Healthy and Sustainable Lifestyle Scale: Turkish Validity and Reliability Study

Year 2024, Volume: 13 Issue: 3, 1173 - 1191, 30.09.2024

Durmuş Gökkaya

https://doi.org/10.15869/itobiad.1343535

Abstract

Today, the protection and promotion of health are among the issues that countries emphasize. Within the framework of health policies, countries make plans and regulations to encourage individuals to take more responsibility for their health in their lives. At the same time, various steps are being taken to create good behavioral changes in matters related to the health of individuals. At this point, it is important to develop methods that will enable individuals to make healthier choices in their lives, and to ensure that elements that negatively affect health and the environment are consciously abandoned or not preferred by individuals. Health policy makers and managers have important duties in this regard. However, their personal attitudes and behaviors also play an important role for individuals to live in a healthier way and in better environmental conditions. In this context, the aim of the study is to test the psychometric properties of the Healthy and Sustainable Lifestyle Scale-Turkish Version (SASYAT) and to evaluate the factors affecting the SASYAT levels of individuals. In terms of design and method, this study is a psychometric and descriptive study. The sample consists of 600 adults aged 18 and over in Turkey. Findings, the content validity index of the scale is 0.88. It was determined that the confirmatory factor analysis fit indices were mostly at the good fit level. Convergent and divergent validity index criteria were met. Test-retest results and Cronbach Alpha coefficients obtained in the first and second samples showed that the scale had high reliability. The SASYAT levels of the individuals scored above the middle level. In conclusion, SASYAT is a valid and reliable tool. SASYAT scale consists of six sub-dimensions: physical fitness, mental health, emotional health, spiritual health, environmentalism and social awareness. As a result of this research according to demographic variables, SASYAT was found to be significantly more effective in those who are married, in the 41-50 age groups, in those who do not work, in those who do regular sports occasionally, and in those who evaluate their health at a very good level.

Keywords

Health, Lifestyle, Sustainability, Healthy Lifestyle, Scale Adaptation

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Sağlıklı ve Sürdürülebilir Yaşam Tarzı Ölçeği: Türkçe Geçerlilik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

Abstract

Günümüzde sağlığın korunması ve geliştirilmesi ülkelerin önemle üzerinde durduğu konular arasında gelmektedir. Ülkeler sağlık politikaları çerçevesinde bireylerin yaşamlarında sağlıklarını ilgilendiren konularda daha fazla sorumluluk sahibi olmalarını teşvik edecek planlama ve düzenlemeler yapmaktadır. Aynı zamanda bireylerin sağlıkları ile ilgili konularda iyi yönde davranış değişikliklerinin oluşturulması için çeşitli adımlar atılmaktadır. Bu noktada bireylerin hayatlarında daha sağlıklı tercihler yapmasını mümkün kılacak metotların geliştirilmesi, sağlığı ve çevreyi olumsuz olarak etkileyen unsurların bilinçli bir şekilde terk edilmesi ya da bireyler tarafından tercih edilmemesini sağlamak önem arz etmektedir. Bu konuda sağlık politika yapıcılarına ve yöneticilerine önemli görevler düşmektedir. Bununla birlikte bireylerin daha sağlıklı bir şekilde ve daha iyi çevresel koşullarda yaşamaları için kendi kişisel tutum ve davranışları da önemli rol oynamaktadır. Bu bağlamda çalışmanın amacı, Sağlıklı ve Sürdürülebilir Yaşam Tarzı Ölçeği-Türkçe Versiyonunun (SASYAT Ölçeği) psikometrik özelliklerini test etmek ve bireylerin SASYAT düzeylerini etkileyen faktörleri değerlendirmektir. Bu çalışma psikometrik ve tanımlayıcı bir araştırmadır. Örneklem Türkiye geneli 18 yaş ve üzeri olan yetişkin 600 birey oluşturmaktadır. Ölçeğin kapsam geçerlilik indeksi 0.88’dir. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi uyum indekslerinin çoğunlukla iyi uyum düzeyinde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Yakınsak ve ıraksak geçerlilik indeks kriterleri sağlanmıştır. Test-tekrar test sonuçları ve birinci ve ikinci örneklem dahilinde elde edilen Cronbach Alpha katsayıları ölçeğin yüksek güvenilirliğe sahip olduğunu göstermiştir. Bireylerin SASYAT düzeyleri orta düzeyin üzerindedir. Sonuç olarak, SASYAT Ölçeği geçerli ve güvenilir bir araçtır. SASYAT ölçeği; fiziksel uygunluk, zihinsel sağlık, duygusal sağlık, manevi sağlık, çevrecilik ve toplumsal bilinç olmak üzere altı alt boyuttan oluşmaktadır. Bu araştırmanın demografik değişkenlere göre sonucunda ise; Evli, 41-50 yaş gruplarında, çalışmayanlarda, düzenli sporu bazen yapanlarda, sağlığını çok iyi düzeyde değerlendirenlerde SASYAT önemli düzeyde daha etkili olduğu görülmüştür.

Keywords

Sağlık, Yaşam Tarzı, Sürdürülebilirlik, Sağlıklı Yaşam Tarzı, Ölçek Uyarlama

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