Modern Lifestyle among Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Khon Kaen

Abstract

            This descriptive research aimed to study modern lifestyle among students in Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Khon Kaen province. The total of 395 students was two multistage randomly selected to response to a structured questionnaire that was validated by 3 experts and had a high reliability (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient = 0.92). The data was analyzed by analysis programs to acquire percentage, mean and standard deviation.

            The finding revealed that the samples have over nutrition was 10.63 and most of the samples were female (85.57%). The average age was 20.28 years (S.D. 1.71). The family income was 10,000-20,000 baht per month. Half of them loans for education 45.57%. Most of them don’t have congenital disease (92.15%). Modern dietary behaviors that have the frequency of consuming more than 3 days in a week was Korean BBQ (47.85%). Usage of the internet and social media was 3-7 days/week and using social media (Line Facebook, Instagram, Chat) (92.65%). Regarding physical activity and exercise, it was found that most of the participants had the frequency of practice from 3 days or more in one week was laundry (82.02%). Leisure information and recreation found that most of the participants had the frequency of practice from 3 days or more in a week was watching movies and listening to music on the internet (76.71%). It was recommended that there should be promoting modern lifestyle behaviors for students, such as not drinking alcohol to relieve stress, reducing the use of social media and entertainment, etc.