The Lifestyle and Quality of Life Among Nursing Students

Nursing students will graduate as professional nurses and serve as community health role models. They need to start living a healthy lifestyle and having a good quality of life as soon as feasible. However, their attitudes and actions often reflect the opposite, as if their learning has little bearing on their lives. This study examines nursing students' lifestyle and quality of life, as well as the relationship between lifestyle and quality of life at a private university in Tangerang, Indonesia. This study is cross-sectional. The population comprised up to 220 third-year nursing students from one of Tangerang's private universities. The sample size was 147 students, drawn from convenience sampling. Data were collected online using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire and a lifestyle questionnaire that has been validated and reliable. The findings revealed that most students had a healthy lifestyle (72.1%) but a low quality of life (62.6%). Furthermore, there was a significant association between lifestyle and quality of life in nursing students (p-value 0.003). Nursing students must maintain a healthy lifestyle to have a good quality of life. Building quality of life in nursing students is crucial since it can improve their overall well-being and future care quality.