Investigation of drinking water status in a Medical College students

Objective: To investigate the daily drinking water volume and its influencing factors,and provide the scientific reference in guiding drinking water in college students.Methods: A total of 450 students in a medical college were selected by stratified random sampling method.The drinking water status of medical college students were investigated using self-resigned questionnaire.Results: The median of daily drinking water volume of a medical college students was 880 mL,and the daily drinking water volume in male and female students were 920 mL and 860 mL,respectively.The active drinking water in 58.3% college students and thirsty drinking water in 41.7% college students were found.The differences of daily drinking water volume in students with different gender,exercise time,situation of drinking water and knowledge of nutrition were statistical significance(P<0.05 to P<0.01).The rate of drinking bottled water was 75.3%,which was influenced by gender,exercise time,knowledge of nutrition,smoking and drinking wine and monthly expenditure.Conclusions: Drinking water education should be strengthened,drinking bottled water should be reduced,and the healthy behavior of drinking water should be cultured.