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Health Literacy among Higher Education Students, its Relationship with Tobacco Consumption and Sleep Quality
| Resumo: | Health literacy has gained significant importance and prominence over the years. Higher education students go through a period of transaction, during which they are exposed to certain circumstances and risks that can unconsciously lead them to adopt consumption habits and behaviors that are very harmful to their health. Smoking, in both its traditional or electronic form and unhealthy sleep patterns are examples of these habits. Keeping this in mind, this study analyzes the relationship between health literacy, tobacco consumption, and sleep quality. It focuses on understanding how health literacy can influence tobacco consumption and sleep quality among higher education students. Measurement tools were used to assess health literacy, nicotine dependence related to tobacco consumption, and sleep quality among these students, specifically the Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS19-Q12), the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), respectively. The main conclusions of this study highlight that tobacco consumption is negatively correlated with sleep quality, while an increase in health literacy is associated with a reduction in tobacco consumption and an improvement in sleep quality among higher education students. |
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| Autores principais: | Esperança, Samira Almeida Carvalho de Boa |
| Assunto: | Health Literacy Higher Education Students Sleep Quality Tobacco Consumption SDG 3 - Good health and well-being SDG 4 - Quality education SDG 12 - Responsible production and consumption |
| Ano: | 2025 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso embargado |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | Health literacy has gained significant importance and prominence over the years. Higher education students go through a period of transaction, during which they are exposed to certain circumstances and risks that can unconsciously lead them to adopt consumption habits and behaviors that are very harmful to their health. Smoking, in both its traditional or electronic form and unhealthy sleep patterns are examples of these habits. Keeping this in mind, this study analyzes the relationship between health literacy, tobacco consumption, and sleep quality. It focuses on understanding how health literacy can influence tobacco consumption and sleep quality among higher education students. Measurement tools were used to assess health literacy, nicotine dependence related to tobacco consumption, and sleep quality among these students, specifically the Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS19-Q12), the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), respectively. The main conclusions of this study highlight that tobacco consumption is negatively correlated with sleep quality, while an increase in health literacy is associated with a reduction in tobacco consumption and an improvement in sleep quality among higher education students. |
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