Physical health, lifestyle beliefs and behaviors, and mental health of entering graduate health professional students: Evidence to support screening and early intervention
Physical health, lifestyle beliefs and behaviors, and mental health of entering graduate health professional students: Evidence to support screening and early intervention
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DOI：
10.1002/2327-6924.12350
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发表时间：
2016-04-01
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
McGovern, Colleen
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作者：
Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek;Slevin, Caitlin;McGovern, Colleen
背景与目的：对一年级卫生专业研究生的身体健康、生活方式信念和行为以及心理健康知之甚少。因此，本研究的目的是描述这些属性，并探讨它们之间的关系。方法：对来自美国中西部一所大型公共赠地大学7个不同学院的93名健康科学专业学生进行健康入职干预研究的基线数据进行描述性相关研究。调查结果：近40%的学生超重/肥胖，19%的学生总胆固醇水平升高。只有44%的人达到了建议的每周5天30分钟的运动量。41%的人报告抑郁症状加重，28%的人焦虑加剧。四名学生报告有自杀念头。抑郁/焦虑与健康生活方式信念/行为呈负相关。结论：进入卫生专业学校的学生存在抑郁、焦虑和不健康行为的高风险，可通过筛查和早期循证干预加以避免。对实践的启示：评估一年级健康科学专业学生的身体健康、生活方式行为和心理健康对于识别健康问题和可改变的风险行为非常重要，因此可以实施早期干预以改善结果。
Background and purpose: Little is known about the physical health, lifestyle beliefs and behaviors, and mental health among first-year health professional graduate students. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to describe these attributes as well as to explore the relationships among them.Methods: A descriptive correlational study was conducted on the baseline data from a wellness onboarding intervention study with 93 health sciences students from seven different colleges within a large public land grant university in the Midwest United States.Findings: Nearly 40% of the sample was overweight/obese, and 19% of students had elevated total cholesterol levels. Only 44% met the recommended 30 min of exercise 5 days per week. Forty-one percent reported elevated depressive symptoms and 28% had elevated anxiety. Four students reported suicidal ideation. Inverse relationships existed among depression/anxiety and healthy lifestyle beliefs/behaviors.Conclusions: Students entering health professional schools are at high risk for depression, anxiety, and unhealthy behaviors, which could be averted through screening and early evidence-based interventions.Implications for practice: Assessing the physical health, lifestyle behaviors, and mental health of first-year health sciences professional students is important to identify health problems and modifiable at-risk behaviors so that early interventions can be implemented to improve outcomes.