Social Participation of Older Adults in Rural and Urban Areas: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Turkey.

Social participation is important in terms of active aging and quality of life during old age. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the social participation of older adults in rural and urban areas in Turkey. Related factors were similarly identified.

An investigation of the relationship between religious coping and life satisfaction in oncology patients aged 65 and over.

Background: Religious coping refers to the use of religion or spirituality to cope with stressful situations. Religious coping is a concept which involves both positive and negative cases. Studies on oncology patients, who encounter various physical and psychological difficulties, report that religious coping beliefs and practices are of great importance in helping patients to face the disease, adapt to this crisis period and accept their disease, and maintain their hope.

Identification of the relationship between nicotine dependence levels and cessation fatigue.

Purpose: This study aims to identify the relationship between nicotine dependence levels and cessation fatigue.

Design And Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in a city located in the eastern part of Turkey between December 2019 and March 2020. The sample consisted of 107 students who met the research criteria.

Determination of Breast Cancer Fatalism in Women and the Investigation of the Relationship Between Women's Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear Test Health Beliefs with Religious Orientation and Fatalism.

This study aims to determine breast cancer fatalism in women and investigate the relationship between women's cervical cancer and pap smear test health beliefs with religious orientation and fatalism. The study, which was conducted as a descriptive and relational screening one, was conducted in the eastern part of Turkey between July and August 2019. The study was conducted with 357 women who were not diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer, and who were not pregnant.

Males' attitudes towards violence against women and the affecting factors.

Purpose: The present study aims to identify the attitudes of men living in two different cities of Turkey towards violence against women and to investigate the variables affecting their attitudes towards violence.

Design And Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in two factories in Ağrı and Kahramanmaraş cities between October and November 2019.

Findings: Participants' ISKEBE Violence against Women Attitude Scale mean score was 98.

An investigation of the relationship between alexithymia and empathy tendency in university students receiving health education.

Purpose: This study aims to identify the relationship between alexithymia and empathy tendency in university students receiving health education.

Design And Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with the volunteer participation of 376 students at a unıversity located in the eastern part of Turkey between September and October 2019. Data were collected through the Sociodemographic Form, the Empathy Tendency Scale, and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale.

Identification of the Knowledge Level of Students Receiving Health Education About the Human Papilloma Virus, Screening Tests, and Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination.

This study aims to identify the knowledge level of students receiving health education about the human papilloma virus, screening tests, and human papilloma virus vaccination. The present study was designed as a descriptive study. It was conducted in the Nursing department and First and Emergency Aid programs in a city in the Eastern part of Turkey between November and December 2019.

An investigation of the effect of the psychoeducation program provided to alexithymic and violent adolescents on the level of alexithymia.

Problem: Alexithymia is defined as difficulties in defining and describing feelings, differentiating feelings and bodily sensations caused by emotional arousal, and a combination of constricted imaginary processes. This study aims to investigate the effect of the psychoeducation program provided to individuals with alexithymia and violent tendencies adolescents on the level of alexithymia.

Methods: This experimental study was conducted between February 2019 and April 2019.

An Investigation of the Relationship Between Intercultural Sensitivity and Religious Orientation Among Nurses.

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between intercultural sensitivity and religious orientation among nurses. This study utilized a cross-sectional model. It was conducted in a public hospital in a city located in the eastern part of Turkey between July and September 2018.

An investigation of the relationship between ageing in place and successful ageing in elderly individuals.

Background: With the increase in longevity in the world, successful ageing has become an important issue. This study aims to investigate the relationship between ageing in place and successful ageing in elderlies.

Methods: This study, which utilised a descriptive and relational-screening model, was conducted with the participation of 370 individuals aged 65 and over who were registered in Family Health Centres in a city centre located in the eastern part of Turkey.

Relationship Between Religious Orientation and Death Anxiety in Elderly Individuals.

This study aims to identify the relationship between religious orientation and death anxiety in elderly individuals aged 65 and over. This study is cross sectional in nature. It was conducted with the participation of 250 individuals aged 65 and over who were registered in Family Health Centers in the city center located in the eastern part of Turkey between February and June, 2018.

Effects of the Training About Prostate Cancer and Screening Methods on Knowledge Level.

This quasi-experimental study aims to identify the effects of the training about prostate cancer and screening methods given to men aged 40 and over on their knowledge level. It was found that there were no differences between the experimental and control groups in terms of the perceived susceptibility, perceived seriousness, health motivation, perceived barriers, and perceived benefits subscale mean scores, but the posttest data revealed that the perceived susceptibility, health motivation, and perceived benefits subscale mean scores of the experimental group were higher and their perceived barriers mean score was lower; the differences between the mean scores were statistically significant ( < .05, < .

Individual innovativeness features of family health personnels and their attitudes towards technology.

Objective: To investigate family health personnel's innovativeness features and their attitude towards technology.

Methods: The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from April to June, 2017, at Family Health Centres located in two cities in eastern Turkey. It comprised family health personnel working with the two centres.

Development of the peripheral and central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection prevention knowledge and attitudes scale.

Background: Because of the necessities of modern medicine, catheters are frequently used for patients today. Mistakes made in catheter implementation frequently cause nosocomial infections.

Aims And Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to be used for the evaluation of nurses' knowledge and attitudes about peripheral and central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection prevention.

Distribution of cervical and breast cancer risk factors in women and their screening behaviours.

Breast cancer and cervical cancer are important causes of cancer-related mortality in women all over the world. The present study was conducted in order to investigate the distribution of cervical and breast cancer risk factors in women and their knowledge and behaviours about cancer screening methods. The study is cross-sectional in nature.

Identification of nursing students' attitudes toward older people.

Objectives: The present study aims to identify nursing students' attitudes toward older people.

Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with 166 nursing department students enrolled in a four-year undergraduate programme in a university located in Eastern Turkey. The participants were chosen using convenience sampling method, and data were collected through the Descriptive Characteristics Form and Turkish version of Kogan's Attitudes toward Older People Scale (KAOPS).

Comparison of Attitudes Toward Death Between University Students Who Receive Nursing Education and Who Receive Religious Education.

This study aims to compare attitudes toward death between university students who receive nursing education and who receive religious education. This study is cross-sectional in nature. It was conducted with the participation of 197 university students in a university located in the Eastern part of Turkey between June and August, 2017.

Nurses' compliance with isolation precautions and the affecting factors.

Purpose: This study aims at identifying nurses' compliance with isolation precautions and the affecting factors.

Methods: The present study is descriptive and relational in nature. Data were collected through Descriptive Features Form and The Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale (TIPCS), which was developed in Turkey in 2010.

Investigation of pain and life satisfaction in older adults.

Aim: The present study aimed to investigate pain and life satisfaction in older adults.

Methods: This study, which is descriptive in nature, utilized the relational screening model. It was carried out between September 2016 and March 2017, with 387 people aged ≥65 years who were registered in Family Health Centers in Ağrı, a city located in eastern Turkey.

An Investigation of the Relationship Between Nurses' Views on Spirituality and Spiritual Care and Their Level of Burnout.

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the relationship between nurses' views on spirituality and spiritual care and their level of burnout.

Method: This cross-sectional study used a convenience sample that comprised 118 nurses from one state hospital in eastern Turkey. The data were collected through questionnaires that were filled by the nurses individually, using a sociodemographic characteristics form, the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory.