Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Sağlıklı Yaşam Becerilerinin Değerlendirilmesi: Betimsel Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Introduction and aim: The time spent during studying at a university is an important period for the acquisition of healthy life skills'. This study was conducted as a descriptive study in order to determine the healthy life skills of nursing students and the factors that might affect students' healthy life skills). Material and Method: 298 nursing students who were studying at the School of Health Sciences of a private university in Istanbul were included in the study. Data of the research was collected by using "Personal Information Form" and "Healthy Life Skills Scale”. For statistical analysis, percentage calculations, average measures, Kruskal Wallis test and Mann Whitney U test were used. Results: The overall score of the scale was 65.83±9.23. When the subscales of the scale were examined; It was found that "The Importance Given to Health" subscale score was the highest score (26.07 ± 3.91) and the "Health Priority” subscale score was the lowest score (10.66 ± 1.39). It was found that female students' healthy life skills were better than male students’ score (p