Risk perception of cardiovascular disease among Turkish adults: a cross-sectional study.

Aim: The aim of the study was to determine in adults the risk perception for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the associated factors.

Background: CVDs are the leading cause of death globally. In adults, perceptions related to the risk for CVDs have a considerable effect on decision-making processes related to one's own health.

Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Dietary Sodium Restriction Questionnaire.

Background: Sodium restriction is the primary nonpharmacological treatment in heart failure (HF) to prevent rehospitalization and reduce HF symptom burden. Despite the importance of restricting sodium in the diet, the prevalence of nonadherence to a low-sodium diet has been known to be high. To reduce the high prevalence of nonadherence, we have to know the facilitating and challenging factors.

The level of recognition of the symptoms of violence against women by senior year nursing and midwifery students.

Violence against women maintains its importance. Nursing and midwifery students should be able to identify symptoms of violence against women. Healthcare providers have received insufficient education, either before or after graduation, for identifying violence cases and for dealing with interfamilial violence against women.

The prevalence of hypertension and obesity and effective factors: A cross-sectional bazaar study.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of hypertension/obesity and the effecting factors. Method: This cross-sectional study was done on segments of population that were shopping in 4 bazaars of Bornova, a district of Izmir province in western part of Turkey. In this research sample selection was not used.

Problem-solving skills of University nursing students and factors affecting them: A Cross-sectional study.

The aim of this study was to determine problem-solving skills of nursing students and the factors affecting them. This cross-sectional study comprised 233 senior students studying professional nursing at the university level in Turkey in 2018. The research sample comprised 176 students who participated voluntarily and the data was collected from them by using a "Personal Information Form" and "Problem-Solving Inventory.

The opinions of private and public school teachers regarding school nurses.

Objective: To compare the opinions of teachers in private and public schools about school nurses.

Methods: This descriptive study was conducted at 10 randomly selected private and public schools in Izmir in western Turkey during April-May 2016, and comprised teachers who consented to participate. A questionnaire was used to collect the data about socio-demographic information of the subjects (six questions), problems frequently encountered in school and the teachers' opinions about school health nurses (seven questions).

Analyzing musculoskeletal system discomforts and risk factors in computer-using office workers.

Objective: This study analyzed the prevalence of work-related computer-user musculoskeletal discomforts, personal and computer-related risk factors.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey on 395 office workers was made between July-September 2015. Musculoskeletal symptoms and risk factors were evaluated for participants' demographics and job attributes on the 21-item questionnaire and the Turkish-Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire.

Effects of Creating Awareness Through Photographs and Posters on Skin Self-Examination in Nursing Students.

Nurses can have an influence on primary and secondary prevention of skin cancer. Therefore, it is important to help them acquire knowledge and skills necessary to modify behavior in relation to skin cancers. The aim of this study was to examine effects of creating awareness through photographs and posters on knowledge and skills of skin self-examination in nursing students.

Health Beliefs of Nursing Faculty Students about Breast Cancer and Self Breast Examination.

Background: Breast cancer usually shows a slow development rate and when it is recognized in early stages very successful treatment results can be achieved. This research was planned to research the health beliefs of nursing faculty students about breast cancer and breast self-examination (BSE).

Materials And Methods: The first class students of nursing faculty formed the basis for this descriptive research (N=347).

Comparison of quality of life of Turkish cancer patients and their family caregivers.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life (QoL) of cancer patients and their family caregivers and determine associations.

Methods: A total of 93 paired patients and caregivers from an outpatient chemotherapy unit of the oncology units were recruited at a large university hospital in İzmir, all completing the Quality of Life Scale (QoLS).

Results: The mean age of patients was 45.

Visual inspection with acetic acid in cervical cancer screening.

Background: Visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) is an attractive screening method for early-phase cervical cancer in underdeveloped countries.

Objective: This study addressed the validity of VIA in cervical cancer screening by comparing results with colposcopy findings.

Methods: Of 350 women screened at the Ege University clinic using the Papanicolaou test, colposcopy and VIA were used additionally to screen 50 of these women.

Perceived family support of women with breast cancer and affecting factors in Turkey.

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the percieved family support of the women with breast cancer and the affecting factors.

Methods: The subjects were breast cancer cases undergoing treatment (n=240). The sample for this study was formed by women who accepted participation, were in the facility between the dates and hours when the study was applied, and who were selected with a nonprobability sampling technique (n=120).

Barriers to research utilisation among nurses in Turkey.

Aim And Objective: This study was conducted to identify barriers to research utilisation in practice among nurses in Turkey.

Background: It is clear from the nursing literature that there are several factors that can impede the use of research in practice. It is important that these are identified and addressed.

Beliefs of Turkish female teaching staff regarding mammography scanning.

Background: To our knowledge, there has hitherto been no research to determine the beliefs of female teaching staff, who are highly educated and form a special risk group regarding breast cancer, towards mammography scanning in Turkey. Definitive research was planned to determine the beliefs of the female teaching staff working in a university.

Methods: Data were collected by researchers via face-to-face interview using a sociodemographic questionnaire and " Health Belief Model ".

Bibliometric review of references of nursing research papers during the decade 1994-2003 in Turkey.

Aim: To identify important information on the state of academic nursing and the characteristics of academic nursing publications in Turkey.

Methods: The study consists of retrospective bibliometric research. The selected sample of the research consisted of six Turkish nursing journals published between 1994-2003 from a total population of ten journals.

Professional collaboration in students of Medicine Faculty and School of Nursing.

This descriptive study has been planned to analyze the professional collaboration among the students of Ege University, Faculty of Medicine and School of Nursing. The study group consisted of 137 5th and 6th grade students from the Faculty of Medicine and 142 3rd and 4th grade students from the School of Nursing. The participation rate is 94%.

Barriers to Research Utilization Scale: psychometric properties of the Turkish version.

Aim: This paper is report of a study designed to assess the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Barriers to Research Utilization Scale.

Background: The original Barriers to Research Utilization Scale was developed by Funk et al. in the United States of America.

Research on knowledge sources used in nursing practices.

This paper reports a questionnaire-based investigation into the knowledge sources used by nurses in two Turkish university hospitals, and whether these knowledge sources were related to sociodemographic variables. 78.5% of the nurses said that practice should be based on evidence and 75.

Reliability and validity of the colorectal cancer screening belief scale in Turkey.

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in Turkey. The emphasis of the healthcare services in Turkey is on curative rather than preventive and rehabilitative approaches. Although the Ministry of Health provides many healthcare services for prevention and early detection, their availability and accessibility are very low.