Determining the relationship between fertility health knowledge and healthy lifestyle behaviors among adult women and men

Abstract

AimThis study aims to determine the relationship between fertility health knowledge and healthy lifestyle behaviors in adult women and men.MethodsIt is a cross-sectional, relationship-seeking type. The research was completed with 1417 participants (921 female, 496 male) of active reproductive age living in Turkey. Data were collected online using the snowball sampling method between August 2023 and January 2024.ResultsThe women who participated in the study answered 75.620% of the Fertility Health Knowledge Survey (FHKS) correctly, and their Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale (HLBS)-II mean score was 123.865 +/- 21.552. The men answered 68.770% of the FHKS correctly, and their HLBS-II mean score was 123.746 +/- 21.077. A significant relationship was found between the participants' FHKS and HLBS-II scores. Healthy lifestyle behaviors explained 14% of the total variance in fertility health knowledge in women and 4.3% in men.ConclusionsParticipants exhibited fertility health knowledge and healthy lifestyle behaviors above the mean. It was determined that healthy lifestyle behaviors are a significant determinant of fertility health knowledge.