%0 Journal Article
%T INVESTIGATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL HYGIENE ROUTINE AND SELF CARE METHODS OF SPORTSMEN
%A Kadir PEPE
%A Dilek KARA
%A Nurettin KONAR
%A Tongu£¿ VARDAR
%J Beden Egitimi ve Spor Bilimleri Dergisi
%D 2012
%I Nigde University School of Physical Education and Sports
%X The aim of this research is to define the opinions of sportsmen, who are interested in wrestling and weight lifting, concerning the individual hygiene routine and self-care methods and the cleanness of the places in which they are practising. The type of the research is descriptive and cross-sectional and the population of the research is composed of sportsmen who are interested in wrestling and weight lifting in 7 regions of Turkey. The sample group of the research is composed of 290 sportsmen (149 wrestler and 141 weight lifters ) who are selected with random sampling method and who accepted to take part in the research. .The data of the research has been obtained by face-to-face questionnaire method. The questionnaire is composed of 24 questions 6 of which are to obtain individual information and 18 of which are to obtain information about their individual hygiene routine and self-care methods. The comprehensibility and content validity of the questionnaire has been tested. The Cronbach¡¯s reliability coefficient has been found out as 0,69 The data obtained were computerized and then put through statistic operation. As a statistical operation frequency (f) and percentage (%), Cross table (Croostab) and in order to test the differences X-square (X2) were applied. After the operation the percentage dispersion of each question was evaluated on 95 % confidence interval and the value P< 0,05 has been accepted as meaningful. When the data obtained was evaluated, it was defined that the sportsmen generally give importance to hygiene and self-care however, there is statistically a meaningful difference between the female and male sportsmen and that female sportsmen take more care of hygiene and self-care.(P<0,05).It was also defined that in the sports clubs where the participants have training, generally hot water is available but their training environment is not hygienic enough.As a result we can say that the sportsmen generally take care of individual hygiene and selfcare however,their training environment is not hygienic enough for their health.
%K Sportsman
%K Individual hygiene
%K Self-care
%K Routine
%U http://dergi.nigde.edu.tr/index.php/besyodergi/article/view/294/245