The study's main purpose is to determine the factors affecting individuals’ attitudes towards organic products from the perspective of healthy behaviour. The population of the research is people purchasing organic products from sales points in Istanbul province. The data was gathered with a face-to-face questionnaire with 424 people shopping in organic product markets, one of the quantitative research patterns. The data were analysed and interpreted with SPSS and AMOS programs, frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, explanatory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis techniques. The factors were determined by using explanatory factor analysis. The construct validity revealed by the explanatory factor analysis was also verified by the confirmatory factor analysis. Ensuring validity and reliability shows the existence of a structural relationship between the factors affecting the attitudes of consumers towards organic products. According to the explanatory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis results, the factors affecting consumers' attitudes towards organic products are gathered under 5 different dimensions. These dimensions are «consciousness», «price», «inaccessibility», «negative attitude» and «standardization». It is concluded that the Sisli Organic Market is the best-known point. Additionally, it was concluded that the most frequently used sources of information are friends’ advice, and the most preferred organic products are organic vegetables and fruits. Finally, the majority stated that they had paid attention to the organic certificates. With the increasing awareness of healthy life in recent years, individuals have attached great importance to organic products. The study tries to fill the gap in the literature in terms of Turkish consumers' attitudes towards organic product consumption and their sales point preferences. Another originality of the study is that field research has been conducted at the points where organic products are sold
This study aims to analyze nurses' knowledge levels and attitudes towards COVID-19 during the second peak period of the COVID-19 epidemic in Turkey and test the structural relationship between knowledge levels and attitudes with structural equation modeling. The hospital-based cross-sectional study design was employed in the study. The research population consisted of nurses working in three different private hospitals in Istanbul, with international quality and accreditation certificates. The data were collected by the researchers themselves by using face-to-face and online survey techniques. The total number of questionnaires that were evaluated and used in the analysis of the data is 390. SPSS and AMOS package programs were used in the analysis of the data. The quantitative research method was used. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, ANOVA test, and structural equation modeling were applied to the data. Structural equation analysis revealed the direct effect of the nurses' COVID-19 knowledge level on attitude toward COVID-19 has an acceptable index of fit. Furthermore, the relationship between the level of knowledge toward COVID-19 and the female gender was found to be significant. In general, the level of knowledge of the nurses participating in the study about COVID-19 was found to be high, and it was observed that they had a more optimistic attitude towards preventing COVID-19 and keeping the process under control. An increase in knowledge about COVID-19 has led to an increase in the behavior of a more optimistic attitude towards prevention and control of COVID-19.
Purpose of the research is to evaluate the attitudes, hesitancy and confidence of healthcare professionals towards COVID-19 vaccines during the second peak period of the COVID-19 epidemic in Turkey, and to determine the mediating role of vaccine confidence in the effect of their attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines on hesitancy. A hospital-based cross-sectional research design was used in the study. The population of the research consisted of the health workers of three different training and research hospitals operating in Istanbul. Convenience sampling method was preferred in the study. The data were collected by the researchers themselves using the online survey technique. A total of 440 questionnaires were evaluated. The data were analyzed with SPSS and AMOS package programs. The findings of the study revealed that nearly two-thirds of the participants had a positive attitude towards potential COVID-19 vaccines, partially having higher confidence and less hesitation. In addition, the empirical result of the study revealed that positive attitudes towards potential COVID-19 vaccines reduce vaccine hesitancy. In addition, it has been found that vaccine trust has a significant indirect effect and partially mediates the relationship between attitude towards potential COVID-19 vaccines and hesitancy. This research revealed that positive attitudes towards potential COVID-19 vaccines reduce vaccine hesitations through high vaccine confidence. Thus, increased positive attitudes towards potential COVID-19 vaccines and increased vaccine confidence were significantly associated with decreased vaccine hesitancy.
The aim of this study is to reveal whether the fear of COVID-19 affects depression in university undergraduate students, and also to determine whether the level of anxiety mediates the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and depression. An online-based cross-sectional study design on university students was used in the research. The universe of the research consisted of undergraduate students from three different universities in the same region. Data were collected from 627 students using the online questionnaire technique. SPSS and AMOS package programs were used in the analysis of the data. Descriptive analyzes, independent sample t-test, ANOVA analysis, correlation analysis and path analysis were applied to the data. The empirical result of the study revealed that students currently feel more depressed due to widespread fear of COVID-19. In addition, it has been determined that the level of fear caused by COVID-19 in university undergraduate students significantly affects depression, and that the level of anxiety partially mediates the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and depression. This research revealed the THE EFFECT OF FEAR OF COVID-19 ON DEPRESSION LEVEL IN UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: THE MEDIATOR ROLE OF ANXIETY 661 important role that the complex relationships between fear and anxiety can play in the development of symptoms of depression.
Dünya Sağlık Örgütü verilerine göre bulaşıcı olmayan hastalıklar ölümlerin önemli bir kısmını oluşturmaktadır. Genel olarak bireyler sağlıksız yaşam tarzlarına daha eğilimli oldukları için küresel metabolik sendromun yayılmasındaki artışa neden olmaktadır. Söz konusu ölümlerin azaltılması, bireysel bilinçlenmeye ve sağlık okuryazarlık düzeyinin geliştirilmesine bağlı bulunmaktadır. Düzce’de ikamet eden 400 kişi ile yüz yüze görüşülerek uygulanan çalışmanın ana amacı, sağlık hizmetlerinin etkin yönetilmesi açısından sağlık okuryazarlık düzeyi ile sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışı arasındaki ilişkiyi tespit etmektir. Literatürde sağlık okuryazarlık ve sağlıklı yaşam davranışı ile ilgili ayrı ayrı çok çalışma yapılmıştır. Ancak her iki ölçeğin beraber kullanıldığı çalışma sayısı oldukça azdır. Yapılan çalışmaların büyük bir kısmı ise tek değişken (örneğin cinsiyet), tek meslek (örneğin öğrenci) vb. şekillerde yapılmıştır. Dolayısıyla bu açıdan çalışma oldukça orijinal bir yapıya sahip olduğu söylenebilir. Sonuçlara göre, sağlık okuryazarlığının sağlıklı yaşam biçimini bazı boyutlarda yüksek ve bir kısmında ise orta düzeyde etkilediği tespit edilmiştir. Sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışının ortalama değeri yüksek iken, sağlık okuryazarlık seviyesinin orta seviyede olduğu anlaşılmıştır. Sağlık okuryazarlığı ile sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışı arasında ilişki olduğu, ilişkinin pozitif ve doğrusal olduğu belirlenmiştir. Path analizi ile de sağlık okuryazarlığının, sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışını (β=0,804; p
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