University students' awareness on protection from sports injuries

Although many people are interested in sports today, training unconsciously can lead to injuries. Therefore, in this research, people's awareness of protection from sports injuries has been studied. The research model is a quantitative research model. The sample of the research consists of 634 participants aged 18 and over studying at Kütahya Dumlupınar University. The Participant Information Form and the Sports Injury Protection Awareness Scale were used as data collection tools. As a result of the research, students' awareness of protection from sports injuries has a significant difference according to gender, and it was found that the awareness of female students (X=74.3582) is higher than that of male students (X=70.6284). It has been found that there is a significant difference in Sports Injury Protection Awareness according to age, and when the Deciency between ages is examined, it has been found that students between the ages of 18-20 (X=74.7991) have a higher Awareness of Sports Injury Protection than students of other ages. It seems that there is a significant difference in Sports Injury Protection Awareness according to the faculty, and when looking at the difference between faculties, it was found that the faculty with the highest Awareness of Sports Injury Protection was the Faculty of Education (X=76.47), and the faculty with the lowest was the School of Foreign Languages (X=69.17). The faculty with the highest awareness of Sports Injury Protection was the Faculty of Education (X=76.47). Dec. It is observed that there is a significant difference in Sports Injury Protection Awareness according to the class, and when looking at the difference between classes, it is class 1 where the Awareness of Sports Injury Protection is the highest. Dec. The class is (X=74,14), and the lowest class is 4. It was found that the class was (X=49,19). Keywords: Awareness, First Aid, Sports İnjuries