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- MakaleYalnız künye2024University students' knowledge level about risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, their healthy life awareness, and the influencing factors
Demir Dogan, Melike; Elik, Burak
AimsThe aim of this study was to determine university students' level of knowledge about risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, their healthy life awareness, and other influencing factors.MethodsThe study sample consisted of 991 students who were studying at the central campus of Gumushane University between April 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 and agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected with a personal information form and utilized the Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Knowledge Level (CARRF-KL) scale and Healthy Life Awareness scale.ResultsThe mean age of the participants was 21.75 +/- 0.71 years. It was observed that women's knowledge level about risk factors for cardiovascular disease was significantly higher than that of their male counterparts. This knowledge level was significantly higher in those who did not have harmful habits than those who did. As their age increased, the students' healthy life awareness related to socialization also increased. The more students advanced in university, the more their awareness about healthy life increased. The presence of unhealthy habits, the score of the healthy life awareness scale, and the presence of chronic diseases had a significant effect on the students' assessment of their health in general.ConclusionConsequently, it was determined that income status had a very significant effect on the Healthy Life Awareness Scale score. Gender had a very significant effect on the knowledge level about risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.
- MakaleYalnız künye2018Assessment of knowledge level of university students about ovarian cancer
Demir Dogan, Melike; Aygün, H. Gulbahar; Baskin, Sema; Sensoy, Merve; Köken, Elif
The present study was conducted in order to determine the knowledge levels of female university students about ovarian cancer. The sample was planned to include 2220 students however 1468 students were reached. The data were collected via questionnaire about socio-demographic characteristics of the students and questionnaire involving expressions that measure their knowledge level. Mean age of the students was 20.78 +/- 1.20; 678 (46.1%) of the students were faculty students, 466 (31.7%) were collage students, and 324 (22.0%) were vocational school students. 874 (59.5%) of the students did not know what ovarian cancer is and 1332 (90.7%) did not receive any education about ovarian cancer. Therefore, 1227 (83.6%) of the students stated that they did not know symptoms of ovarian cancer. Thestudents were determined to have low level of knowledge about ovarian cancer