Assessment of Unhealth risk Behavior among Adolescents Students at Technical Health Institute

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University

2 Pediatric , Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University

Abstract

Background: High-risk behaviors are those that can have adverse effects on the overall
development and well-being of adolescents, or that might prevent them from future successes and
development. Aim: Assess unhealthy risk behavior among adolescent students at the technical
health institute. Design a descriptive exploratory study. Setting: The study was carried out in
technical health institute at Benha. The convenience sample composed of available students
from both sexes (200) who actually participated in the study over a period of 6 months. The tool
of data collection involved interviewing questionnaire sheet to assess adolescent students'
demographic data, the second tool was anxiety symptoms scale to assess the adolescent anxiety
symptoms, the third tool was sleep problem scale to assess the sleep problem and disturbances
that evoked from the risky behavior of adolescents, the fourth tool was emotional disturbances
scale to assess adolescents emotional disturbance that arise from their risky behaviors and the
fifth tool was educational problem scale to assess the education hardships observed among
adolescents and considered a risk behavior confronting them. Results of the Study: More than
one third of studied sample (35%) had taken smoking behavior habits & less than three quarters
of the studied sample (71%) had nutrition risk behavior. There were statistically significant
relation between adolescent students' sex and total risk score (p<0.05). There were highly
statistically significant differences and positive relations between the studied sample residence
and their total risk score (p<0.001). The study concluded that all students participate in some
risk behavior as smoking, unhealthy hygienic, behavior leading to injury, disturbed dietary and
physical inactivity behavior. The study recommended that, emphasize the importance of
periodic assessment of unhealthy risk behavior among adolescence students at the technical
health institute and provide appropriate program for its management.

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 7, Issue 3
September 2016
Pages 33-45

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