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Research Paper | Nursing | India | Volume 13 Issue 7, July 2024 | Rating: 5 / 10
Lifestyle Practices and Awareness Regarding Lifestyle Diseases among Adolescent Girls
Anjali [228] | Dr. KRajalakshmy | Dr. S. Abdul Gafoor
Abstract: Adolescence is a crucial period of rapid transition from childhood to adulthood. The impact of unhealthy lifestyle practices are seen in the form of lifestyle diseases at an early age. The study entitled ?lifestyle practices and awareness regarding lifestyle diseases among adolescent girls was carried out with the objective to assess the lifestyle practices of the adolescent girls, awareness regarding lifestyle diseases and to find out association between awareness regarding lifestyle diseases and lifestyle practices of the adolescent girls in selected schools of Thiruvananthapuram corporation. The study was done by quantitative approach and research design used was descriptive cross sectional design. Data was collected from 330 adolescent girls of Government, aided and private higher secondary schools of Thiruvananthapuram corporation, studying in 9th, 10th, 11th and12th standards. A self prepared questionnaire and three point Likert scale respectively were used for collecting the data regarding lifestyle practices and awareness regarding lifestyle diseases among adolescent girls. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. From the study it was observed that most (83.9%) of the adolescent girls had moderately healthy lifestyle practices, 15.2% had healthy lifestyle practices and only 0.9% had unhealthy lifestyle practices. The study also revealed that majority (57.3%) of the adolescent girls had moderate awareness, 37% had poor awareness and only 5.8% had good awareness regarding lifestyle diseases. The findings revealed that there is significant statistical association between awareness regarding lifestyle diseases and lifestyle practices of the adolescent girls. (?2 - 21.22, P<0.01).
Keywords: adolescents, lifestyle practices, awareness, lifestyle diseases
Edition: Volume 13 Issue 7, July 2024,
Pages: 138 - 141