ABSTRACT
Objective:
To investigate the
self-measured
health status of college
students in
Tibet, and to construct the
self-measured
health scale (SRHMS V1.0) norm of College
students in
Tibet.
Methods:
This was a
cross-sectional study. A multistage
stratified sampling method was used. From April to June 2022, a total of 7 990 college
students were selected from all colleges and
universities in the
Tibet Autonomous Region (7 in total). The
self-rated
health of Tibetan college
students was investigated and evaluated by combining demographic information and SRHMS V1.0. Descriptive
statistics, t-test,
analysis of variance ( Brown-Forsythe test for unequal variance,
LSD test for multiple comparisons), and Spearman correlation
analysis were used to construct mean norm, percentile norm, and delimitation norm of physiological scale
health (PSH), mental scale
health (
MSH), social scale
health (SSH) score and total scale
health (TSH) scores.
Results:
The total score of
self-assessed
health assessment among college
students in Tibetan
universities was (72.18±12.35). For different genders, the PSH,
MSH, SSH and TSH scores were (73.85±13.78), (65.80±14.73), (69.85±16.00) and (73.44±12.77) for
boys and (71.18±13.36), (62.81±14.03), (68.57±14.90) and (70.92±11.94) for
girls, respectively. Scores on each subscale and total scale were statistically significant different between the different sexes ( t=2.531, 2.672, 1.867, 2.623, all P<0.05). For different grades, the PSH,
MSH, SSH and TSH scores of the freshman were (73.36±13.23), (65.77±14.58), (70.98±15.60) and (73.51±11.91); the sophomore were (70.74±13.73), (62.40±13.60), (66.92±14.62) and (70.16±12.28), the junior were (75.48±13.09), (64.08±15.12), (71.90±15.12) and (74.10±12.36); and the senior were (67.21±14.41), (59.19±17.67), (64.91±18.59) and (66.94±14.59) respectively, with the differences in scores of each subscale and the total scale in different grades being statistically significant ( F=3.952, 3.611, 4.841, 5.583, all P<0.05). The mean norm, percentile norm and demarcation norm of the total score and each subscale of
self-measured
health of college
students in Tibetan
universities were constructed with
gender and grade as the cut-off values.
Conclusion:
The model of
self-measured
health assessment scale for
students in colleges and
universities in
Tibet is established, which can provide evaluation criteria for evaluating the
health status of college
students in
Tibet and plateau areas.