NCT06310447

Determination of Ecological Awareness and Attitudes Levels of Undergraduate Physiotherapy Students in Istanbul

Determination of Ecological Awareness and Attitudes Levels of Undergraduate Students Studying in The Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department in Istanbul

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 151 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Bilgi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The natural environment, which is the living environment of all living things; Technological advances and industrialization activities are being affected more and more negatively every day. Increasing energy demand and resource consumption due to population growth lead to negative consequences on ecological balance, such as environmental pollution, climate change and loss of natural environments. Health services have also increased resource use with the advancement of technology and caused negative effects on the environment. Health services have been slow to understand their impact on the environment. The aim of the study is to determine the environmental awareness and environmental attitude levels of physiotherapy and rehabilitation department students, to popularize the field of "Environmental Physiotherapy" and to enable the training of physiotherapist candidates with high environmental awareness.

Detailed description

The natural environment, which is the living environment of all living things; Technological advances and industrialization activities are being affected more and more negatively every day. Increasing energy demand and resource consumption due to population growth leads to negative consequences on ecological balance, such as environmental pollution, climate change and loss of natural environments. Health services have also increased resource use with the advancement of technology and caused negative effects on the environment. Health services have been slow to understand their impact on the environment. The aim of the study is to determine the environmental awareness and environmental attitude levels of physiotherapy and rehabilitation department students, to popularize the field of "Environmental Physiotherapy" and to enable the training of physiotherapist candidates with high environmental awareness. In this descriptive study planned on physiotherapy and rehabilitation department students studying in Istanbul, participants who meet the inclusion criteria and volunteer for the study will be included. "Socio-demographic information form", "Ecological Footprint Awareness Scale", "Environmental Awareness Scale", "Environmental Attitude Scale" and 5-question survey forms prepared by the researchers will be used to collect data.

Conditions

• Ecological and Environmental Concepts

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-03-18
• Primary completion: 2024-04-01
• Completion: 2024-04-03
• First posted: 2024-03-15
• Last updated: 2024-04-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)