The correlation between health literacy and mental health literacy in Turkish Society

Akgün, Şenay; Kesgin, Makbule Tokur; Tok, Hümeyra Hançer

doi:10.1111/ppc.13146

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“…The cut-off score for the Turkish Society on the scale was determined as "109.50" for the Turkish Society, and those who scored above this score were considered to have a high level of mental health literacy. 20 According to this result, it is thought that the mental health literacy level of nursing students is low. In a study conducted with students studying in health programs 22 and in a study conducted with health professionals, 23 it was determined that the mental health literacy levels of health professionals working outside of mental health units were above moderate but not at the desired level.…”

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“…The cut-off score for the Turkish Society on the scale was determined as 109.50 for the Turkish Society, and those who scored above this score were considered to have a high level of mental health literacy. 20 In this study, the MHLS total score and six sub-dimensions were used. The cut-off point of the MHLS was taken as 109.50 according to the mean of the scale total score, and those who scored above this score were considered to have a high level of mental health literacy.…”

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The relationship between nursing students' mental health literacy levels and holistic nursing competencies

DURAN GÜL,

AKPINAR

2023

J Health Sci Med / JHSM

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Aims: The study was conducted to examine the relationship between nursing students' mental health literacy levels and holistic nursing competencies. Methods: This was a descriptive and relational study. The sample of the study consisted of 440 nursing department students at a state university. Data were collected with the Sociodemographic data form, the mental health literacy scale, and the holistic nursing competence scale. Results: The mean score of the mental health literacy scale total scores of the students was 101.11±8.49, and the mean total score of the holistic nursing competence scale total score was 168.41±40.53. There was a positive relationship between the mental health literacy scale total score and the general ability sub-field (r=0.101) of the holistic nursing competence scale and the professional development sub-field (r=0.095), and this relationship was statistically significant (p

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confidence: 96%

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confidence: 99%