ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF PERSONAL HYGIENE KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH PERCEPTION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Year 2024, Volume: 33 Issue: 1, 52 - 59, 01.04.2024

Özlem Sinan , Sevil Şahin , Simge Şahin , Alaettin Ünsal

https://doi.org/10.34108/eujhs.1328944

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the level of personal hygiene knowledge in university students and assess the level of health perception. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 946 students studying at a state university in Ankara. A questionnaire which included the Perception of Health Scale and questions to determine socio-demographic characteristics and level of personal hygiene knowledge of students was used to collect data. Data were collected by face-to-face survey method. The students ages ranged from 16 to 39 with years. Median score of the students obtained from the questions on personal hygiene knowledge and from the Perception of Health Scale was 24.0 (Min-Max= 0.0-30.0)and 48.5 (Min-Max=22.0-75.0), respectively. While the most accurately answered question on personal hygiene was “Hands should be washed with generous amounts of soap and water after using the toilet” (95%), the least accurately answered question was “It is beneficial to walk around barefoot at home” (37.2%). In this study, the level of personal hygiene knowledge was determined to be higher in students of medical faculty, women, non-smokers, non-drinkers and those who had previous information on personal hygiene before (p< 0.05).A weak positive relationship was determined between the level of personal hygiene level and health perception (r=0.397; p=0.001).It was determined in the study that the students had a good level of personal hygiene knowledge and medium level of health perception.

Keywords

healthy perception, hygiene, university students

ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN KİŞİSEL HİJYEN BİLGİ DÜZEYİ VE SAĞLIK ALGI DÜZEYLERİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinin kişisel hijyen ile ilgili bilgi düzeyleri ve sağlık algı düzeylerinin değerlendirilmesidir. Kesitsel tipdeki bu çalışma Ankara'da bir devlet üniversitesinde öğrenim gören 946 öğrenci ile yapılmıştır. Verilerin toplanmasında, Sağlık Algısı Ölçeği, öğrencilerin sosyo-demografik özelliklerini ve kişisel hijyen bilgi düzeylerini belirlemeye yönelik soruların yer aldığı anket formu kullanılmıştır. Veriler yüzyüze görüşme yöntemi ile toplanmıştır. Öğrencilerin yaşları 16-39 arasında değişmektedir. Bu çalışmada öğrencilerin kişisel hijyen ile ilgili bilgi sorularından aldıkları ortanca değer 24.0 (Min-Max= 0.0-30.0), Sağlık Algısı Ölçeği ortanca değeri 48.5 (Min-Max=22.0-75.0) olarak saptanmıştır. Öğrencilerin kişisel hijyen ile ilgili en çok doğru bildikleri bilgi sorusu “Tuvaletten çıkınca eller bol sabunlu su ile yıkanmalıdır” (%95) iken, en çok yanlış bildikleri “Evde çıplak ayakla dolaşmak faydalıdır” (%37.2) bilgi sorusudur. Çalışmada tıp fakültesi öğrencilerinin, kadınların, sigara ve alkol alışkanlığı olmayanların ve önceden kişisel hijyen hakkında bilgi alanların kişisel hijyen bilgi düzeylerinin daha yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir (p<0.05). Kişisel hijyen bilgi düzeyi ile sağlık algısı arasında pozitif yönde zayıf bir ilişki saptanmıştır (r=0.397; p=0.001). Bu çalışmada öğrencilerin kişisel hijyen ile ilgili bilgi düzeylerinin iyi ve sağlık algılarının orta düzeyde olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

sağlık algısı, hijyen, üniversite öğrencileri

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