Study of Health Promoting Behaviours and its Determinants for University Students in India

The study examines the healthy behaviour of University students in New Delhi, India and infer association with socio demographic profile. A cross sectional study was performed on 286 University students in Capital City of India in the month of Feb-March 2023 to assess their healthy promoting behaviour. The survey comprised of two sections: first section had 11 questions related to socio demographic profile and second section comprises of 51 questions to assess Health profile of students using Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP) II tool. The health profile was evaluated on six subscales i.e., health responsibility, spiritual growth, physical activity, interpersonal relationships, nutrition, and stress management. The overall 51-item HPLP tool had a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.938 indicating good reliability. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics to find the determinants for health behaviour of university students. The students showed an average score of 61%(2.44) for overall health behaviour. The highest average score 2.79 was obtained for Interpersonal growth and Spiritual growth. The average body mass index (BMI) of the students was 22.44 kg/m2, the BMI of male students was higher than female students. Interpersonal relationship was found to be determined by gender, BMI, faculty of study and physical activity was determined by gender and family income.