Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2021 Nov 28. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12971. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between health anxiety (HA) and healthy lifestyle behaviors (HLBs), and the factors that affect them.
DESIGN AND METHODS: This descriptive, cross-sectional, and relational study was conducted with 1007 voluntary participants between June 1 and September 30, 2020.
FINDINGS: The participants’ mean age was 33.46 ± 15.42 years. A positive-significant relationship was found between the participants’ total HA and HLBs scores (r = 0.06, p = 0.03). The simple linear regression analysis performed by the researchers indicated that the explanatory power of HA as a determinant of HLBs was statistically significant (R2 = 0.05).
PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: This study determined that health anxiety increased the tendency towards HLBs.
PMID:34839532 | DOI:10.1111/ppc.12971
