Healthy Life-Style Promoting Behaviour in Turkish Women Aged 18-64

Sonmezer, Hacer; Çetinkaya, Fevziye; Naçar, Melis

doi:10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.4.1241

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“…With regard to the logistics regression analyses, healthy living behaviors of the non-smoking individuals were 1.7 times higher than the smokers. In some of the studies which took place in Turkey (Hacıhasanoglu et al, 2011), it showed that sub-scale points of non-smoking individuals were significantly higher than the smokers but, in other studies (Unalan et al, 2007;Sonmezer et al, 2012;Yılmazel et al, 2013) it was determined that smoking and non-smoking conditions as they correspond to the HPLPS points were irrelevant. It is an expected result from smoking individuals to take lower points from HPLPS.…”

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“…In addition, the health promoting lifestyle behaviour is based on nutritional values, the ability to express ones personality in social environments, taking the responsibility of one's own health, exercising, support between individuals, and stress management (Bidlack, 1996;Sonmezer et al, 2012). Day by day chronic illnesses in developed countries are on the rise.…”

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Health Promoting Lifestyle Behaviour in Medical Students: a Multicentre Study from Turkey

Naçar¹,

Baykan²,

Çetinkaya³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of health promoting lifestyle behaviour among medical students attending seven of the medical schools in Turkey. Materials and Methods: This crosssectional descriptive study was performed during the second semester of the first and last (sixth) years of study from March to May 2011. A questionnaire with two sections was specifically designed. The first section contained questions on demographic characteristics; the second consisted of the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP) Scale. From a total of 2,309 medical students, 2,118 (response rate 91.7%) completed the questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t, Anova, Tukey test and binary logistic regression analysis. The research was approved by the Ethics Committee of Erciyes University. Results: The mean age was 20.7±2.9 years and it was found that 55.1% were men, 62.3% were in the first year. The overall prevalence of smoking was 19.1%, and for drinking alcohol was 19.4%. HPLP point averages of the first year students were 129.2±17.7, and for last year 125.5±19.0. The overall mean score for the HPLP II was 2.5±0.4. They scored highest on the spiritual growth subscale (2.9±0.5), interpersonal relations (2.8±0.5), health responsibility subscale (2.3±0.5), nutrition subscale (2.3±0.5), stress management subscale (2.3±0.4), and the lowest subscale physical activity (2.0±0.5). It is established that student's grade, educational level of parents, economic status of family, marital status, smoking and general health perception of the students resulted in a significant difference in HPLP Scale total score average and the mean score of majority of subscales.There was no statistically significant difference between the total HPLP when evaluated for gender, chronic disease, alcohol drinking status and BMI. Conclusions: Based on these results, particularly in the curriculum of medical students in order to increase positive health behaviours including physical activity, health promotion issues, and giving more space to aim at behaviour change in these matters is recommended.

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Health Promoting Lifestyle Behaviour in Medical Students: a Multicentre Study from Turkey

Naçar¹,

Baykan²,

Çetinkaya³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Recently, a study done in Turkey by Hacer et al [26] found that there was no statistically significant variation when evaluated for age, marital status, family type, and economic status.…”

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Health promoting lifestyle behaviors and related risk factors among female employees in Zagazig city

Sorour

Kamel

Aziz

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JNEP

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Aim of the study: This study aimed to measure health Promoting lifestyle behaviors and related risk factors among female employees in Zagazig City. Subjects and Methods:A cross sectional research design was selected to achieve the aim of the current study. The study was carried out on females employed in the governorate building in Zagazig city. Study participants:The study sample is a convenience sample of 200 females recruited from Zagazig Governorate administrative building. The inclusion criteria included females, aged 25 to 55, working in any administrative department for any duration and willing to participate in the study. The exclusion criteria were females not suffering from hypertension, diabetes mellitus. Results:Results revealed that about one fifth of the studied sample (20%) was hypertensive, while 26% and 68.5% respectively were diabetic and obese. No statistically significant relation between chronic illnesses (hypertension, diabetes and obesity) and healthy promoting lifestyle behaviors among study sample. Conclusion:Results suggest that participants do not consistently include health-promoting behaviors into their lifestyle, especially exercise, health responsibility and stress management.Recommendation: Develop a process to promote worksite wellness programs, to complete health assessments, and to support behavioral changes intended to promote healthy lifestyles.

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“…Studies reported that there was a positive or negative correlation between age, educational level, marital state, family type, economic status, smoking, BMI, and health-promoting behaviors (Enjezab et al, 2012;Lin, Tsai, Chan, Chou, & Lin, 2009;Sonmezer, Cetinkaya, & Nacar, 2012). However, there have not been studies on parity.…”

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