Tomy Chitra, Fathima Farah Naaz, Mathew Savan Sara, Johnson Avita Rose
Department of Community Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Science, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Department of Community Medicine, St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2019 Oct;44(Suppl 1):S54-S56. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_44_19.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are influenced by factors acting at all stages of life. Healthy lifestyle practices among adolescents and youth are crucial in preventing CVDs in the later years. Many barriers prevent young people from practicing healthy lifestyles.
The aim of this study is to identify barriers to healthy lifestyle among college-going students in Bengaluru Urban District.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 722 students aged 15-25 years, in a degree college in Bengaluru Urban district.
A structured interview schedule with good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.887), consisting of 50 questions scored on a 5-point Likert scale with five domains (diet, physical activity, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, and stress) was administered. The total score was classified into high-, moderate-, and low-barrier categories using percentiles. The barrier score for each domain and for each individual question was computed by multiplying the weight of the responses by their frequencies.
Barriers to healthy lifestyle and its association with sociodemographic variables were analyzed using inferential statistics such as -test and ANOVA. Significant factors were entered into a multiple linear regression model.
The domain of stress emerged as the topmost barrier followed by diet. The main factors responsible for stress among college students were examinations (74.9%), long hours of the study (71.1%), and lack of time (69.6%).
Barriers to healthy lifestyle are common among adolescents and youth. The topmost barriers identified were stress- and diet-related barriers.
心血管疾病（CVDs）受到生命各阶段因素的影响。青少年时期养成健康的生活方式对预防晚年心血管疾病至关重要。许多障碍阻碍年轻人践行健康的生活方式。
本研究旨在确定班加罗尔市区大学生健康生活方式的障碍。
在班加罗尔市区的一所学位学院对722名15 - 25岁的学生进行了横断面研究。
采用一份内部一致性良好（克朗巴哈系数α = 0.887）的结构化访谈问卷，该问卷由50个问题组成，采用5点李克特量表评分，涵盖五个领域（饮食、体育活动、烟草使用、饮酒和压力）。使用百分位数将总分分为高、中、低障碍类别。每个领域和每个问题的障碍得分通过将回答的权重乘以其频率来计算。
使用诸如t检验和方差分析等推断统计方法分析健康生活方式的障碍及其与社会人口统计学变量的关联。将显著因素纳入多元线性回归模型。
压力领域成为最主要的障碍，其次是饮食。大学生压力的主要成因是考试（74.9%）、长时间学习（71.1%）和时间不足（69.6%）。
健康生活方式的障碍在青少年中很常见。确定的最主要障碍是与压力和饮食相关的障碍。
