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8. Uluslararası Sağlık Bilimleri ve Yönetimi Kongresi, Trabzon, Turkey, 2 - 06 May 2023, pp.1
ABSTRACT
Problem of the Study: Health
cognitions and health-seeking behavior are concepts used to express human
behaviors related to disease-related situations. The common point of both
concepts is to fight against diseases. Therefore, it is important to determine
the relationship between the two concepts.
Purpose of the Study: This
study aims to explain the relationship between health-seeking behavior of
individuals and their health cognitions.
Method: The sample of this
study, which was designed with a quantitative method, consists of 388
individuals aged 18 and over living in Samsun. Data were collected by questionnaire
method using Health Seeking Behavior Scale (Kıraç & Öztürk, 2019), and
Health Cognition Scale (Altay & Yüksel, 2019). The data of the study were
obtained by independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation
analysis.
Results: While there was no
significant difference between Health Cognitions and gender, age, marital
status, income and educational status (p>0.05), a significant difference was
found with chronic disease (p<0.05). While there was no significant
difference between Health Seeking Behavior and gender, age, marital status,
chronic disease and income (p>0.05), there was a significant difference with
educational status (p<0.05). A low-level significant relationship was found
between individuals' health cognitions and health-seeking behaviors (r=0.141;
p<0.05).
Conclusions: As a result of
the study, it was found that there is a relationship between health cognitions
and health seeking behavior. It is recommended to increase the number of
studies that examine these two concepts in detail.
Keywords: Disease, Health
Cognitions, Health Seeking Behavior.