TY - JOUR JF - sjimu JO - J. Ilam Uni. Med. Sci. VL - 21 IS - 6 PY - 2013 Y1 - 2013/12/01 TI - Assessment and Comparison of Self-Care Status among Students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Tabriz University TT - بررسی و مقایسه وضعیت خودمراقبتی دانشجویان دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تبریز و دانشگاه تبریز N2 - Introduction: The lack of self-care as a mo-difiable risk factor in some health condition such as coronary artery disease, cancer, obesity and osteoporosis has become a key issue in public health. Researchers have shown that self-care levels are dramatically decreased from adolescence to adulthood. Therefore, paying attention to self-care is importance during youth period. Since the students of universities are a large young population, the aim of this study was to assess and compare the self-care status among students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Tabriz University. Materials & Methods: This research was a descriptive and comparative study that was conducted on 384 medical and 384 non medical students of Tabriz universities. Information about demographic features and self-care condition variables were col-lected via questionnaires. Data were ana-lyzed by using the statistical tests, inde-pendent t -test and ANOVA. Findings: Our finding showed that the self-care level was moderate in the most of students. A minority of students had a good level of self-car. Independent t-test demo-nstrated a statistically significant difference of self care among the students (p SP - 50 EP - 56 AU - mirzaeian, r AU - fathi azar, e AU - mobasheri, m AU - shirvani, m AU - ghodosi, m AU - shohani, m AD - KW - self care KW - student KW - university UR - http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-1425-en.html ER -