Evaluation of lifestyle and effective factors on public health in the students of Islamic Azad University of Bandar Abbas Province

Certainly, personal health or social health issues are the most important aspects of human life. Health is an essential condition for social roles and activities and is an essential condition for social roles and activities in people. Lifestyle is a combination of individual behavioral patterns and habits that is created throughout socialization processes, by personal interaction with parents, siblings, friend, adult's peers and the media .The definition of lifestyle is becoming more and more important. This study was carried out to evaluate the associations between lifestyle and general health of students.

This study was a descriptive –analytic-cross sectional study which was conducted in 2012 at Islamic Azad University of Bandar ABBAS, Iran. 764 Randomized Nursing students were selected. Three questionnaires were used to collect information. After three months, all the information was collected and data was analyzed by independent sample t test, one way ANOVA and Pearson correlation using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 19 (SPSS v.19).

Most of the participants of the study were single, native of the province and economically dependent on their families. Between gender and general anxiety were significantly related (P<0.001) There were a significant relationship between economic, nutritional status, and implementing safety principles with general health (P<0.001).

This study demonstrates that more attention should be paid to improve the knowledge and attitudes of students and to teach them healthy lifestyles and habits in order to decrease the risk factors of diseases.