Lifestyle patterns of students entering the University of Huanuco

Abstract

Objective. to determine the lifestyle patterns of students entering the university of huánuco. Methods. the study was quantitative, observational and transversal, with a descriptive-comparative design. the population consisted of 1752 university students entering the university in 2019; from which a sample of 315 subjects was extracted, probably selected by strata. a survey guide of general characteristics and a scale of lifestyle patterns, previously validated, were applied. a descriptive and inferential analysis was performed using the chi-square test. Results. 67.6 % (213) had healthy
lifestyle patterns. when analyzing the patterns of lifestyles, according to dimensions, it was evidenced that 56.8 % (179) of the students, had unhealthy eating habits, and 53.7 % (169) of the sample evidenced sedentarism. there were healthy life patterns in the mental health dimensions [95.9 % (302)]. and recreation [80.3 % (253)]. when contrasting the hypotheses of the study, statistical significance was found [x2 = 5.250; p = 0.015] between healthy lifestyle and the practice of some sport. no significance was found between lifestyle and adolescent group membership (x2 = 1.121; p =  0.186), marital status [x2 = 0.003; p = 0.632] and sample gender [x2 = 0.872; p = 0.209]. Conclusions. healthy lifestyle patterns are conditioned by the practice of sport.