J Korean Community Nurs.
2004 Dec;15(4):600-607.
A Study on Health Promotion Behavior, Perceived Stress and Constipation of Female University Students
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- 1Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University, Korea. chnursing@hanmail.net
- 2Department of Nursing, Dongguk University, Korea.
Abstract
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This study was conducted to examine the relationship among health promotion behavior, perceived stress and constipation. METHOD: The subjects of this study consisted of 212 female university students. The data was collected using questionnaires from October to December, 2003 and analyzed t-test, ANOVA, Pearson Correlation Coefficients using SAS. RESULT: The subjects with difficulties in bowel elimination were 57.6% and there was a significant negative correlation between health promotion behavior and constipation.
CONCLUSION
Data from this study suggest that constipation is an important health problem among female university students and needs further research to understand factors related to constipation.
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