SELF CARE AGENCY OF OBESE INDIVIDUALS

: Aim: The aim of the study is to determine the self-care agency of with obese individuals and the factors affecting them. Methods : The study having a defining characteristic was held between the dates of January 2017 and June 2017 at an obesity clinic of the department of en docrinology and metabolic diseases of a training hospital. Within the scope of the sample 257 people that applied to the hospital between these dates, and accorded with the boundedness of the study were taken. The data of the study were gathered through face-to-face interview method by using personal information form and self-care agency scale.The data were analyzed using percentages, numbers, Student’s t-test, Mann Whitney U test and Kruskall Wal lis test analysis. Results : Findings: Of the individuals in cluded in the study 81.7% were female, 30.7% of them are in the 51-60 age group. It was found that 78.2% of individuals had chronic disease and 56.4% of them were first degree obese. The overall average of self-care power of the individuals was determined as 100.13± 18.44. No significant difference was found when the overall average of self-care power was compared according to BMI. In the study, it was determined that gender, age group, marital status, income status, regular physician control, physical activity and education have a significant effect on self-care. Conclusion : As a result of this study, it was found that the average self-care agency score of the obese indi viduals included in the study was moderate. Definition and Importance: Obesity is a chronic disease with increasing prevalence of gene tic and environmental factors associated with steatopygia with an to derange the energy The the ease personal information form and self - care agency scale. Results and Conclusion: The general score average for self - care agency of all individuals taken into the scope of the study has been designated as 100.13± 18.44. It has been designated that 81.7% of the individuals taken into the scope of the study are women, the self - care agency score average of women is lower than the men’s, and the distinction between is significant ( p < 0.05). Of 30.7% of the individuals are among the the group of age 51-60. It is seen that the self - care score average of the individuals who are 61 and over is higher than the other groups’, when self - care agency score average is analysed according to their age. Of 73.9% of the individuals are married. It has been designated that self - care agency score average of the group consisting of the married people is higher when self - care agency in accordance with marital status is analysed ( p < 0.05). It has been specified that the self - care agency score average of the employed individuals ( 27.24%) is higher than the unemployed ones ( 72.76%) (p < 0.05). When the distribution of individuals in accordance with BMI is analysed, self - care agency score average is respectively ; the first degree obe ses’ (56.4%) is 101.70±18.78,