Health Risks for University Students From the Amazon Region in the New Normality

The objective of the study was to identify and compare the health risk of university students in the Peruvian Amazon in the post pandemic new normal. The approach was quantitative, of the descriptive type of group comparison. The population consisted of 1320 students and the sample consisted of a to...

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Published in:Journal of higher education theory and practice 2023-09, Vol.23 (14), p.173-181
Main Authors: Paricahua-Peralta, Jimmy Nelson, Estrada-Araoz, Edwin Gustavo, Velasquez-Giersch, Libertad, Valencia-Martínez, Juan Carlos, Urbina-Puma, Luis, Ulloa-Gallardo, Nelly Jacqueline, Bautista-Quispe, Judith Annie, Velazco-Reyes, Benjamín, Palacios-Serna, Lina Iris, Calsina-Ponce, Wilber Cesar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chi-square test
College Students
Colleges & universities
Computer science
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Data collection
Educational Quality
Females
Gender
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Higher education
Learning
Lifelong Learning
Lifestyles
Mental health
Pain
Pandemics
Questionnaires
Statistical power
University students
Young adults
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Summary:The objective of the study was to identify and compare the health risk of university students in the Peruvian Amazon in the post pandemic new normal. The approach was quantitative, of the descriptive type of group comparison. The population consisted of 1320 students and the sample consisted of a total of 298 students who were administered the SF-36 Health Questionnaire (version 2). According to the results, the health status of university students is in the medium risk level, which could affect the quality of learning, the prevalence and affection of other possible diseases, as well as absenteeism. Likewise, through the Chi-square test, the statistical power and the effect size, it was possible to determine that the health status is similar in the groups of students conformed by gender and family dependence. However, it was evidenced that the evolution of health in the university students of the gender group is different (p
ISSN:2158-3595
DOI:10.33423/jhetp.v23i14.6391