Genç Sağlıkçılarda Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışları Ölçeğine Göre Değerlendirilmesi
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Kelimeler: Gençler, Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışları Ölçeği, Beden Kütle İndeksi.
Assessment of Healthy Life Style Behavior Scale According to Body Mass Indexes in Young Healthcare Providers
Objective: In 2017, the World Kidney Day (WKD) pointed to obesity. It was aimed at raising awareness by measuring the body mass indexes (BMI) of high school and university students, who are receiving health education and participating in WKD organized in Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital. In our study, the students were grouped according to their BMIs and the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale (HLBS) was applied to evaluate the effect of BMI on developing healthy lifestyle behaviors. Material and Methods: A group of young healthcare students from 4th Class of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics in İzmir Katip Çelebi University and from Health High School, who participated in the WKD event and who were volunteers for
participation were recruited. Their weight and height were measured with the same scale and by the same team, and were subjected to a questionnaire covering sociodemographic characteristics and HLBS-II with face-to-face interview technique. Students with BMI values >25 kg/m2 were considered as Group 1, <18.5 kg/m2 as Group 2, and 18.5-24.9 kg/m2 as Group 3. In this study, evaluations were made on 6 subscales as well as HLBS total score. Findings: A total of 156 students aged between 17 and 24 years who participated in the study. There were 22 students in Group 1, 18 students in Group 2 and 116 students in Group 3. Sociodemographic characteristics were similar among the groups (p> .05). In the HLBS-II total and sub-dimensional evaluations, the scores were higher in Group 2, but the difference was significant only in the subscale of health responsibility. No correlation was found between BMI or age and the total and subgroup scores of the HLBS in the whole group. It was determined that total HLBS score was mostly associated with “feeling healthy”. Conclusion: It has been observed that HLBS is not affected by BMI in young health care students. High personal health responsibility behavior may have been resulted in low weight.
Keywords: Youngsters, Healthy Life Style Behavior Scale, Body Mass Index
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Araştırma Makaleleri |
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Publication Date | January 20, 2019 |
Submission Date | July 19, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 4 Issue: 1 |
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