Relationship Between E-health Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors of University Students Studying Health Education in Turkey
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- E-health Literacy
- Sponsor
- KTO Karatay University
- Enrollment
- 1454
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Healthy lifestyle behavior
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between e-health literacy and healthy lifestyle behaviors of university students receiving health education in Turkey.
Investigators
Hasan Gerçek
Lecturer
KTO Karatay University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Volunteering to participate in the study,
- •being at least an associate degree student in the study area of health education
Exclusion Criteria
- •having any vision and hearing problems
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Healthy lifestyle behavior
Time Frame: baseline
Participants' healthy lifestyle behaviors were assessed with the Healthy Lifestyle. Behaviors Scale II The scale consists of 52 items and six factors. These are health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, spiritual development, interpersonal relationships and stress management. The scale is scored on a scale of never=1, sometimes=2, often=3, regularly=4. A high score indicates relatively positive healthy living behaviors. The lowest score for the whole scale is 52 and the highest score is 208. The score of the whole scale gives the score of the healthy lifestyle behaviors. Higher scores indicate that the person practices the specified health behaviors at a high level
E-health literacy
Time Frame: baseline
The E-Health Literacy Scale will used to determine the participants' e-health literacy.The scale consists of 2 items related to internet use and 8 items measuring internet attitude. The scale items are organized as "1= strongly disagree, 2= disagree, 3= undecided, 4= agree, 5= strongly agree" with a 5-point Likert-type scaling method. The lowest score is 8 points and the highest score is 40 points. A high score obtained from the scale indicates a high level of e-health literacy.