Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Health Sciences

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Sağlık Bölümlerinde Okuyan Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Sağlık Okuryazarlığı, Kardiyovasküler Hastalıklar Riski Bilgi Düzeyi ve Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışlarının İncelenmesi: Kesitsel Bir Çalışma
Examination of Health Literacy, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Knowledge Level and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in University Students Studying in Health Departments: A Cross-Sectional Study
Emine Büşra AYDINa
aGümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Hizmetleri Meslek Yüksekokulu, Terapi ve Rehabilitasyon Bölümü, Gümüşhane, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Health Sci. 2024;9(4):682-90
doi: 10.5336/healthsci.2024-103667
Article Language: TR
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 Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı, üniversitede sağlık bölümünde okuyan öğrencilerin sağlık okuryazarlığı düzeyleri, sağlıklı yaşam davranışları ve kardiyovasküler hastalıkların risk faktörlerine yönelik bilgi düzeylerinin araştırılmasıdır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışma bir devlet üniversitesine ait sağlık hizmetleri meslek yüksekokulunda öğrenimine devam eden 374 öğrencinin katılımıyla gerçekleşmiştir. Araştırma verileri, demografik bilgi formu, Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışları Ölçeği II (SYBDÖ-II), Türkiye Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Ölçeği-32 (TSOY-32), Kardiyovasküler Hastalıklar Risk Faktörleri Bilgi Düzeyi (KARRİF-BD) Ölçeği ile toplanmıştır. Veriler, NCSS (Number Cruncher Statistical System) 2007 Statistical Software paket program ile analiz edilmiştir. Gruplar arası karşılaştırma tek yönlü varyans analizi ile yapılmış, alt grup karşılaştırması ise Tukey testi ile yapılmıştır. İki grup karşılaştırmasında bağımsız t-testi, değişkenlerin birbiri ile ilişkisinin tespit edilmesinde Pearson korelasyon analizi tercih edilmiştir. Bulgular: Katılımcıların yaş ortalamaları 20,83±1,61 yıldır. Kadınların TSOY-32 ortalamaları erkeklerden daha yüksek bulunmuştur (p<0,05). İkinci sınıf öğrencilerinin KARRİF-BD puan ortalamaları 1. sınıflardan daha yüksektir (p<0,05). Katılımcıların TSOY-32 ortalamaları ile SYBDÖ-II'nin kişilerarası ilişkiler, beslenme, sağlık sorumluluğu, stres yönetimi, manevi gelişim alt boyutları ve toplam puan arasında pozitif yönde zayıf korelasyonlar bulunmuştur (p<0,05). Öğrencilerin TSOY-32 ile KARRİF-BD ortalamaları arasında pozitif yönde zayıf korelasyon bulunduğu görülmektedir (p<0,05). Katılımcıların KARRİF-BD ortalamaları ile SYBDÖ-II kişilerarası ilişkiler, beslenme, manevi gelişim alt boyut puanları ve bu ölçeğin toplam puanı arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı pozitif yönde zayıf korelasyonlar bulunmaktadır (p<0,05). Sonuç: Daha yüksek sağlık okuryazarlığı, daha yüksek sağlıklı yaşam alışkanlıkları ve kardiyovasküler hastalıklara yönelik farkındalık ile ilişkilidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Sağlık okuryazarlığı; sağlıklı yaşam; kalp damar hastalıkları
ABSTRACT
 Objective: The aim of the study is to investigate the health literacy levels, healthy lifestyle behaviors and knowledge of risk factors of cardiovascular diseases of students studying in the health department at the university. Material and Methods: The study was conducted with the participation of 374 students studying at a state university's health services vocational school. Research data were collected with a demographic information form, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II (HLBS II), Turkey Health Literacy Scale 32 (THLS-32), Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Factors Knowledge Level (CARRF-KL) Scale. The data were analyzed with the NCSS (Number Cruncher Statistical System) 2007 Statistical Software package program. Comparison between groups was made with one-way analysis of variance, and subgroup comparison was made with the Tukey test. Independent ttest was preferred to compare two groups, and Pearson correlation analysis was preferred to determine the relationship between variables. Results: The mean age of the participants is 20.83±1.61 years. The mean THLS-32 score of women was found higher than that of men (p<0.05). The mean CARRF-KL score of the 2nd year students was higher than that of the 1st year students (p<0.05). There were weak positive correlations between the mean THLS-32 scores of the participants and the interpersonal relations, nutrition, health responsibility, stress management, spiritual development sub-dimensions of HLBS-II and the total score (p<0.05). It was seen that there was a weak positive correlation between the mean THLS-32 and CARRF-KL scores of the students (p<0.05). There were statistically significant weak positive correlations between the mean THLS32 scores of the participants and the interpersonal relations, nutrition, spiritual development sub-dimensions of HLBS-II and the total score of this scale (p<0.05). Conclusion: Higher health literacy is associated with higher levels of healthy living habits and awareness of cardiovascular diseases.

Keywords: Health literacy; healthy lifestyle; cardiovascular diseases
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www.turkiyeklinikleri.com website belongs to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. and is designed in order to inform physicians in the field of health

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot reach to user’s identity, address, service providers or other information. The users may send this information to the website through forms if they would like to. However, www.turkiyeklinikleri.com may collect your hardware and software information. The information consists of your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access time, and related websites. www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot sell the provided user information (your name, e-mail address, home and work address, phone number) to the third parties, publish it publicly, or keep it in the website. Gathered information has a directing feature to be a source for the website’s visitor profile, reporting and promotion of the services.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com uses the taken information:

-To enhance, improve and maintain the quality of the website

-To generate visitor’s profile and statistical data

-To determine the tendency of the visitors on using our website

-To send print publications/correspondences

-To send press releases or notifications through e-mail

-To generate a list for an event or competition

By using www.turkiyeklinikleri.com you are considered to agree that;

-Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. cannot be hold responsible for any user’s illegal and immoral behavior,

-Terms of use may change from time to time,

-It is not responsible for other websites’ contents it cannot control or the harms they may cause although it uses the connection they provided.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. may block the website to users in the following events:

-Information with wrong, incomplete, deceiving or immoral expressions is recorded to the website,

-Proclamation, advertisement, announcement, libelous expressions are used against natural person or legal identity,

-During various attacks to the website,

-Disruption of the website because of a virus.

Written, visual and audible materials of the website, including the code and the software are under protection by legal legislation.

Without the written consent of Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. the information on the website cannot be downloaded, changed, reproduced, copied, republished, posted or distributed.

All rights of the software and the design of the website belong to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. will be pleased to hear your comments about our terms of use. Please share the subjects you think may enrich our website or if there is any problem regarding our website.

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