Walsh Audrey, Taylor Claudette, Brennick Debbie
1 Cape Breton University, Sydney, Canada.
Can J Nurs Res. 2018 Jun;50(2):57-63. doi: 10.1177/0844562117747434. Epub 2017 Dec 20.
Background Young adult university students living on campus are at an increased risk of developing lifestyle habits that encourage unintentional weight gain. Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify the individual and contextual factors that influence campus dwelling university students' facility to practice healthy living guidelines that reduce their risk of unintentional weight gain. Lifestyle practices included nutrition, physical activity, and sleep. Methods For seven days, 48 campus dwelling students recorded their activities and reflected on how closely they were able to follow recommended healthy living guidelines. Recorded data were supplemented by follow-up focus groups. All data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results Students described multiple factors and conditions that influenced their facility to practice healthy living guidelines for nutrition, activity, and sleep. Many students' lifestyle practices put them at an increased risk of unintentional weight gain. Conclusions The campus environment challenges student's facility to practice healthy living guidelines. Nurses can intervene to build individual student capacity and to advocate for environmental polices that increase students' facility to choose lifestyle practices that promote health, lessen their risk of unintentional weight gain, and reduce their risk of developing chronic illness.
背景 住在校园里的青年大学生养成鼓励无意增重的生活习惯的风险增加。目的 本研究的目的是确定影响住在校园里的大学生践行健康生活指南以降低无意增重风险的个人因素和环境因素。生活方式行为包括营养、体育活动和睡眠。方法 48名住在校园里的学生记录了他们七天的活动，并反思他们能够在多大程度上遵循推荐的健康生活指南。记录的数据通过后续焦点小组进行补充。所有数据均采用主题分析法进行分析。结果 学生们描述了影响他们践行营养、活动和睡眠方面健康生活指南的多种因素和条件。许多学生的生活方式行为使他们无意增重的风险增加。结论 校园环境对学生践行健康生活指南构成挑战。护士可以进行干预，以增强学生个人的能力，并倡导环境政策，增加学生选择促进健康、降低无意增重风险和减少患慢性病风险的生活方式行为的能力。
