Abstract

PURPOSE
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.