Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/10448
Title: Relation between respiratory function tests and life habits of the university students
Authors: Saygin, M.
Ongel, K.
Çalışkan, Sadettin
Keywords: dormitory
life habits
respiratory function tests
Smoking habits
university students
adult
body mass
body weight
cross-sectional study
feeding behavior
female
health behavior
human
lifestyle
lung function test
male
questionnaire
smoking
student
Turkey
university
young adult
adolescent
analysis of variance
Article
body height
chi square test
chronic obstructive lung disease
controlled study
demography
lung function
major clinical study
obesity
risk factor
smoking habit
social life
statistical significance
undergraduate student
underweight
university student
Adult
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Food Habits
Health Behavior
Humans
Life Style
Male
Respiratory Function Tests
Smoking
Students
Surveys and Questionnaires
Universities
Young Adult
Abstract: Among the university students especially in adolescence period, smoking habits and unhealthy lifestyles are major problems in social life. In this study, it is intended to reveal smoking habits and lifestyles of the students from Suleyman Demirel University and to determine the effects of smoking and lifestyles on pulmonary functions. Participants were 94 university students who were getting formal education in the Suleyman Demirel University central campus. Data were analysed by analysis of variance and chi-square tests. For all analysis, p value of <0.05 was considered significant. Students’ mean age was 19.9 ± 0.9 years, and of all the students 74 (78.7%) were undergraduate students; remaining 20 (21.3%) were graduate students. Of all the students, 27 (28.7%), which comprised the largest group of the students, were living in state dormitory. Body mass index (BMI) was examined for the study group; according to BMI, body weight was generally within normal limits but 17.39% of girls’ were found to be underweight. Respiratory parameters can be affected by many factors. Smoking habit of university students can be prevented, and it is an important point that they have a healthy lifestyle both for their own health and for future generations. © 2013, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/10448
https://doi.org/10.1177/0748233713475505
ISSN: 0748-2337
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