Assessment of health promoting life style and its relationship with socio-demographic variables in students

One of the most important periods for promoting health is the youth. According to importance of life style as an important aspects of health, this survey was done to evaluate the aspects of health-promoting life style in students. This survey was cross sectional and descriptive-analytic. Our population consists of 200 nursing students in Ramsar’s Fatemezahra nursing college at 2016-2017. Our data was collected with a checklist that its validity and reliability was confirmed. The total mean score of healthy lifestyle was 96.129±20.01. In this study students acquired the most score in responsibility for health which can be for their field of study and higher knowledge about health issues. There was a significant relationship between physical activity and gender and also between physical activity and residential site. Students which were in dormitory had less physical activity than students which live with family (P=0.040) and friends (P=0.009). The mean score of life style in dormitory students was in lower ranges, so it is essential for designing and executing standard educational interventions and different supporting systems in nutritional, recreational, cultural and welfare aspects.