[Home ] [Archive]   [ فارسی ]  
:: Main :: About :: Current Issue :: Archive :: Search :: Submit :: Contact ::
Main Menu
Home::
Journal Information::
Articles archive::
For Authors::
Reviewers Section::
Registration::
Contact us::
Site Facilities::
Indexing::
Ethics::
In-press Articles::
::
Search in website

Advanced Search
..
Receive site information
Enter your Email in the following box to receive the site news and information.
..
:: Volume 3, Issue 1 (2-2015) ::
mededj 2015, 3(1): 15-22 Back to browse issues page
Attitude of Students Resident in Dormitory on the Importance and Role of Environmental Factors on Physical, Psychological and Educational Status
Zahra Jouhari , Nikoo Yamani * , Athar Omid , Mahsa Shakour , Leyla Bazrafkan
Department of Medical Education, University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract:   (10602 Views)
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.
Keywords: Students, Dormitories, Attitude, Mental health, educational status
Full-Text [PDF 343 kb]   (7059 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2014/01/4 | Accepted: 2014/08/12 | Published: 2015/03/9
Send email to the article author

Add your comments about this article
Your username or Email:

CAPTCHA


XML   Persian Abstract   Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

Jouhari Z, Yamani N, Omid A, Shakour M, Bazrafkan L. Attitude of Students Resident in Dormitory on the Importance and Role of Environmental Factors on Physical, Psychological and Educational Status. mededj 2015; 3 (1) :15-22
URL: http://mededj.ir/article-1-107-en.html


Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Volume 3, Issue 1 (2-2015) Back to browse issues page
مجله آموزش پزشکی Medical Education Journal
Persian site map - English site map - Created in 0.06 seconds with 37 queries by YEKTAWEB 4645
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)