ASSOCIATED FACTORS WITH INADEQUATE LIFESTYLE IN MEDICINE STUDENTS IN A PERUVIAN UNIVERSITY

Vilela-Córdova B.Y.; Arroyo-Sánchez A. · Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana (2024) · DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v24i4.6532

Resumen

Introduction: The inappropriate lifestyle (IL) increases the risk of non-communicable diseases; undergraduate university students are a susceptible population to present an IL. Objectives: To determine if age, sex, marital status, work activity, family responsibilities, study cycle and place of residence were factors associated with an inappropriate lifestyle (IL) in medical students. Secondarily, the dimensions most frequently associated with IL were identified. Methods: A cross-sectional, and analytical study was carried out on students from the School of Human Medicine of the Antenor Orrego Private University of Trujillo in Peru, during the first semester of 2023, using the FANTASTICO anonymous survey, an instrument that has 10 dimensions. Surveys that were not answered in their entirety were excluded. The prevalence of predetermined risk factors was compared between students with IALS and those with an adequate lifestyle (AL), using the chi-square test and the prevalence ratio; we were considered significant if p < 0.05. Results: Of the 258 participating students, 112 (43.4%) showed IL. No bivariate statistical association was found with respect to age (p=0.55), sex (p=0.07), marital status (p=0.29), work activity (p=0.47), having a family burden (p=0.93), the study cycle (p=0.38) and the place of residence (p=0.05) and the IL in the students. The multivariate analysis of the crude and adjusted prevalence ratio also did not find a significant association. The four prevalent dimensions in the IL were: health control, sleep and stress, introspection, and physical activity. Conclusion: No differences were found in the factors studied between medical students with IL and AL.

Instituciones: Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego