WELLNESS ASSESSMENT OF ANTALYA 60+ TAZELENME UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Objective: This research was carried out with 96 volunteer people from 60+ Refreshment (a 3rd age) University, Antalya Campus students in order to reveal the relationship between socio-demographic factors and healthy lifestyle behaviors. Method: This study was carried out on 96 voluntary students of Antalya 60+ Refreshment University in March 2019. Socio-demographic questionnaire, Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II and Wellness Scale were used as data collection tools. The data obtained were analysed for descriptive statistics, the t-test applied for two independent groups, One-Way Variance Analysis for multiple comparisons, and the Correlation Test for exploring intergroup relationship using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 25.0. In order to determine the significant difference between the groups, TukeyHSD values were examined and p .05 was accepted as the level of significance. Results and Conclusion: The results shown that there is no statistically significant relationship between wellness and gender (p=0,133) or income (p=0,309 r=0,107), but there is a statistically significant, weak and negative relationship with age (p=0,029 r=-0,223). A statistically significant relationship between educational status (between elementary and university graduates) and wellness was evident (p=0,007). Although there was no statistically significant relationship between marital status and wellness (p=0,095), it was seen that the scores of participants with deceased partner were lower. A statistically significant, weak and positive relationship was found between healthy lifestyle and wellness ((p=0,024 r=0,230).