E-health Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors of University Students Studying Health Education in Turkey

Completed

• Conditions: E-health Literacy; Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors

• Registration Number: NCT05904041
• Lead Sponsor: KTO Karatay University

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Study Start: 2023-06-06
• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-06-06
• Study First Posted: 2023-06-15
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-20
• Study Completion: 2023-06-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-06-28
• Last Update Posted: 2023-07-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1454

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Healthy lifestyle behavior	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	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

KTO Karatay University; 🇹🇷 Konya, Karatay, Turkey