E-health Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors of University Students Studying Health Education in Turkey

June 28, 2023 updated by: Hasan Gerçek, KTO Karatay University

Relationship Between E-health Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors of University Students Studying Health Education in Turkey

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between e-health literacy and healthy lifestyle behaviors of university students receiving health education in Turkey.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

1454

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
    • Karatay
      • Konya, Karatay, Turkey
        • KTO Karatay University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

University students

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Volunteering to participate in the study,
  • being at least an associate degree student in the study area of health education

Exclusion Criteria:

  • having any vision and hearing problems

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
E-health literacy
Time Frame: baseline
The E-Health Literacy Scale will used to determine the participants' e-health literacy.The scale consists of 2 items related to internet use and 8 items measuring internet attitude. The scale items are organized as "1= strongly disagree, 2= disagree, 3= undecided, 4= agree, 5= strongly agree" with a 5-point Likert-type scaling method. The lowest score is 8 points and the highest score is 40 points. A high score obtained from the scale indicates a high level of e-health literacy.
baseline
Healthy lifestyle behavior
Time Frame: baseline
Participants' healthy lifestyle behaviors were assessed with the Healthy Lifestyle. Behaviors Scale II The scale consists of 52 items and six factors. These are health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, spiritual development, interpersonal relationships and stress management. The scale is scored on a scale of never=1, sometimes=2, often=3, regularly=4. A high score indicates relatively positive healthy living behaviors. The lowest score for the whole scale is 52 and the highest score is 208. The score of the whole scale gives the score of the healthy lifestyle behaviors. Higher scores indicate that the person practices the specified health behaviors at a high level
baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

KTO Karatay University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 6, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 20, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

June 21, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 6, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 6, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

June 15, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 3, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 28, 2023

Last Verified

June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • KaratatUH9

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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