Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Health Sciences

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Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Sağlık Okuryazarlığı, Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi ve Obezite Farkındalığı Arasındaki İlişki: Tanımlayıcı Araştırma
The Relationship Between Health Literacy, Healthy Lifestyle and Obesity Awareness in University Students: Descriptive Research
Buse Nur DAĞLARa , Aliye ÇAYIRb
aNecmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi, Konya, Türkiye
bNecmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi, Hemşirelikte Öğretim ABD, Konya, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Health Sci. 2024;9(4):673-81
doi: 10.5336/healthsci.2024-103299
Article Language: TR
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 Amaç: Çalışmamızın amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinde sağlık okuryazarlığı, sağlıklı yaşam biçimi ve obezite farkındalığı arasındaki yordayıcı ilişkiyi ortaya koymaktır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırma ilişkisel tarama modelinde tasarlanmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini 651 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Verilerin toplanmasında kişisel bilgi formu, Sağlık Okur-Yazarlığı, Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi ve Obezite Farkındalığı ölçekleri kullanılmıştır. Veriler Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi öğrencilerinden 2021-2022 eğitim öğretim yılı bahar döneminde araştırmacı tarafından toplanmıştır. Veriler bilgisayar ortamında istatistik yazılım programları kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Verilerin normal dağılıma sahip olup olmadığını belirlemek için Kolmogorov-Smirnov testi, çarpıklık ve basıklık testi, ölçeklerin iç tutarlılık açısından geçerlik ve güvenirliğini belirlemek için Cronbach alfa analizi yapıldı. Üniversite öğrencilerinin sağlık okuryazarlığı, sağlıklı yaşam biçimi ve obezite farkındalığı arasındaki yordayıcı ilişkileri ortaya çıkartmak amacıyla ''Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli'' kullanılmıştır. Kullanılan ölçekler ile öğrencilerin sosyodemografik özellikleri arasındaki fark ve ilişkilerin değerlendirilmesi için t-testi, varyans analizi testi ve korelasyon analizi yapılmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışmaya katılanların yaş ortalamaları 20,74±2,85 yıldır. Öğrencilerin sağlık okuryazarlığından aldıkları puanın sağlık yaşam biçimini etkilediği (t=6,59, p<0,001) görülmüştür. Bu faktöre ilişkin bağlantı katsayısı β=0,27 olduğu saptanmıştır. Üniversite öğrencilerinin sağlık okuryazarlığı ve sağlıklı yaşam biçimi arasındaki yordayıcı ilişki incelendiğinde, pozitif yönlü doğrusal bir ilişki olduğu görülmüştür. Sonuç: Sağlık okuryazarlığı puan ortalaması arttıkça, sağlıklı yaşam biçimi puan ortalaması artmaktadır. Sağlıklı yaşam biçiminin davranışa dönüştürülmesi için etkin sağlık okuryazarlığı önemlidir. Bu bağlamda sağlıklı yaşam biçiminin davranışa dönüşmesi için bireylerin sağlık okuryazarlığı düzeylerinin çeşitli sağlık eğitimleriyle geliştirilmesi önerilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Sağlıklı yaşam biçimi; sağlık okuryazarlığı; obezite farkındalığı
ABSTRACT
 Objective: The aim of our study is to reveal the predictive relationship between health literacy, healthy lifestyle and obesity awareness in university students. Material and Methods: The research was designed in the relational screening model. The sample of the research consisted of 651 students. Personal information form, Health Literacy, Healthy Lifestyle and Obesity Awareness scales were used to collect data. The data was collected by the researcher from Necmettin Erbakan University students in the spring semester of the 2021-2022 academic year. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, skewness and kurtosis were used to determine whether the data had a normal distribution, and Cronbach alpha analysis was performed to determine the validity and reliability of the scales for internal consistency. ''Structural Equation Model'' was used to reveal the predictive relationships between university students' health literacy, healthy lifestyle and obesity awareness. T test, analysis of variance test and correlation analysis were performed to evaluate the differences and relationships between the scales used and the socio-demographic characteristics of the students. Results: The average age of the study participants is 20.74±2.85 years. It was observed that the health literacy scores of the students affected their health lifestyle (t=6.59, p<0.001). The connection coefficient for this factor was found to be β=0.27. When the predictive relationship between health literacy and healthy lifestyle of university students was examined, it was seen that there was a positive linear relationship. Conclusion: As the average health literacy score increases, the average healthy lifestyle score increases. Effective health literacy is important to transform a healthy lifestyle into behavior. In this context, it is recommended that individuals' health literacy levels be improved through various health trainings in order to transform a healthy lifestyle into behavior.

Keywords: Healthy lifestyle; health literacy; obesity awareness
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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.

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