Healthy lifestyle behaviors and risk of cardiovascular diseases among nursing faculty during COVID-19 Pandemic

Cardiovascular diseases are the first ranked cause of death worldwide. Adhering to health promoting lifestyle behaviors will maintain an individual's cardiovascular health and decrease the risk of cardiovascular diseases. In this descriptive study, 150 nursing faculty were surveyed via a non-pr...

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Published in:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 2023-01, Vol.76Suppl 1 (Suppl 1), p.e20220372
Main Authors: Al-Mayahi, Ayad Majid Mousa, Al-Jubouri, Mohammed Baqer, Jaafar, Sabah Abdullah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Cardiovascular Risk
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 Pandemic
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disease
Faculty, Nursing
Health Behavior
Health Promotion - methods
Healthy Lifestyle
Humans
Life Style
NURSING
Original
Pandemics
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Summary:Cardiovascular diseases are the first ranked cause of death worldwide. Adhering to health promoting lifestyle behaviors will maintain an individual's cardiovascular health and decrease the risk of cardiovascular diseases. In this descriptive study, 150 nursing faculty were surveyed via a non-probability (purposive) sampling method to assess their adherence to health promoting lifestyle in order to know the risk of cardiovascular diseases. The Arabic version of Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) was used to achieve this goal. Seventy-two nursing faculty completed the survey. The results indicated that the study sample had moderate level of health promotion based on Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. Nursing faculty are at risk of developing cardiovascular diseases based on their health promoting lifestyle behaviors as they scored low level of "health responsibility", "physical activity", and "stress management ". Encouraging healthy behaviors is recommended to prevent chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases.
ISSN:0034-7167
1984-0446
1984-0446
DOI:10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0372