A cross-sectional study evaluating grip strength and associated factors in Turkish nurses and nursing students.

Background: Grip strength is an important indicator of muscle strength. Nursing job demands physical power, which is related to their muscle strength. However, studies on nurses' grip strength remains lacking.

Nutritional behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: the association of fear and sleep quality with emotional eating.

Purpose: Even though it is known that fear and poor sleep quality trigger emotional eating, whether fear and poor sleep quality are associated with emotional eating during the COVID-19 pandemic is not clear. This study aimed to evaluate the association of fear of COVID-19, sleep quality, and some sociodemographic characteristics with emotional eating during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: This cross-sectional descriptive study was completed with 495 participants in Turkey.

Predictors of COVID-19 preventive behaviours in a sample of the Turkish population.

Aim: This research aimed to determine predictors of COVID-19 preventive behaviours in a sample of the Turkish population.

Methods: The study was conducted with 575 individuals. COVID-19 preventive behaviours were evaluated with a 19-item scale scored from 19 to 95.

The association of perceived sociability and social intelligence with loneliness in online learning among nursing students.

Background: As a result of the decrease in socialization levels in computer-supported collaborative learning settings and/or interactions in social environments during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the adverse influence on the social intelligence development of nursing students could trigger loneliness.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of perceived sociability and social intelligence on loneliness in online learning among nursing students in Turkey.

Design: Descriptive, correlational and predictive study.

The effects of fear of COVID-19, loneliness, and resilience on the quality of life in older adults living in a nursing home.

This study aimed to evaluate the fear of COVID-19, loneliness, resilience, and quality of life levels in older adults in a nursing home during the pandemic, and the effects of these variables and descriptive characteristics on their quality of life. Data were collected using a participant information form, the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE), the Brief Resilience Scale, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S), the Loneliness Scale for Elderly (LSE), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF Turkish Version (WHOQOL-BREF-TR). Regarding the WHOQOL-BREF-TR scale, being male, history of chronic disease, MMSE score, and the changes in sleep pattern significantly affected the physical dimension (R=0.

The use of complementary and alternative medicine among lymphoma and cancer patients with a solid tumor: Oncology clinics at Northern and Southern Turkey.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and predictors of the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and to examine the differences between patients who used CAM and those who did not among those who were being treated in oncology clinics in the northern and southern regions of Turkey. In order to collect the relevant data, 288 outpatients receiving chemotherapy were selected to participate in the study.

Materials And Methods: The research was designed as a descriptive, relational and cross-sectional study.

Attitudes, beliefs and comfort levels of midwifery students regarding sexual counselling in Turkey.

Objective: this aim of this study was to determine midwifery students' attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual counselling, the factors preventing effective sexual counselling and comfort levels towards sexual counselling.

Participants: the study was conducted with 650 students studying in the midwifery departments of eight universities in Turkey (response rate 59.1%).

Psychometric properties of the self-efficacy for clinical evaluation scale in Turkish nursing students.

Aims And Objectives: To examine psychometric properties of the Self-Efficacy for Clinical Evaluation Scale (SECS) in a nursing student sample.

Background: Self-efficacy is a good choice to be used in order to make a prediction of nursing students' performance in clinical practice. The SECS, consisting of perceived self-efficacy and importance subscales, seems to be suitable to evaluate self-efficacy regarding care skills for patients with chronic diseases.

Factors affecting health status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The aim of this study is to determine the correlation between the quality of life (QOL) and subjective dyspnoea, subjective fatigue, sleep quality, and the forced expiratory volume in first second (FEV(1)) % predicted value and collective contribution of these variables on QOL. The study was conducted with 102 patients. Pulmonary function tests (FEV(1) % predicted value, FEV(1) /forced vital capacity), subjective dyspnoea, subjective fatigue, sleep quality were assessed.

Validity and reliability of Turkish Caregiver Burden Scale among family caregivers of haemodialysis patients.

Aims And Objectives: To investigate the validity and reliability of the Caregiver Burden Scale in family members who provide primary care for haemodialysis patients.

Background: In Turkey, there is a need for a multi-dimensional instrument to evaluate the caregiver burden in people who provide care for patients with chronic diseases.

Design: A methodological study.

The relation of the subjective dyspnoea perception with objective dyspnoea indicators, quality of life and functional capacity in patients with COPD.

Aims And Objectives: The study was conducted to determine the relationship between the subjective dyspnoea perception and objective dyspnoea indicators, quality of life and functional capacity.

Background: Even though dyspnoea severity is generally assessed through objective parameters such as respiratory functions and arterial blood gases, studies indicate that subjectively perceived dyspnoea is not always consistent with objective dyspnoea indicators. For that reason, it is necessary to assess the changes caused by dyspnoea on quality of life and on functional capacity in addition to objective dyspnoea indicators to assess subjective dyspnoea in the most accurate way in patients with COPD.

Dietary habits contributing to the cancer prevention among health college students in Turkey.

This descriptive study was made to evaluate the dietary habits contributing to cancer prevention of 319 health college students. Data collection form included questions about demographic characteristics and 33 statements which evaluate dietary habits contributing to cancer prevention. Among the students, 56.

The complementary and alternative medicine use among asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the southern region of Turkey.

The aim of this descriptive study was to investigate the complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) applications and factors associated and its use among asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in the southern region of Turkey. The study sample consisted of 197 patients. A percentage of 86.

The effectiveness of nurse-led, home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD in Turkey.

The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of nurse-led, home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with stage 3 or 4 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to the Global Initiative for COPD (GOLD) staging system. The study consisted of 32 patients--a nurse-led, home-based pulmonary rehabilitation group (16) and a control group (16). In the rehabilitation program, patients received education about their diseases and performed breathing exercises and lower- and upper-extremity aerobic exercises at their homes during the 3-month period of the study.