Abstract
This study, it has been aimed to determine the health perceptions of individuals aged between 20-64 in the Covid-19 pandemic. For the study, the individuals who; lived in Istanbul and agreed to participate in the research, were literate, answered the questions completely, were aged between 20-64 were included. The data has been obtained by using questionnaire form and Health Perception Scale (HPS). In the evaluation of the data; independent group t-test, the One-Way ANOVA test and Pearson Correlation Analysis have been used. The mean age of the individuals participating in the study is 27.85±9.86 years, the mean body weight is 65.40±15.20 kg, and the mean height is 166.84±9.17 cm. The participants stated that; 64.9% had good health status, 89.2% did not have any chronic diseases, 49.2% did not do physical activity during the pandemic, and the pandemic changed their eating habits by 61.9%. It has been concluded that the individuals' total mean score of HPS was 43.80±6.30, and belonging to the centre of control sub-dimension the highest mean score of the sub-dimensions has been obtained as 11.79±4.14. A statistically significant difference has been found between the certainty sub-dimension according to the general health status variable and the importance of health sub-dimension according to the current weight assessment variable (p=0.001). As the result of this research, it has been determined that the health perceptions of individuals in the Covid-19 pandemic were also at a moderate level. Conduction of more studies with larger samples on the health perception and health behaviors of society in the Covid-19 pandemic is recommended.