Attitude of Students Resident in Dormitory on the Importance and Role of Environmental Factors on Physical, Psychological and Educational Status

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Dormitories are public spaces. A good dormitory condition has profound influence to improve the learning process of the students. The purpose of this study has been to identify the attitude of the students in the dormitories of Isfahan University of Medical Science...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Zahra Jouhari, Nikoo Yamani, Athar Omid, Mahsa Shakour, Leyla Bazrafkan
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	FA
Publicado:	Babol University of Medical Sciences 2015
Materias:	students dormitories attitude mental health educational status Medicine R Education L
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/f2388acadf10465daadb08489069b424
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:f2388acadf10465daadb08489069b424
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f2388acadf10465daadb08489069b4242021-11-24T09:05:34ZAttitude of Students Resident in Dormitory on the Importance and Role of Environmental Factors on Physical, Psychological and Educational Status2322-49402345-5497https://doaj.org/article/f2388acadf10465daadb08489069b4242015-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://mededj.ir/article-1-107-en.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/2322-4940https://doaj.org/toc/2345-5497ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Dormitories are public spaces. A good dormitory condition has profound influence to improve the learning process of the students. The purpose of this study has been to identify the attitude of the students in the dormitories of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences about the environmental condition of their places and its importance on their physical, psychological and educational status. METHODS: This cross - sectional study was performed by using a questionnaire designed according to environmental standards issued by Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran. At first the validity and reliability of questionnaire were checked. The subjects were the students who live in the dormitory of Isfahan University and were selected through simple random sampling method. Data were analyzed using the spss 16 package program. Descriptive and inferential statistics with one way ANOVA were used for data analysis. FINDINGS: Mean age of the students was 25.34±6.3 years. According to the factors which were important in viewpoints of the students: mean score for the security of dormitory was 4.62 and the average number of persons in a room was 4.58 out of 5. General cleaning of dormitory with mean score of 4.56 mentioned as the most important physical environment factor. Sixty percent of the students believed that environment of dormitory improves their mental health and 65.1 percent believed that this condition can improve their academic achievements. CONCLUSION: Considering the impact of environmental factors on physical health, psychological and academic status of students, proper planning for improvement of environmental factors and making the dormitories safe, is necessary for educational and health status of the students.Zahra JouhariNikoo YamaniAthar OmidMahsa ShakourLeyla BazrafkanBabol University of Medical Sciencesarticlestudentsdormitoriesattitudemental healtheducational statusMedicineREducationLFAآموزش پزشکی, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 15-22 (2015)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	FA
topic	students dormitories attitude mental health educational status Medicine R Education L
spellingShingle	students dormitories attitude mental health educational status Medicine R Education L Zahra Jouhari Nikoo Yamani Athar Omid Mahsa Shakour Leyla Bazrafkan Attitude of Students Resident in Dormitory on the Importance and Role of Environmental Factors on Physical, Psychological and Educational Status
description	ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Dormitories are public spaces. A good dormitory condition has profound influence to improve the learning process of the students. The purpose of this study has been to identify the attitude of the students in the dormitories of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences about the environmental condition of their places and its importance on their physical, psychological and educational status. METHODS: This cross - sectional study was performed by using a questionnaire designed according to environmental standards issued by Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran. At first the validity and reliability of questionnaire were checked. The subjects were the students who live in the dormitory of Isfahan University and were selected through simple random sampling method. Data were analyzed using the spss 16 package program. Descriptive and inferential statistics with one way ANOVA were used for data analysis. FINDINGS: Mean age of the students was 25.34±6.3 years. According to the factors which were important in viewpoints of the students: mean score for the security of dormitory was 4.62 and the average number of persons in a room was 4.58 out of 5. General cleaning of dormitory with mean score of 4.56 mentioned as the most important physical environment factor. Sixty percent of the students believed that environment of dormitory improves their mental health and 65.1 percent believed that this condition can improve their academic achievements. CONCLUSION: Considering the impact of environmental factors on physical health, psychological and academic status of students, proper planning for improvement of environmental factors and making the dormitories safe, is necessary for educational and health status of the students.
format	article
author	Zahra Jouhari Nikoo Yamani Athar Omid Mahsa Shakour Leyla Bazrafkan
author_facet	Zahra Jouhari Nikoo Yamani Athar Omid Mahsa Shakour Leyla Bazrafkan
author_sort	Zahra Jouhari
title	Attitude of Students Resident in Dormitory on the Importance and Role of Environmental Factors on Physical, Psychological and Educational Status
title_short	Attitude of Students Resident in Dormitory on the Importance and Role of Environmental Factors on Physical, Psychological and Educational Status
title_full	Attitude of Students Resident in Dormitory on the Importance and Role of Environmental Factors on Physical, Psychological and Educational Status
title_fullStr	Attitude of Students Resident in Dormitory on the Importance and Role of Environmental Factors on Physical, Psychological and Educational Status
title_full_unstemmed	Attitude of Students Resident in Dormitory on the Importance and Role of Environmental Factors on Physical, Psychological and Educational Status
title_sort	attitude of students resident in dormitory on the importance and role of environmental factors on physical, psychological and educational status
publisher	Babol University of Medical Sciences
publishDate	2015
url	https://doaj.org/article/f2388acadf10465daadb08489069b424
work_keys_str_mv	AT zahrajouhari attitudeofstudentsresidentindormitoryontheimportanceandroleofenvironmentalfactorsonphysicalpsychologicalandeducationalstatus AT nikooyamani attitudeofstudentsresidentindormitoryontheimportanceandroleofenvironmentalfactorsonphysicalpsychologicalandeducationalstatus AT atharomid attitudeofstudentsresidentindormitoryontheimportanceandroleofenvironmentalfactorsonphysicalpsychologicalandeducationalstatus AT mahsashakour attitudeofstudentsresidentindormitoryontheimportanceandroleofenvironmentalfactorsonphysicalpsychologicalandeducationalstatus AT leylabazrafkan attitudeofstudentsresidentindormitoryontheimportanceandroleofenvironmentalfactorsonphysicalpsychologicalandeducationalstatus
_version_	1718415833107005440

Attitude of Students Resident in Dormitory on the Importance and Role of Environmental Factors on Physical, Psychological and Educational Status

Ejemplares similares