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Kardiovaskulêregesondheidsrisiko onder universiteitstudente in Suid-Afrika/Cardiovascular health risk among university students in South Africa

Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie, 2015-01, Vol.34 (1), p.1

Copyright AOSIS (Pty) Ltd 2015 ;ISSN: 0254-3486 ;EISSN: 2222-4173

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  • Title:
    Kardiovaskulêregesondheidsrisiko onder universiteitstudente in Suid-Afrika/Cardiovascular health risk among university students in South Africa
  • Author: du Toit, Peet ; Rudolph, Elizabeth ; Joubert, Yvonne ; Coetzee, Nicoleen ; Krüger, Ernst ; Ferreira, Ronél ; Nortje, Evangeline ; Fraser, William
  • Subjects: Cardiovascular disease ; Health education ; Health risk assessment ; University students
  • Is Part Of: Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie, 2015-01, Vol.34 (1), p.1
  • Description: Traditionally, individuals' abilities, interests and personality were assessed during career guidance and recruitment and selection processes; however, only a few studies focused on the actual health of second-year students, as entry-level employees for business in South Africa. The main research purpose was to determine the cardiovascular health of second-year university students' (as young entry-level employees). The motivations for the study are two-fold: to determine the current cardiovascular health risk of students, and to educate the students about such risk. The study was a quantitative cross-sectional study to determine university students' cardiovascular health. The sample used in this research study consisted of 162 university students in South Africa, between the ages of 18 and 25 years. The results indicated that 55.6% students had high blood pressure. Then 81.1% of the latter group of students were identified as prehypertensive, while 18.9% were considered as having stage-1 hypertension. Students exhibited elevated cardiac stress as well. Altogether 64.8% of all the participating students scored in the elevated range of the Cardiac Stress Index (CSI). Unfortunately, 61% of the students with elevated CSI readings also exhibited high blood pressure. Furthermore, of the latter group, 15.2% exhibited poor heart rate variability, as well as elevated heart rate and blood pressure. Therefore, nearly 10% of the total sample exhibited elevated cardiac stress, an elevated heart rate and high blood pressure levels. The implications of the results are that university students are unaware of their cardiovascular health and that it may have an effect on their careers. Career counsellors, industrial psychologists, educational psychologists, and human resource management practitioners may benefit from this information in their scope of practice to guide physiology students in their career. This practical approach also allows physiology students to determine their own cardiovascular health risks.
  • Publisher: Pretoria: South African Academy of Science and Art
  • Language: Afrikaans
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0254-3486
    EISSN: 2222-4173
  • Source: Open Access: AOSIS OpenJournals
    AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central
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