Correlation of the health-promoting lifestyle, enrollment level, and academic performance of College of Nursing students in Kuwait

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-119

  Al Kandari, Fatimah ^a   Vidal, Victoria L ^a  

^a MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Enrollment level; Health promoting lifestyle; Nursing education; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KUWAIT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MALE NURSING STUDENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KUWAIT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 34247648206     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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