Elazığ ilindeki amatör futbolcuların sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarının incelenmesi

This study was conducted in order to analyze Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors of Amateur Footballers in Elazığ. The population of the study was constituted by 1080 footballers in total from 30 clubs under Elazığ Federation of Amateur Sport Clubs whereas the sample was represented by 432 footballers of ages of 16-30 from different clubs. In order to determine Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors of footballers, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II was used. Mean, standard deviation analysis techniques were employed for data analysis. Kruskal-Wallis H, Mann-Whitney U test was applied for determining differences. The data obtained was evaluated statistically at the level of p<0.05. For analysis of the data, SPSS 17.0 was used. It was found that total HLSBS score of the footballers was (141,9±14,85) within the scope of findings, while maximum score to be achieved was 208. When average scores of HLSBS sub-dimensions of participants were considered, they were found to be 24,98±4,36 for responsibility for health, 22,31±3,76 for physical activity, 23,79±3,77 for nutrition, 25,03±4,49 for spiritual development, 24,53±4,09 for interpersonal relations, 21,31±3,40 for stress management. As a result, HLSB of footballers in amateur clubs were found to be of medium level.