ASSESSMENT OF OWN HEALTH AND AWARENESS OF HEALTH-PRESERVING BEHAVIOR
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https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2023.1.13703Keywords:
self-assessment of health, health-preserving behavior, state of health awarenessAbstract
Purpose: a comprehensive study of self-assessment of health, health-preserving behavior, and the state of awareness of a healthy lifestyle.
Materials and Methods. The data from an anonymous survey of 483 residents of the Mukachevo district of Zakarpattia region, which was conducted in 2021 according to an independently developed questionnaire, served as the research material. Research methods: sociological indirect survey and medical statistics.
Results. It was established that (42.65±2.25) % of respondents rated their own health as good and very good. Residents of rural areas indicated a “bad” and “very bad” state of their own health more often than urban residents ((18.00±2.43) % vs. (7.73±1.75) %). To the question “Do you lead a healthy lifestyle?” (40.58±2.23) % of all respondents answered in the affirmative. (19.88±1.82) % (р≤0.0001) of respondents self-critically noted that they do not lead a healthy lifestyle. From the number of people who indicated that they lead a healthy lifestyle, (54.59±3.56) % testified about very good and good state of their own health, and from the number of people who stated in their self-assessment of their lifestyle that they do not lead a healthy lifestyle only (29.16±4.64) % (р≤0.05) were such. Most often, respondents obtained information about a healthy lifestyle from the Internet, the press, and television programs – (56.49±2.43) % (р≤0.001). The level of awareness about health-preserving behavior, which was provided in medical clinics, was only (24.76±2.12) %.
Conclusions. Subjective assessment by respondents showed a small number of people who assessed their own health as good and very good, which indicates insufficient attention of the population to their own health. One-fifth of the respondents self-critically noted that they do not lead a healthy lifestyle, and only 30 % of them indicated that their health was good or very good. Medical workers are insufficiently engaged in promoting a healthy lifestyle among the population. Establishing the level of self-esteem of the population of their lifestyle and health is one of the factors that lead to the formation of the need for the population to take care of their own health and to observe health-preserving behavior.
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