Estilos de vida saludables de los estudiantes de laCorporación Universitaria Lasallista. Agosto 2004
Year: 2004
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: Heart diseases are a frequent cause \nof illness and death in our country. There is enough \nscientific evidence that shows that healthy life styles \nprevent the appearing of those diseases. Objective: \nTo establish the frequency of exposition to risky \nfactors concerning heart diseases for Corporación \nUniversitaria Lasallista´s students, aiming to acquire \ninformation that helps in the development of \nstrategies for avoiding those factors. Materials and \nmethods: A descriptive study was made, using a \nself-applied survey to get the information. After \ncriticizing the collected data, a data base in the SPSS \nvr. 11.00 software was created, and this was also \nused to process the information. In the analysis for \nhypothetical proofs, these were contrasted with the \nX2 test when prevalences were compared, and with \nthe t student t´test when the comparison of media \nrates was made. The statistic significance was \nassumed when the probability value was les than \n0.05. Results: A considerable proportion of the \nstudents have inadequate life styles, and this means \nprocrastinated risks for heart disease. Some \nconducts were particularly worrying, as the total lack \nof exercise (48%), smoking (36%) and weight \nincrease (overweight 9.5% and obesity 0.5%). The \ndata showed that women have better protective \nbehaviors than men, concerning heart diseases. \nConclusion: Corporación Universitaria Lasallista´s \nstudents have a considerable measurement of \nexposition to risky factors concerning heart diseases, \nthrough their life styles. Therefore, the adoption of \nstrategies to create healthier life styles among them, \nis recommended.
Language: Spanish
Topic: Health and Lifestyle Studies
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1572706774