors in Korean young women: 2013 community health survey. Journal of the Korean Academia-Industrial Cooperation Society, 16(7), 4734-4744.   DOI
29 Kim, K. W. (2013). Review and implications of nutrition education for female college students. Journal of Women's Studies, 28, 21-41.