Determination of healthy lifestyle behaviors and knowledge levels of cardiovascular risk factors of university students

Determination of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Knowledge Levels of Cardiovascular Risk Factors of University Students The study was conducted descriptively to examine of university students healthy lifestyle behaviors and the knowledge levels of cardiovascular risk factors. The universe of the study was included 3488 students who were enrolled in the Faculty of Science and Letters, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and School of Nursing of Ufuk University. As a result of calculations, minimum sampling to be set by 95% reliability was determined as 608 individuals. The study was conducted during the fall and spring semesters of 2017-2018. Healthy Life Style Behavior II (HLSB II) scale, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Knowledge Level (CARRF-KL) scale and demographic data collection form were used to collect the data. It was determined that 58.9% of the students participating in the study were women, 53.5% of them were living together with their families, 7.4% of them did not have health insurance, 70.9% of them were living in the city, 85.5% of them had no chronic illness and the average age of sampling was 22.7 ± 2.4%. The mean score of students' HLSB II was 124.0 ± 17.4, the highest score was found to be spiritual change subscale and the lowest score was taken from physical activity subscale. It was determined statistically significant difference was found between the score taken by students in the SYBD, its subdimensions score and the place, class, age, health insurance, scholarship, economic status, residence (p<0.05). The average scores of CARRF-KL scale of the students were determined as 17.0 ± 5.2. A statistically significant difference was found between CARRF-KL and the department, class, gender, age, health insurance, economic status, residence status and the place where one lives the longest life of one's life. It is recommended that young people should be able to identify CVD risk factors that can be changed and to provide cardiovascular health protective behaviors. Keywords: Health behaviors, level of knowledge, nursing, risk factors.