Assessing the quality of life and risky behaviors of 20-24 years old males working in industrial estates
Abstract
Aim:
The
aim of this cross-sectional study is determining some of the socio-demographic
characteristics, risk behaviors and quality of life and effecting factors of
20-24 years old male workers.
Methods: Universe of the study was composed of 20-24 years old male
workers in Siteler and OSTİM industry districts in Ankara. Sample size was
calculated as 368 for both districts and totally 800 male workers were
included. Quality of life was assessed by World Health Organization’s Turkish
version of WHOQOL-BREF.
Results: Mean age of the respondents in Siteler and OSTİM Districts were
21.8±1.4 years and 21.7±1.4 years respectively. Of the participants, 42.8% in
Siteler and 42.0% in OSTİM were graduated from primary school.
Having positive health status perception, regular physical activity, going to
workplace by walking (bad for Social Field), long daily sleep duration (bad for
Social Field), high monthly income, not discriminating gender during
friendships, not smoking, having body mass index in normal levels, having good
relations with male friends and friends from the workplace, not gambling, not
using water pipe (bad for Social Field) and not having exposed to violence in
last year were found to be positive for different fields of quality of life.
Some risky behaviors that can affect health negatively were also found to
increase the perceived quality of life among young people like; not using
seatbelt as a passenger, having sexual relations against payment, perpetrating
violence in last year and carrying a kind of weapon in last month.
Conclusion: Changing the “gender role” in society is essential for
preventing young males from negative health effects of such risk behaviors.
It’s recommended to assess appropriate risk behaviors of individuals according
to their age groups in Quality of Life researches in order to make healthy
considerations.
Keywords:
Working
Youth, Quality of Life, Risky Behaviors, WHOQOL-BREF
References
- Tahsin Gökhan Telatar1, Hilal Özcebe2 1Sinop University, Health College, Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Sinop, Turkey 2Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Ankara, Turkey
Abstract
References
- Tahsin Gökhan Telatar1, Hilal Özcebe2 1Sinop University, Health College, Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Sinop, Turkey 2Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Ankara, Turkey
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| Journal Section | Articles |
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| Publication Date | November 1, 2017 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2017 Volume 2, Issue 1(4) |