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

Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05904041
• Other study ID #: KaratatUH9
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 6, 2023
• Est. completion date: June 21, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: June 2023
• Source: KTO Karatay University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1454
• Est. completion date: June 21, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: June 20, 2023
• Gender: All
• Age group: 17 Years to 27 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	KTO Karatay University	Konya	Karatay

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
KTO Karatay University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	E-health literacy	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
Primary	Healthy lifestyle behavior	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