Repercussions of Perceptions and Attitudes Related the COVID-19 on Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Young Adults

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effects of young adult individuals’ perception of disease (PD), perception of causes (PC), perception of control (PCL), and avoidance behaviors (AB) related to the COVID-19 pandemic on their healthy lifestyle behaviors. Methods: The study was carried out with a cross-sectional, correlational design at a university in the south of Turkey. The research was conducted online and completed with 786 young adults aged 18-24. The study data were collected using a socio-demographic form, the Scale for Evaluating Perceptions and Attitudes towards the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP). Results: A moderate positive correlation was found between the mean HPLP total scores of the young adults and their mean scores for PC-Environmental, PCL, and PCL-Individual (p<.05). The perception of disease in young adults had a positive effect on their healthy lifestyle behaviors (β=0.179), avoidance behavior positively affected their healthy lifestyle behaviors (β=0.279) and perception of control had a positive effect on their healthy lifestyle behaviors (β=0.424) (p<.05). Conclusion: Young adults with a high perception of disease, perception of causes, perception of control, and belief in avoidance behaviors related to the COVID-19 pandemic exhibited positive healthy lifestyle behaviors during the pandemic process. For the creation of a healthy society following pandemics or other public health events, young adults' healthy lifestyle behaviors need to become a way of life and be sustained. Healthcare professionals have a very important place in supporting increasing healthy lifestyle behaviors and encouraging/regaining decreasing behaviors.

Keywords

• Attitude
• COVID-19
• healthy lifestyle behaviors
• perception
• young adult

Genç Erişkinlerde COVID-19 ile İlgili Algı ve Tutumların Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışlarına Yansımaları

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, genç yetişkin bireylerin COVID-19 pandemisiyle ilgili hastalık algısı (HA), nedenler algısı (NA), kontrol algısı (KA) ve kaçınma davranışlarının (KD), sağlıklı yaşam tarzları üzerindeki yansımalarını belirlemek amacıyla yürütülmüştür. Yöntem: Bu çalışma, Türkiye'nin güneyinde bir üniversitede kesitsel, ilişkisel bir tasarım ile gerçekleştirildi. Araştırma çevrimiçi olarak yürütüldü ve 18-24 yaş arasındaki 786 genç yetişkin ile tamamlandı. Çalışma verileri, bir sosyo-demografik form, COVID-19 Pandemisi’ne Yönelik Algı ve Tutumları Değerlendirme Ölçeği ve Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışları Ölçeği (SYBDÖ) kullanılarak toplandı. Bulgular: Genç erişkinlerin SYBDÖ toplam puan ortalamaları ile NA-Çevre, KA ve KA-Kişisel puan ortalamaları arasında orta düzeyde pozitif korelasyon bulundu (p<.05). Genç erişkinlerde hastalık algısı sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları üzerinde olumlu bir etkiye (β=0.179), kaçınma davranışı sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları üzerinde olumlu bir etkiye (β=0.279) ve kontrol algısı sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları üzerinde olumlu etkiye (β =0,424) sahiptir (p<0,05). Sonuç: COVID-19 pandemisi ile ilgili hastalık algısı, nedenler algısı, kontrol algısı ve kaçınma davranışlarına inancı yüksek olan genç yetişkinler, pandemi sürecinde olumlu sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları sergilediler. Pandemi ya da diğer halk sağlığı olaylarının ardından sağlıklı bir toplum oluşabilmesi için genç yetişkinlerin sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarının bir yaşam biçimi haline gelmesi ve sürdürülmesi gerekmektedir. Sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarının artırılmasında ve azalan davranışların teşvik edilmesinde/yeniden kazandırılmasında sağlık bakım profesyonelleri çok önemli bir konuma sahiptir.

Keywords

• Algı
• COVID-19
• genç yetişkin
• sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları
• tutum

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