The Correlation between Health literacy and Office Syndrome Preventive Behaviors among Nursing students, Naresuan University
Keywords:
Health literacy, Preventive behaviors for overweight, Office syndrome, Nursing studentsAbstract
This descriptive correlational research aimed to: 1) assess the level of health literacy and office syndrome preventive behaviors, and 2) examine the correlation between health literacy and office syndrome preventive behaviors among nursing students. The study involved 240 nursing students from the 1st to 4th year at the Faculty of Nursing, Naresuan University, recruited through simple random sampling. Data were collected using questionnaires covering demographic data, health literacy related to office syndrome, and office syndrome preventive behaviors. The indices of item-objective congruence were 0.82-1.00 for health literacy and 0.75-1.00 for preventive behaviors, with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of .93 and .82, respectively. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation.
The results revealed that a significant proportion of the sample (76.25%) displayed a moderate level of health literacy (Mean = 157.60, SD = 21.08) and office syndrome preventive behaviors (Mean = 34.14, SD = 4.20). Health literacy was found to have a moderate positive correlation with office syndrome preventive behaviors (r = .484, p = .026).
These findings suggest that efforts should be made to enhance health literacy among nursing students, focusing on self-management, decision-making, and communication skills to prevent the incidence of office syndrome.
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