Research Article

How does being a medical student determine health promoting behaviors?

Volume: 31 Number: 1 February 26, 2018
  • Gülin Kaya
  • Dilşad Save
  • Adem Sarı
  • Ayşegül Arslantaş
  • Furkan Sökmen
  • Hümeyra Günay
  • Simge Karadenız
  • Elif Samiye Bayar
  • Melda Karavuş
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How does being a medical student determine health promoting behaviors?

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of the study was to determine healthy lifestyle

behaviors of the 1st and 6th grade students in a public medical

school and the associated factors.

Materials and Methods: Our descriptive study had included

students from grades 1 and 6. Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale

II (HLBS II) and a questionnaire for sociodemographic variables

were completed by 213 students.

Results: The mean age of participants was 21.6 ± 2.5. 115

(54.0%) were male and 119 (55.9%) were in the first grade. The

total mean score of HLBS II was found to be 128.61 ± 16.54. No

significant difference was found between the first and sixth year

medical students (P>0.05). Subscale mean scores of spiritual

development and interpersonal relationship for 6th grade students

were higher than the scores of 1st grade students (P<0.05), whereas,

average subscale scores of physical activity for 1st grade students

were higher than the scores for 6th grade students (P<0.05).

Conclusion: Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II total score

of the participants was slightly higher than moderate. In order to

promote healthy lifestyle behavior, social programs for first grade

students and intervention programs for physical activity for sixth

grade students are needed.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Clinical Sciences

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Gülin Kaya This is me

Adem Sarı This is me

Ayşegül Arslantaş This is me

Furkan Sökmen This is me

Hümeyra Günay This is me

Simge Karadenız This is me

Elif Samiye Bayar This is me

Melda Karavuş This is me

Publication Date

February 26, 2018

Submission Date

September 12, 2017

Acceptance Date

November 15, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 31 Number: 1

APA
Kaya, G., Save, D., Sarı, A., Arslantaş, A., Sökmen, F., Günay, H., Karadenız, S., Bayar, E. S., & Karavuş, M. (2018). How does being a medical student determine health promoting behaviors? Marmara Medical Journal, 31(1), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.5472/marumj.398863
AMA
1.Kaya G, Save D, Sarı A, et al. How does being a medical student determine health promoting behaviors? Marmara Med J. 2018;31(1):27-32. doi:10.5472/marumj.398863
Chicago
Kaya, Gülin, Dilşad Save, Adem Sarı, et al. 2018. “How Does Being a Medical Student Determine Health Promoting Behaviors?”. Marmara Medical Journal 31 (1): 27-32. https://doi.org/10.5472/marumj.398863.
EndNote
Kaya G, Save D, Sarı A, Arslantaş A, Sökmen F, Günay H, Karadenız S, Bayar ES, Karavuş M (January 1, 2018) How does being a medical student determine health promoting behaviors? Marmara Medical Journal 31 1 27–32.
IEEE
[1]G. Kaya et al., “How does being a medical student determine health promoting behaviors?”, Marmara Med J, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 27–32, Jan. 2018, doi: 10.5472/marumj.398863.
ISNAD
Kaya, Gülin - Save, Dilşad - Sarı, Adem - Arslantaş, Ayşegül - Sökmen, Furkan - Günay, Hümeyra - Karadenız, Simge - Bayar, Elif Samiye - Karavuş, Melda. “How Does Being a Medical Student Determine Health Promoting Behaviors?”. Marmara Medical Journal 31/1 (January 1, 2018): 27-32. https://doi.org/10.5472/marumj.398863.
JAMA
1.Kaya G, Save D, Sarı A, Arslantaş A, Sökmen F, Günay H, Karadenız S, Bayar ES, Karavuş M. How does being a medical student determine health promoting behaviors? Marmara Med J. 2018;31:27–32.
MLA
Kaya, Gülin, et al. “How Does Being a Medical Student Determine Health Promoting Behaviors?”. Marmara Medical Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, Jan. 2018, pp. 27-32, doi:10.5472/marumj.398863.
Vancouver
1.Gülin Kaya, Dilşad Save, Adem Sarı, Ayşegül Arslantaş, Furkan Sökmen, Hümeyra Günay, Simge Karadenız, Elif Samiye Bayar, Melda Karavuş. How does being a medical student determine health promoting behaviors? Marmara Med J. 2018 Jan. 1;31(1):27-32. doi:10.5472/marumj.398863

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