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Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Eğitim Programının Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Sağlık Okuryazarlığı ve Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Üzerine Etkisi: Ön-Test ve Son-Test Kontrol Gruplu Desen
The Effect of Health Literacy Education Program on Health Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle of Nursing Students: Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design
Elif SALTANa , Aslı AKDENİZ KUDUBEŞa
aBilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü, Bilecik, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Nurs Sci. 2024;16(2):460-70
doi: 10.5336/nurses.2023-99198
Article Language: TR
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 Amaç: Bu araştırma, sağlık okuryazarlığı eğitim programının hemşirelik öğrencilerinin sağlık okuryazarlığı ve sağlıklı yaşam biçimi üzerine etkisinin belirlenmesi amacıyla ön-test ve son-test kontrol gruplu çalışma olarak yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırma, hemşirelik bölümünde eğitim gören ve sağlık okuryazarlığı konusuna yönelik herhangi bir eğitim almayan deney grubu için 84 ve kontrol grubu için 68 olmak üzere toplam 152 öğrenci ile yürütülmüştür. Veriler; hemşirelik öğrencisi bilgi formu, Sağlık Okuryazarlığı (SOY) Ölçeği ve Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışları Ölçeği (SYDÖ) ile toplanılmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin analizinde ortalama, yüzdelik hesaplamalar ve doğrusal regresyon analizinden yararlanılmıştır. Bulgular: Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin yer aldığı deney ve kontrol gruplarının sağlık okuryazarlığı ve sağlıklı yaşam biçimi puan ortalamaları arasında grup, zaman ve grup*zaman etkileşimi açısından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde fark olduğu belirlenmiştir. Eğitim programı SOY düzeyindeki artışın %35'ini açıklarken, eğitim almanın SOY puanını 0,454 kat artırdığı; SYDÖ düzeyindeki artışın %30'unu açıklarken, eğitim almanın SYDÖ puanını 0,421 kat artırdığı saptanmıştır. Çalışmanın gücü ve etki büyüklüğü incelendiğinde, SOY için güç 0,99 ve etki büyüklüğü (f2 ) 0,950, SYDÖ için çalışmanın gücü 0,98 ve etki büyüklüğü (f2 ) 0,890 olarak saptanmıştır. Sonuç: Sağlık okuryazarlığı eğitim programının hemşirelik öğrencilerin sağlık okuryazarlığı ve sağlıklı yaşam biçimi puan ortalamalarını artırmada etkili bir yöntem olduğu ve hemşirelik literatürü ve eğitimine katkı sağlar nitelikte olduğu görülmüştür.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Hemşirelik öğrencisi; sağlık okuryazarlığı; sağlıklı yaşam biçimi; eğitim programı
ABSTRACT
 Objective: This research was conducted as a pretestposttest control group study in order to determine the effect of the health literacy education program on the health literacy and healthy lifestyle of nursing students. Material and Methods: The research was conducted with a total of 152 students, 84 for the experimental group and 68 for the control group, who were educated in the nursing department and did not receive any training on health literacy. Data; the nursing student information form was collected with the Health Literacy Scale (HLS) and the Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale (HLBS). Mean, percentage calculations and linear regression analysis were used in the analysis of the research data. Results: It was determined that there was a statistically significant difference between the health literacy and healthy lifestyle mean scores of the experimental and control groups in which the nursing students took part, in terms of group, time and group*time interaction. While the education program explained 35% of the increase in HLS level, getting education increased the HLS score 0.454 times; while it explains 30% of the increase in HLBS level, it was determined that getting education increased the HLBS score 0.421 times. When the power and effect size of the study were examined, it was found that the power of the study was 0.99 and the effect size (f2 ) was 0.950 for the HLS, 0.98 for the HLBS and the effect size (f2 ) was 0.890. Conclusion: It has been seen that the health literacy education program is an effective method in increasing the health literacy and healthy lifestyle score averages of nursing students and contributes to nursing literature and education.

Keywords: Nursing student; health literacy; healthy lifestyle; education program
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