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Predictors of Health Behaviors in Turkish Female Nursing Students

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2016

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Article

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19761317

DOI

10.1016/j.anr.2015.12.001

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2-s2.0-84961602244

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มหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒ

Bibliographic Citation

Asian Nursing Research. Vol 10, No.1 (2016), p.75-81

Suggested Citation

Kara B., Işcan B. Predictors of Health Behaviors in Turkish Female Nursing Students. Asian Nursing Research. Vol 10, No.1 (2016), p.75-81. doi:10.1016/j.anr.2015.12.001 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/5624

Title

Predictors of Health Behaviors in Turkish Female Nursing Students

Author(s)

Kara B.
 Işcan B.

Abstract

Purpose This study was conducted to determine the health behaviors of Turkish female baccalaureate nursing students and to examine the impact of sociodemographic and health-related factors and their mothers' health behaviors on the health behaviors of nursing students. Methods This cross-sectional study included 337 nursing students and 337 mothers. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires that included a personal information form, the Perception of Health Scale and the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II (HPLP-II). Descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance, Student's t test, Pearson's correlation coefficients and linear regression analysis were used for data analysis. Results The total HPLP-II mean score of the students was 131.98 ± 17.15 (item M = 2.61, SD = 0.33). Among the subscales of the HPLP-II, the spiritual growth had the highest mean subscale score, followed by the interpersonal relations subscale, while the physical activity had the lowest mean subscale score. Significant predictors of health behaviors of the students were school year (unstandardized β =.09, p =.012), total score for the Perception of Health Scale (unstandardized β =.02, p <.001), and the mothers' total HPLP-II score (unstandardized β =.33, p <.001), after controlling for specific variables. Conclusions This study demonstrated that the students who were attending the first-year program, those with higher levels of perceptions of health and those whose mothers had better health behaviors were more likely to have better health behaviors. The results of this study emphasize the importance of making culturally appropriate interventions by taking into account the factors contributing to the health behaviors of nursing students. © 2016, Korean Society of Nursing Science. Published by Elsevier.

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Health promotion lifestyle profile ii
 Unclassified drug
 Adult
 Aged
 Analysis of variance
 Article
 Baccalaureate nursing student
 Correlation coefficient
 Cross-sectional study
 Demography
 Female
 Health behavior
 Human
 Human relation
 Information
 Linear regression analysis
 Middle aged
 Mother
 Normal human
 Perception of health scale
 Physical activity
 Predictor variable
 Priority journal
 Questionnaire
 Rating scale
 Statistics
 Student t test
 Turkey (republic)
 Young adult
 Attitude to health
 Child parent relation
 Exercise
 Health promotion
 Lifestyle
 Nursing student
 Psychology
 Socioeconomics
 Turkey
 Adult
 Attitude to Health
 Cross-Sectional Studies
 Exercise
 Female
 Health Behavior
 Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
 Health Promotion
 Humans
 Life Style
 Middle Aged
 Mothers
 Parent-Child Relations
 Socioeconomic Factors
 Students, Nursing
 Surveys and Questionnaires
 Turkey
 Young Adult

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