Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: The university experience is considered a stage of constant challenges and even more so in health sciences, during which students develop skills, experience, and new knowledge to train professionals. It is alarming to identify that for many, higher education and its demands can become stressful, as they experience changes in lifestyle and relationships that impact their health. Objective: To determine the level of health-promoting lifestyle and social support in university nursing students. Method: Non-experimental, quantitative, descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional research, with a sample of 318 participants using simple random sampling. The health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile Scale II (HPLP-II) and the Social Support Scale (MOS-SSS) were used as instruments. Results: 84.0 % of university students have an average health-promoting lifestyle, 9.4 % unhealthy, and 6.6 % healthy. Regarding social support, a high level is assumed to exist at 95.5 % (5.0 %). Conclusion: The stress management dimension is highly significant and related to the social support variable. Therefore, it is determined that having better stress management indicates good social support in one's environment (p <0.05).
Source: Salud Ciencia y Tecnología
Authors: Edith Castellanos Contreras, Javier Salazar Mendoza, Miguel Angel Lopez Ocampo, Claudia Beatriz Enríquez Hernández, María de los Angeles Onofre Santiago, María Esperanza Conzatti Hernández, Jesús Radai López Posadas, Pedro González Angulo, Diana Luz Rodríguez Landa, Miguel Angel Castro Onorio, Katia Quitzaman Cid
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410457730