Health habits and vitamin supplementation of young female students with a family history of cancer diagnosis
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2021Yazar
Şahan, Özlem
Akarsu, Gökhan Doğukan
Höbek Akarsu, Rukiye
Atilla, Rabia
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Study Objectives: To examine the health habits and vitamin supplementation status of female
students who were diagnosed with cancer in their family history. Methods: The research was conducted de scriptively with female students studying at a public university in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. In
the study, 324 female students who accepted the study and were diagnosed with cancer in their families were
included in the sample. Numeric and percentage statistics were used to analyze the data. Results: People with
a family history of cancer need to have cancer screening and follow lifestyle recommendations because of the
high risk of cancer. Conclusion: In this study, it was seen that cancer diagnosis in a relative can motivate to
improve health behavior in individuals.