International Journal of Health Services Research and Policy (Feb 2024)

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NURSING STUDENTS' HEALTH PERCEPTIONS AND HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIORS

  • Meltem Sungur,
  • Zeliha Büyükbayram Genç,
  • Şerife Köleoğlu,
  • Esra Anuş Topdemir

DOI
https://doi.org/10.33457/ijhsrp.1415947
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 11 – 24

Abstract

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Examine the effect of health perception on the health-seeking behaviors of nursing students. This descriptive-correlational study was made with a sample of 314 undergraduate nursing students. The Personal Introduction Form, Health Perception Scale, and Health-Seeking Behavior Scale were used to gather data. Kolmogorov Smirnov normality testing and Q-Q graphs were used to evaluate the data's normal distribution. Descriptive statistics, independent group t-tests, one-way variance (ANOVA), Kruskal-Wallis, and Pearson Correlation analysis were used. Additionally, the Dunn-Bonferroni and Tukey tests were used. According to the students' overall health status, between the mean Accuracy sub-dimension scores, a significant difference was found (p

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