Efficiency of Self-care Education on lifestyle Secondary School Students | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 27, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2019, Pages 377-388 PDF (625.79 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.163258 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Naglaa Gida1; Jihan Mahmoud Farrag2; Hanaa Mohamed Ibrahim Nassar2; Eman El-Sherbeny3 | ||
| 1Family and Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt | ||
| 2Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt | ||
| 3Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni- Suef University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Now a day a high prevalence of unhealthy dietary intake habits, poor hygienic care, sedentary life as well as physical inactivity among secondary school adolescents is a major health concern. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficiency of self-care education on lifestyle of secondary school students. Methods: Design: A quasi-experimental research design was conducted during the years 2017-2018. Sample: The study sample included 200 students which selected randomly from two secondary schools at Port Said City. Tools for data collection: It included: A structured questionnaire was developed and designed by the researchers to collect data, it consisted of two parts: part (1): question related to age, dietary habits, hygienic care, sedentary life and bodily exercise, part (2): Assessment of anthropometric measurement. Results: Females were somewhat younger than Males, males were taller, obese and females had significantly lower mean of BMI than males. The studied sample had mean moderate -intensity physical activity and vigorous -intensity physical activity and poor hygienic care pre interventions which improved post implementation of education. Majority of secondary school students spent more than 4 hours on Mobile daily, which decreased significantly after the self-care education. The studied sample had poor dietary habits pre which corrected post implementation of education and there was highly statistically significant improvement (P ≤ 0.001).before training which increased after training (p < 0.05). The majority of them did not have breakfast, fruit, vegetables which were significantly improved after implementation of self-care education, p < 0.01. The studied sample had mean high sedentary time pre interventions which decreased post implementation of education and there was highly statistically significant improvement (P ≤ 0.001). Concerning sleep hours, there was highly statistically significant improvement (P ≤ 0.001) which increased post implementation of self-care education. Conclusions: Findings from the present study confirms that self-care education had positive effects on enhancement of healthy lifestyles such as practicing bodily exercise, personal hygiene, Lessing of sedentary life, promoting sleeping and eating habits of secondary school students. Recommendation: There is a crucial necessity for developing self-care education regarding healthful eating, lessening sedentary and encourage bodily activity, improving personal hygiene, promoting sleeping, and eating habits amongst secondary school students. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Self-care education; lifestyle; secondary school students | ||
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