Abstract
Objective:to determine the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, eating habits, and physical activity among nursing students and to detect whether being a nursing student is a protective factor against these habits. Method:a questionnaire was used to collect information on age, academic year, sex, alcohol and tobacco consumption, physical activity, and healthy eating. An information sheet and informed consent form were given. The sample was composed of 264 students aged between 18-30 years from four academic years. Results:of the total sample, 15.5% smoked, 83.7% consumed alcoholic beverages and 97.2% consumed over the weekend. The total of 68.6% did not practice exercises and 70.5% needed changes in their diet. Conclusion:nursing students have high levels of alcohol consumption and low levels of smoking compared with other studies. The higher the academic year, the lower the age of onset of tobacco consumption. The number of men who exercised was higher, which is considered a protective factor against alcohol and tobacco consumption and is related to a healthy diet. Smoking has a negative influence on diet. The students needed to change their diet. Finally, being a nursing student is not considered a protective factor against alcohol and tobacco consumption, nor having good eating habits and exercising.
Highlights
Drugs are psychoactive substances that affects perception, mood, consciousness, and behavior[1]
305 students agreed to participate in the study, but 28 were not within the age range and 13 did not fill out the whole questionnaire
Nursing students of the University of Córdoba have a high consumption of alcohol and a low consumption of tobacco when compared with other studies
Summary
Drugs are psychoactive substances that affects perception, mood, consciousness, and behavior[1]. Drugs with the highest prevalence of consumption in the general population are consumed at high levels by young people aged between 14 and 18 years. As of 2013, the most consumed drugs were alcohol and tobacco (78% and 41%, respectively), followed by cannabis (9%)(2). In Spain, alcoholic beverages are the most consumed psychoactive substances among people aged between 15 and 64 years[2]. Alcohol consumption has an important relationship with mortality and disease in Spain[3]. Health science students are more exposed to information about the risk factors associated with health[4]. Most nursing students are young and will become future health professionals, and several factors relate both protection and risk in terms of alcohol consumption[5]. Of the people aged between 15 and 64 years, 73% had ever consumed tobacco, 41% had used it in the last year, 38% had used it in the last month, and 31% use it daily
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