Objectives: This study was carried out to determine the relationship between social intelligence, self-esteem and resilience in healthcare professionals and the affecting factors.Methods: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. It was conducted at the Siirt Public Hospital between June 3and September 15, 2017 with 241 healthcare professionals who agreed to participate in the study. The data were collected using a personal information form, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the Tromso Social Intelligence Scale(TSIS) and the short version of the Resilience Scale (RS-14). The data were analyzed using SPSS Windows 22.0.Results: The mean total scores obtained by the healthcare professionals were 74.2±11.4 on the TSIS, 21.2±4.18 onthe RSES, and 19.5±5.0 on the RS-14. A positive statistically significant relationship was found between results on theRosenberg Self-esteem Scale, the short version of the Resilience Scale, and the Tromso Social Intelligence scale and social intelligence subscales (p<0.001). Additionally, social intelligence was determined to be a factor predicting self-esteem and resilience. The self-esteem, social intelligence and resilience of the healthcare professionals who were goodat self-expression were statistically significant and high (p<0.05).Conclusion: The healthcare professionals had sufficient self-esteem and good levels of social intelligence and resilience, and self-esteem, resilience, and social intelligence were correlated. It can be suggested from these results thathigher self-esteem, social intelligence and resilience levels in healthcare professionals would help them cope withstress and burnout.
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Objectives: This study evaluates the effects of ambivalent sexism on nursing students’ menstrual attitudes.Methods: This descriptive study was carried out with 289 nursing students during the 2017–2018 academic year. Aquestionnaire developed by the researchers about the students’ socio-demographic and menstruation characteristics,the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI) and the Menstrual Attitude Questionnaire (MAQ) were used as data collectiontools. The data were evaluated using SPSS 14.0. The descriptive data are shown as numbers, percentages, means, andstandard deviations. Pearson’s correlation was used with the ASI and MAQ scores. The threshold for statistical significance was p<.05.Results: The students’ mean age was 19.73±1.33 and 37.4% of them were in their first year of study. Their mean ASIscore was 76.79±15.31, their mean hostile sexism subscale score was 40.97±9.87, and their mean benevolent sexismsubscale score was 35.81±8.76. Their mean MAQ score was 86.86±10.31. There were no statistically significant correlations between their ASI scale and subscale scores, and their MAQ scores (p>.05). There was a relationship between theirASI score and some MAQ subscale scores (p<.05).Conclusion: There were no significant relationships between ambivalent sexism and menstrual attitude. The factorsthat may affect menstrual attitudes should be investigated in order to improve and maintain students’ menstrual attitude.
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Objectives: This study was performed to determine the level of hopelessness, anxiety and depression in women whoapplied for infertility treatment.Methods: The study was conducted with 70 female patients who applied to the “IVF Unit” of a university hospital inAnkara, Turkey between October and November 2019, had agreed to participate in the study and were diagnosed withinfertility. The data of the study were collected using the face to face interview technique with the Beck HopelessnessInventory (BHI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Socio-demographic InformationForms. The ethical permission of the study was taken from the clinical research unit of the university where the researchwas conducted. Frequency and percentages in the evaluation of descriptive data; Chi-Square and Spearman Correlation Test was used for relationships and comparisons.Results: Of the participants, 44.4% completed high school and 21.4% had an undergraduate degree. Of them, 60%were unemployed and 57.2% are middle-income earners. Of them, 41.4% were 33 and older; 55.7% stated that theyhad no children due to infertility. The average year of marriage was 7.4, average years of unprotected intercourse was6.1, and BHI, BAI and BDI score averages were 7, 35 and 17 respectively. It was determined that there was a significant relationship between the status of unemployment of the women participating in the study and BHI, BAI and BDIscores, and between the years of unprotected intercourse and the BAI scores. It was observed that there was a negativecorrelation between women's education levels and the BAI and BDI scores, whereas there was a positive relationshipbetween unemployed and BHI, BAI and BDI.Conclusion: As the education levels of the women participating in the study decreased, BDI and BAI scores increased.It was observed that unemployed women had high scores on BHI, BAI and BDI, and anxiety scores increased as theyears they had unprotected intercourse increased. According to these findings, among women receiving infertilitytreatment; those with a low education level, those who do not work and those with many years of having unprotectedintercourse should be considered as a high risk group and screened for anxiety and depression. Nurses working in thefield of infertility should improve their psychosocial counseling skills and consultancy skills should be used actively inthe services provided in this field.
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the stigmatization experiences of parents of individuals diagnosedwith schizophrenia.Methods: This is a descriptive qualitative study. The study sample consisted of 16 parents providing care to individualswith schizophrenia. The study data were collected via individual interviews and analyzed using content analysis.Results: Stigmatization experience is a multidimensional phenomenon. The data obtained in the interviews were categorized in four themes: the dimensions of stigmatization, the effects of stigmatization on life, coping with stigmatization and recommendations for reducing stigmatization.Conclusion: The parents were adversely affected by stigmatization both in their emotional and social lives, and theyhave difficulty coping. The parents emphasized that society should be informed about fighting stigmatization and beencouraged to empathize with people who suffer from stigmatization. It is important for health professionals to beaware about parents’ stigmatization experiences and their effects.
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the level of mental health literacy (MHL) of healthcare professionals who do not work in a mental health unit. Methods: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study. The study group comprised 239 health professionals (nurses, dieticians, midwives, medical assistants, biologists, social service specialist, child development specialists) who worked in departments other than the mental health unit of a training and research hospital. A sociodemographic data form and the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) were used to collect the study data. The mean, SD, minimum and max imum values, and percentage were used to describe the data after analysis using the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis test. Results: The mean age of the participants was 29.93±8.71 years, and they had a mean of 8.9±9.04 years of professional experience. The majority of the participants were female (n=206; 86.2%), and single (n=140; 58.6%). The mean total MHL score was 16.96±3.30. The mean knowledge subscale score was 8.45±1.69, and the mean score of the belief sub scale was 5.32±1.70. Age, marital status, education level, and occupation were significant; gender was not a statistically significant variable. Conclusion: The MHL level of the health professionals participating in the study was above average, but less than op timal. Educational programs to increase the knowledge of all healthcare staff would benefit patient care and promote early intervention.
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Objectives: This study aimed to reveal negative emotions experienced by nursing students during clinical training and their coping experiences. Methods: A total of 10 students studying at Aydın Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Nursing during the 2018– 2019 academic year at 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades constituted the study group. The study group was determined according to maximum diversity sampling. The study was conducted in a qualitative, phenomenological design. The data were collected through a focus group interview. The MAXQDA 2018 program was utilized in the data analysis and the cre ation of models. The data were arranged according to common/similar themes with descriptive analysis. Results: According to the results obtained from the study, three themes, including “emotions experienced in the clinic,” “the effects of emotions experienced in the clinic,” and “the way of coping with negative emotions,” and related sub themes were identified. Conclusion: It was determined that nursing students experienced anger, sadness, helplessness, and despair at most among negative emotions, and they experienced happiness, conscience, and empathy at most among positive emo tions. Although negative emotions experienced by students had different effects on psychological, academic, physical, and social fields, the coping ways were observed to be acceptance, indoctrination, and communication at most. Rec ommendations were made on strengthening the clinical environment and clinical training.
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine meaning in life among nursing students based on their sociodemo graphic and temperament characteristics. Methods: The population and sample of this descriptive study consists of 442 volunteer nursing students who were studying in their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year during the 2017–2018 academic year at the Health Sciences Faculty of Nursing Department of a public university in the Aegean Region of Turkey. The Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego Auto-questionnaire (TEMPS-A), The Meaning in Life Questionnaire, and a personal information form were used to collect data. Numbers, percentages, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis H, Spearman Correlation Anal ysis was used for data evaluation. Results: The subscale of the Presence of Meaning in Life was found to have a negative and significant correlation with TEMPS-A subscales of depressive, cyclothymic, and irritable temperaments; and a positive and significant correlation with the subscale of hyperthymic temperament (p<0.05). A positive and significant correlation was found between the subscale of the Search for Meaning in Life and TEMPS-A subscales of depressive, cyclothymic, irritable, and anxious temperaments (p<0.05). Conclusion: There is a statistically significant correlation between dominant temperament characteristics of nursing students and the Presence of Meaning in Life and the Search for Meaning in Life. Course content that increases purpose and fulfillment in life and enhances positive personality traits should be created for the first years of nursing education.
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Objectives: This study was designed to examine the needs of patients with chronic psychiatric disorders in preparation for discharge from a clinic as well as those of their caregivers, and to evaluate their satisfaction with the process. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted using the responses of 181 patients and 140 caregivers of psychiatric patients hospitalized over the course of a year in the adult psychiatric unit of a university hospital in a province in the Aegean region of Turkey. Questionnaires were used to collect data related to the discharge process and the satisfaction of the patients and their caregivers. Results: More than half of the patients in this study reported that they felt they had not received sufficient information at discharge about matters such as their legal rights, resources to help them manage their condition, the potential effects of stressors and daily life on the transition and disease, and resources available to them for support after dis charge. More than half of the caregivers surveyed also reported that they were also insufficiently prepared. They stated that they did not receive adequate information about items such as available support resources, how to cope with the effects of the disease post hospitalization, methods to improve social relationships, side effects of medications, how to manage the home environment after discharge, what to do when a patient refuses to take medication, patient legal rights, and information on the causes of the disease. Conclusion: The results of the study indicated that while offered in some form, in most cases, discharge planning was inadequate, and did not begin on the first day of hospitalization, as recommended. Most of the caregivers were not included in the process. Most of the patients reported that the education provided was insufficient to cope with the stresses caused by the symptoms of the disease after release. It is important to conduct additional studies that evaluate the needs of patients and caregivers related to the post-discharge period and to provide patient monitoring services.
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Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the self- efficacy levels of the parents of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and compare their parental self- efficacy levels. Methods: The sample of this descriptive study consisted of 153 parents (106 mothers and 47 fathers) with children with CP who were attending four different special education and rehabilitation centers affiliated to Konya Provincial Direc torate of National Education. Of these parents, 47 were married couples. The data were collected using the Information Form and the Parenting Self-Efficacy Instrument for Children with Disabilities (PSICD) between February and March 2019. Results: The average age of children with CP was 8.83±4.58 and 54.2% of them were male, 72.5% of them did not attend school, %43.8 of them were congenitally handicapped and 46.4% of them had more than two affected extrem ities. The average self-efficacy perception score of the parents was found to be 5.91±1.03. It was determined that the parents whose family type is nuclear family and whose children are girls have higher self-efficacy scores. The average self-efficacy score of the parents according to the affected limb was found to be significant. Parental self-efficacy score was found to be lower in parents with children with more than two affected limbs than parents with one or two affect ed limbs. The analyses performed to reveal the effects of the disease on the lives of the individuals showed that there is a difference between the self-efficacy mean scores of the parents and out-of-home responsibilities and the time allocated to others. It was also found that there was a difference between the emotional states of anger and sadness experienced by the individuals and the self-efficacy mean scores of the parents. A significant difference was found between the male parents' sense of affection and the parents' self-efficacy mean scores. It was determined that the feeling of affection was higher. Conclusion: The mean self-efficacy score of the parents with a child with CP was found to be high, which is affected by some characteristics of the parents. The self-efficacy mean scores of the parents were similar.
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Objectives: This study examines the effects of physical exercise on the depressive symptoms and quality of life of individuals diagnosed with depression. Methods: This study used a pretest and a posttest with experimental and control groups. It was conducted in the Nevşehir province of Turkey. The study included 50 patients in the experimental group and 50 patients in the control group who met the inclusion criteria. The experimental group was administered a 14-week exercise program that included 30–45 minutes a day of mild-to-moderate step aerobics three times a week. Maximum heart rate (MHR) was used to keep the exercises at mild-to-moderate level and to select the groups for the exercise program. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the WHO Quality of Life-Bref (WHOQOL-Bref ) scale were used to evaluate the partici pants’ depressive symptoms and quality of life at the beginning of the exercise program and the 4th, 8th, 12th and 14th weeks. Results: The experimental group’s median depression scores before the exercise program and in the subsequent measurements fell more than those of the control group (p<.05). The experimental group’s median scores in the physical, social, and environmental domains of the WHOQOL-BREF scale were higher than those of the control group (p<.05). Conclusion: The physical exercise program reduced the patients’ depressive symptoms and increased their quality of life. Nurses who care for patients diagnosed with depression should encourage them to exercise regularly.
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