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Introduction: SOY; Recently, it has become an important issue in terms of understanding and applying health services correctly. Especially low SOY levels in all countries of the world have shown that further studies are needed to identify and improve the issue. In this study, it was aimed to determine the level of SOY and related factors in emergency service outpatients. Materials and Methods: The study, which was planned as a cross-sectional type, included green field patients over the age of 15 who applied to the emergency outpatient clinic between June and December 2019. Questionnaire form used for the research; It consisted of the sociodemographic characteristics of the individuals and the questions of the TSOY-32 scale. Questionnaires were filled by face-to-face interview technique. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS v20) program was used to analyze the data. Statistical significance level was accepted as p<0.05. Results: A total of 309 people participated in the study, and 51.8% of them were female. The general SOY score average of the participants was 23.8, which was lower than the Turkey average. When the subgroups were evaluated, 82.8% of the participants had insufficient and limited HL levels. There was a significant difference between sociodemographic characteristics, education level and SOY level (p=0.029). The effect of other features on HL was similar and not statistically significant. A significant correlation was found between the frequency of use in the emergency outpatient clinic, which is one of the characteristics related to emergency use, and the level of SOY (p=0.0002). Conclusion: The fact that the SOY level for emergency outpatient use is lower than the general level of SOY and the findings that are different from the literature show that there is a need for more studies and prevention on the subject

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