Determination of the level of healthy life style behaviours and self-efficacy-sufficiency of nurses working in a hospital

This study has been done to determination of levels ofhealthy life-style behaviors and self-efficacy-sufficiency of nurses.The sample of research was composed of 538 nurses who work in GATA.Healthy life style behaviors scale II, self-efficacy-sufficiency scale and a personal information form developed by the researcher applied to the sample group. has been used for determination of the Level of Healthy Life Style Behaviors and self-efficacy of nurses in the survey.The data obtained from the analysis of the data obtained were evaluated with the SPSS 15.0 package program. In study, the frequency and percentage distributions of the data given. As a result of data normality test, two-group comparisons, Mann-Whitney U test three or more groups, Kruskal-Wallis H test, the Bonferroni correction was used. Relations between variables were assessed by Pearson's correlation analysis.The findings of the study; nurses healthy life style behaviors scale II average total score is 132.87±17.42, self-efficacy-sufficiency scale average total score is 79.67±13.70. Nurses, the ones under 25 years of age, degree graduates, those working less than 10 years, outpatient diagnostic and treatment unit employees, permanent day workers, those without chronic disease, healthy life style behaviors scale II average total score was higher. Levels of self-efficacy-sufficiency was higher between the ages of 36-40 individuals, singles, bachelor and master graduates, those working more than 21 years, the shift system workers, those with chronic disease, nonsmoking, and body mass index in those with relatively weak.According to the results of this research there was a significant correlation between self-efficacy-sufficiency scale to healthy life style behaviors scale II, but self-efficacy-sufficiency subscales to be associated with healthy life style behaviors scale II, especially in the fight against barriers subscale has been effective. healthy life style behaviors scale II and over the entire sub-scales.Key Words: Healthy life style behaviors,, self-efficacy-sufficiency, nurses.