Objective: The study aims to investigate the social, demographic, and economic factors affecting Covid-19 vaccine decisions before the vaccination started in Turkey. The study also aims to understand the attitudes towards Covid-19 vaccines. Methods: The study is conducted by exploiting the data of 693 individuals living in Turkey. The data is collected via a virtually applied questionnaire according to snowball sampling in late 2020 when the vaccination program had not started in Turkey yet. Multinomial logistic regression design is used to identify the factors affecting Covid-19 vaccine decisions. Results: It is observed that Covid-19 vaccine acceptance is notably low before the vaccination started in Turkey. Further, almost half of the participants are indecisive about getting vaccinated. It is identified that age, gender, educational status, residential status, occupational status, the number of dependents, smoking, and the vaccination of governmental authorities have associations with Covid-19 vaccination decisions. Conclusions: Covid-19 vaccine acceptance is low while it is relatively high among vulnerable groups i.e., elderlies and smokers, and among those are unable to isolate themselves. In addition, the vaccination of governmental authorities is remarkably effective on Covid-19 vaccine acceptance in Turkey.
The aim of this study is to analyse “food supplements intake behaviour” in Turkey. To do this, we aimed to identify the behaviours and the motivations of supplementary food intakes in the pre and the peri-pandemic periods. In addition, we revealed income effects on food supplements intake behaviour in the pre-, and the peri-pandemic periods. The data of the study consists of 311 individuals living in Turkey who were selected by snowball sampling. Data were collected via a virtual environment between May - June 2021. Descriptive statistics, parametric tests and concentration analyses were employed to reveal the potential motivations of the increase in food supplements intake in the peri-pandemic period. Parametric tests, concentration analysis, and logistic regressions were further performed to identify income effects on (i) food supplements taking behaviour and (ii) the increase in food supplements intake in the peri-pandemic period, respectively. We found that almost half of the respondents took food supplements. In addition, health anxiety and Covid-19 fear levels were revealed to be increasingly effective on the intake of food supplements intake in the peri-pandemic period. Furthermore, income was identified as a determinant of food supplement intake in the pre-pandemic period while no income effects were observed on the increase of food supplement intakes in the peri-pandemic period. This might imply that food supplements could be considered as compulsory food during the pandemic. To clarify this issue, further research investigating income effects on the demand of food supplements in inflationary environment in peri-pandemic period is required.
Bu çalışmanın amacı; sağlığın korunması ve geliştirilmesinde bireylerin sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranış düzeyini ölçmektir. Yaşam biçimi; bireyin alışkanlıkları, tutumları ve değerlerinin toplamıdır. Sağlıklı yaşam biçimi ise bireylerin sağlık durumu üzerinde etkisi olan ve bireylerin kontrolü altında olan tüm davranışlardır. Bu davranışlar, bireyin sağlığını korumasını ve geliştirmesini sağlayan yaşam biçiminin bir göstergesidir. Araştırmanın evrenini Isparta il merkezindeki 18 yaş ve üzeri bireyler oluşturmaktadır. Örnekleme yöntemi olarak tesadüfi olmayan örnekleme yöntemlerinden olan "kolayda örnekleme yöntemi" kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışları Ölçeği II" (SYBDÖ-II) kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada 510 kişinin verisi değerlendirilmeye tabi tutulmuştur. Anket formları vasıtasıyla toplanan verilerin bilgisayar ortamına aktarılmasında Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS 22.0) programı kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin analizinde bu programdan faydalanılmıştır. Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışları Ölçeğinden "iyi" puan alınması sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarına dikkat edildiği ve olumlu sağlık davranışları sergilendiği anlamına gelmektedir. Araştırma sonucunda katılımcıların ölçekten 116,01 puan aldıkları ve "orta" düzeyde olumlu sağlık davranışı sergilediği tespit edilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarından hareketle, bireylerin sağlıklı yaşam biçimiyle ilgili davranışlar hakkında bilgilerini artıracak ve geliştirecek eğitim programlarının oluşturulması ve uygulanması önerilmektedir.
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