Factors affecting healthy life style behaviors in workers working at a tea factory

Introduction: The objective of the present study was to determine educational level of the workers of a tea factory on occupational health and safety and to reveal the factors affecting a healthy lifestyle.Methods: The present descriptive research was carried out in a tea factory where 352 workers a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Family practice and palliative care (Online) 2018-04, Vol.3 (1), p.45-51
Hauptverfasser: ARDİC, Cuneyt, YAVUZ, Erdinc, ZEREN OZTURK, Guzin
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: The objective of the present study was to determine educational level of the workers of a tea factory on occupational health and safety and to reveal the factors affecting a healthy lifestyle.Methods: The present descriptive research was carried out in a tea factory where 352 workers are employed between December 2016 and January 2017. 303 volunteer workers were enrolled into the study and a questionnaire form including topics of sociodemographic characteristics, occupational health and safety (OHS) implementations, health state and working conditions that was developed through literature information as well as Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale (HLBS) were used for data analysis. Results: Age average of the workers who were all male was 39.88±5.53. Among the workers, 70.29% were elementary school graduate and more than half of the participants (62.70%) have a middle income (500-1,000 USD). Mean score of HLBS scale was 118.00±20.28 points. Average score of the sub-topics was the highest in health responsibility item with 22.06 points whereas the lowest score was detected in physical activity sub-topic.  It was detected that 64.69% of the workers had an occupational health and safety training at least once during their lifetime and 21.78% use a protective equipment. Rate of exposure to work-related accidents was detected as 10.57%. Giriş: Bu çalışmanın amacı çay fabrikasında çalışan işçilerin iş sağlığı ve güvenliği eğitim durumlarını belirleyip sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarına etkileyen faktörleri ortaya çıkarmaktır.Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı tipteki bu araştırma Aralık 2016 ile Ocak 2017 tarihleri arasında 352 işçinin çalıştığı bir çay fabrikasında yapılmıştır. Çalışmaya 303 gönüllü işçi katılmış ve verilerin toplanmasında, literatür bilgileri doğrultusunda geliştirilen sosyodemografik özellikler iş sağlığı ve güvenliği bilgileri, sağlık durumu ve çalışma koşullarını içeren anket formu ile birlikte Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışları Ölçeği (SYBDÖ) kullanıldı.Bulgular: Tamamı erkek olan işçilerin yaş ortalaması 39,88±5,53’dir.İşçilerin 213 (%70,29)ü ilkokul mezunu olup yarıdan daha fazlası 190(%62,70) orta düzey ekonomik gelire (500-1000 dolar) sahipti. Ortalama SYBDÖ skoru 118,00±20,28 di. Madde puan ortalaması en yüksek olan alt grubun 22,06 puan ile sağlık sorumluluğu iken en düşük alt grup 15,34 puan ile fiziksel aktivite başlığıdır. işçilerin %64,69 u çalışma hayatları boyunca en az bir kez iş sağlığı ve güvenliği eğitimi aldığı,%21,78 in ko
ISSN:2459-1505
2459-1505
DOI:10.22391/fppc.340044