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[Association between the consumption of tobacco and alcohol and physical exercise while at university].

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To find out the influence that going to University has on changing smoking and alcohol habits, and on physical exercise in students in the EU. DESIGN:Cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING:University of Murcia. PARTICIPANTS:A sample of 1179 students was selected. INTERVENTIONS:A self-filled and anonymous questionnaire was used. It consisted of 36 questions using 4 measurement scales: level of health information on cardiovascular risks (CVR), smoking, alcohol consumption and doing physical exercise. RESULTS:A total of 39.2% of university students in their last academic year said they were smokers, compared to 36.4% in the first year (NS). A total of 81.6% of first year students had consumed alcohol at weekends, compared to 81.1% of those in their last year (NS). In the overall assessment of alcohol consumption, 13% "stopped drinking or drank less: and 10% "drank more", although the majority (55%), did not change their drinking habits. As regards physical exercise, the number of students who did more physical exercise was 21.2% in the first academic year, compared to 20% of students in their last year (NS). CONCLUSIONS:Going to University does not seem to exercise a positive influence on the habits and lifestyles of young people. Measures should be taken to encourage healthy lifestyles in Universities.

SUBMITTER: Pastor AM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7022035 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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[Association between the consumption of tobacco and alcohol and physical exercise while at university].

Pastor Antonio Martínez AM Galindo Serafín Balanza SB Hernández Mariano Leal ML Navarro Ana Martínez AM Bernal Catalina Conesa CC Alemán José Abellán JA

Atencion primaria 20090521 10

<h4>Objective</h4>To find out the influence that going to University has on changing smoking and alcohol habits, and on physical exercise in students in the EU.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional descriptive study.<h4>Setting</h4>University of Murcia.<h4>Participants</h4>A sample of 1179 students was selected.<h4>Interventions</h4>A self-filled and anonymous questionnaire was used. It consisted of 36 questions using 4 measurement scales: level of health information on cardiovascular risks (CVR), smok ...[more]

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Project description:BACKGROUND:Physical inactivity and chronic pain are both major public health concerns worldwide. Although the health benefits of regular physical exercise are well-documented, few large epidemiological studies have investigated the association between specific domains of physical exercise and chronic pain in young adults. We sought to investigate the association between frequency, intensity and duration of physical exercise, and chronic pain. METHODS:Data stem from the SHoT2018-study, a national health survey for higher education in Norway, in which 36,625 fulltime students aged 18-35 years completed all relevant questionnaires. Chronic pain, defined according to the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11), was assessed with a newly developed hierarchical digital instrument for reporting both distribution and characteristics of pain in predefined body regions. Physical exercise was assessed using three sets of questions, measuring the number of times exercising each week, and the average intensity and the number of hours each time. RESULTS:The majority (54%) of the students reported chronic pain in at least one location, and the prevalence was especially high among women. The overall pattern was an inverse dose-response association between exercise and chronic pain: the more frequent, harder or longer the physical exercise, the lower the risk of chronic pain. Similar findings were generally also observed for the number of pain locations: frequent exercise was associated with fewer pain locations. Adjusting for demographical, lifestyle factors and depression had little effect on the magnitude of the associations. CONCLUSION:Given the many health benefits of regular exercise, there is much to be gained in facilitating college and university students to be more physically active, ideally, thru a joint responsibility between political and educational institutions. Due to the cross-sectional nature of the study, one should be careful to draw a firm conclusion about the direction of causality.

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[Association between the consumption of tobacco and alcohol and physical exercise while at university].

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[Association between the consumption of tobacco and alcohol and physical exercise while at university].

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