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A Study on Health Promotion Behavior, Perceived Stress and Constipation of Female University Students
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Suk Yong Kil, Won Oak Oh, Min Hyun Suk
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J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2004;15(4):600-607. Published online December 31, 2004
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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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