Abstract:

Aim: This study aims to determine the health problems experienced by service sector employees and healthy lifestyle behaviors. Method: The study has a descriptive and cross-sectional type research design. The study population was working in the service sector in the largest district in a province in the Eastern Black Sea Region. The sample was determined by the sample formula in cases where the universe was known, and the study was completed with 102 participants. Study data were collected face-to-face between December 2019 and February 2020. The data were collected using the Introductory Information Form prepared in accordance with the literature and the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II. Results: It was determined that 69.6% of the participants were male, 54.9% were high school graduates, 61.8% had a daily working time of less than 8 hours, and 63.7% expressed their perceived workload intensively. The most common problem they experience was the stress by 70.6%, and the least common problem was the feeling of imprisonment by 13.7%. The Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II total score was 121.76±22.73, and the lowest score was in the physical activity sub-scale, and the highest score was in the spiritual development sub-scale. A significant relationship was found between the scale scores of participants' gender, job satisfaction, health status and chronic illness status (p<0.05). Conclusion and Suggestions: Participants had a moderate healthy lifestyle behavior and they have some common problems. Therefore, it is necessary to to find solutions to the problems experienced by employees in assessing their health, develop a multidisciplinary perspective in evaluating the health of employees, and to increase the studies especially in the service sector.

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