Health perceptions and obesity awareness of nursing students
Journal of Professional Nursing, cilt.42, ss.162-167, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 42
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.07.001
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Professional Nursing
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, ASSIA, CINAHL, EBSCO Education Source, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Psycinfo
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.162-167
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Health perception, Obesity awareness, Nurse, Student
- Kırklareli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Background: Obesity is a chronic disease that is a global problem. Individuals' perceptions of what health and a healthy lifestyle constitute have an important role in preventing obesity. Purpose: This study aimed to determine the relationship between nursing students' health perceptions and obesity awareness. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with nursing students (n = 242) between December 20, 2019 and March 20, 2020 in the XXXXX School of Health. A student information form, health perception scale, and obesity awareness scale were used to collect the data. Results: The average total score of the obesity awareness scale was 3.14 ± 0.36, and the average total score of the health perception scale was 38.48 ± 6.65. Conclusions: Overall, the students perceived that health status was more associated with concepts such as chance and destiny. It is recommended that students' health perceptions be improved.