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Date Published: 22/06/2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v515i1.2709
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Vol. 515 No. 1 (2022)
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Thị Thu Hương, N. ., & Thơ Nhị, T. . (2022). SELF-CARE OF THIRD YEAR STUDENTS OF HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021 – 2022. Vietnam Medical Journal, 515(1). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v515i1.2709

SELF-CARE OF THIRD YEAR STUDENTS OF HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021 – 2022

Nguyễn Thị Thu Hương1,, Trần Thơ Nhị1
1 Hanoi Medical University

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Objective: To describe the situation along with the advantages and disadvantages of self-care practices of third-year medical students at Hanoi Medical University. Method: A cross-sectional study design was conducted combining qualitative and quantitative. Results: Among self-care practices, the percentage of students reporting physical self-care was the highest percentage (83,6%), followed by social (26,2%), emotional (21,1%), psychological (8,3%), and spiritual accounted for the lowest proportion (7,6%). Advantaging factors of self-care process were applying knowledge to self-care (15,3%), seeking help from family, friends or others (56,7%, 55,3%, 12,3% respectively). Besides the advantages, students also had to face several difficulties such as lacking time for self-care activities (93%), experiencing stress from studying (38,9%), depending on family finance (28,3%), inappropriate living environment (14,2%). 4.4% of the students had no companion during self-care process. Coclustion: Physical self-care activities was the most common practice and mostly performed by students, compared to other self-care activities.

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Self-care, student, disadvantages, advantages

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