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Health-Promoting Lifestyle and Predicting Anxiety Caused by Covid-19 in Medical Sciences Students Publisher



Amiri M1 ; Mikal ZM2 ; Sadeghi E3 ; Khosravi A4
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  1. 1. Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
  2. 2. Student Research Committee, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Center for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran

Source: Open Public Health Journal Published:2024


Abstract

Objectives: In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the daily lives of people around the globe and caused significant mortalities and public health issues. The objective of the current study was to determine the role of health-promoting behaviors in predicting anxiety caused by COVID-19 in Shahroud University of Medical Sciences students in 2022. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 350 students from various medical sciences who were chosen through a multi-stage stratified random sampling process. We gathered the necessary information by administering healthpromoting lifestyle and COVID-19-related anxiety questionnaires. This inventory has 18 items and is scored on a 4point Likert scale. The range score is between 0 and 54. The data were analyzed by ANOVA, Chi-square, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. All tests have a significance level of 0.05. Results: Based on lifestyle questionnaire scores, 51 students (15%) had a poor lifestyle, 272 (79.8%) had an average lifestyle, and 18 (5.3%) had a good lifestyle. Anxiety averaged 6.20±6.18, and health-promoting lifestyle averaged 123.64±19.05. Health-promoting lifestyle did not correlate with COVID-19 anxiety. Stress management, nutrition, and physical activity scored the lowest. Academic semester (p=0.03), family income (p=0.006), and marital status (p=0.03) were associated with COVID-19 anxiety. Conclusion: Students had low COVID-19 anxiety and average health-promoting lifestyles. Despite initial concerns, the data showed no significant association between COVID-19 anxiety and the students' vaccination status. However, it's worth noting that vaccination has the potential to reduce anxiety among students. Stress management, nutrition, and physical activity can improve student lifestyles. © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Bentham Open.
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