Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Beden Kütle İndeksi, Tükenmişlik Düzeyi ve İyilik Hâli Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Aim: To examine the impact of body mass index (BMI) of university students on burnout levels and wellness. Material and Methods: In the study, 953 university students were enrolled. ‘Personal Information Form’, ‘Maslach Burnout Inventory- Student Survey’ and ‘Wellness Scale’ were the instruments of the study. Ethical approvals were received for the study. In this study, the data were analyzed using the SPSS 21 package program. Results: Of all participants, %74.6 were female and %25.4 were male. Their mean age was 20.86±2.03. %32.5 were physiotherapy students, %30.7 were nursing students, %26.3 were health institutions management students and %10.4 were nutrition and dietetics students. %51.1 (n=506) of the students do not have a regular and balanced diet. As for the BMI of participants, %79.9 were labelled as normal weight with the value under 25 kg/m2, %16.6 were overweight with 25-30 kg/m2 and %3.6 were found to be obese with 31 kg/ m2. The mean wellness scores of the participants were 88.39±12.66 (min:24, max:120). As for the subscales, the mean scores of giving meaning to life and being goal- driven were 26.88±4.63; of cognitive subscale was 16.43±2.71; of emotional subscale was 17.65±3.24; of physical subscale was 11.31±3.33 and of social subscale was 16.10±2.60. According to Maslach Burnout Inventory, the mean scores of burnout, desensitization and competence sub-factors were 15.14±5.00, 10.27±4.05 and 12.26±3.00, respectively. There is a significant moderate and negative oriented relationship (%35) among students’ total scores of Wellness Scale, burnout and desensitization scores (burnout; r=-0.359; desensitization r=-0.358; p=0.000). However, there is a significant moderate and positive oriented relationship (%42) between their total scores of Wellness Scale and competence scores (r=0.428,p=0.000). There is no significant relationship between BMI of the students and burnout score (p=0.189). Nevertheless, there is a significant low and positive oriented relationship between BMI of the students and Wellness Scale scores (r=0.273, p=0.024). Conclusion: The fact that students do not have a regular and balanced diets dies poses a risk of increase in the population of pre-obese and obese in the future. The more students’ level of wellness increases, the more their level of competence increases while the burnout and desensitization levels decrease. BMI of the students has been found to have a positive impact upon students’ wellness although it has no effect on burnout level.