The state of knowledge of nurses and factors influencing it regarding vegetarian/vegan diet
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Aim: This descriptive and cross-sectional study aims to investigate the knowledge of nurses and the factors influencing it regarding the vegetarian/vegan diet.
Methods: This study was conducted at a university hospital with the participation of 213 nurses. Data were collected using the “Sociodemographic Data Form,” “Vegetarian/Vegan Diet Knowledge Test,” and “Vegetarian/Vegan Diet Opinion Form”. Data were analyzed by number, percentage, Pearson Correlation, One-Way Analysis of Variance, and Independent Sample T-Test.
Results: The mean age of the nurses was 31.21±7.56 years, 86.4% of which were women, 53.5% were single, and 70.4% had bachelor’s degrees. The nurses’ knowledge test score was 8.68±3.81 on average (min=0, max=16). Only 27.2% of the nurses correctly answered the following item: “People on a vegetarian/vegan diet could get all the essential amino acids with their diets”. The nurses who are married or have completed postgraduate education achieved higher knowledge test scores (p<0.05).
Conclusions: Nurses have limited knowledge about vegetarian/vegan diets. Nurses should keep up with up-to-date information about diet types for evidence-based practices.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Knowledge, nursing, vegan, vegetarian
Etik Beyan
This study was approved by the institutional review board of the University of Health Sciences, Hamidiye Scientific Research Ethics Committee (Approval No. 21/607). We obtained written permission from the hospital and each participant for data collection.
Teşekkür
The authors would like to thank Neva Karataş (Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ataturk University), Yasemin Tuğba Öğünç and Bedriye Ural (Department Of Nutrition And Dietetics, Hamidiye Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Health Sciences) for expert advice.
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