Efficacy of the Roy Adaptation Model with smartphone training in reducing urinary tract infection in pediatric clean intermittent catheterization: a prospective study.

Purpose: Study aimed to compare incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI), type of bacteria grown, development of antibiotic resistance over 2 years in children whose caregivers underwent training based on the Roy Adaptation Model with an android phone application for patients clean intermittent catheterization (RAMACIC) versus those whose caregivers received routine training in hospital.

Method: This study was conducted as a descriptive, prospective study with 40 patients and caregivers between October 2021 and 2023 as a continuation of a previously conducted randomized controlled experimental study by the researchers. Data were collected the "Participant Form," and "Urine Test Form" analyzed with the SPSS 22 package.

The effect of model-based android phone application supported clean intermittent catheterization training on caregivers and children: A randomized controlled study.

Unlabelled: This study aimed to compare effects of clean intermittent catheterization training, which is routinely applied in hospital, and the Roy Adaptation Model-based, Android phone application (RAMTAKE)-supported clean intermittent catheterization training on caregivers' knowledge/skill, coping/adaptation levels, and urinary tract infection development in children. The research followed a randomized controlled study approach involving 40 patients and caregivers under clean intermittent catheterization care at a university pediatric nephrology clinic between March 2020 and February 2021. Data were collected from the "sociodemographic questionnaire," "clean intermittent catheterization application knowledge and skill level assessment form," and "Coping and Adaptation Processing Scale," and a urinary tract infection follow-up form was used.

A qualitative study on the experiences of Turkish caregivers of learning clean intermittent catheterization.

Purpose: The process of caregivers learning to implement clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) affects both children and caregivers negatively. The aim of this study was to examine the experiences of caregivers performing CIC on their children with spina bifida (SB).

Design And Methods: This study was conducted with a qualitative design between June 5 and September 25, 2022, with the caregivers of 17 children.

The relationship between men's health literacy levels and their health beliefs and attitudes towards prostate cancer screening: A case study in a rural area.

This study aimed to examine the relationship between health literacy level and health beliefs and attitudes regarding prostate cancer screening in males aged 40-70 who lived in rural areas and had not been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The sample of the study consisted of 379 men. The data were collected between January and December 2022 using the "Participant Information Form," the "Turkey Health Literacy-32 Scale," and the "Prostate Cancer Screening Health Belief Model Scale.

An assessment of informal caregivers' knowledge levels on daily and emergency care practices for the elderly: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

This study was aimed to determine knowledge level of informal caregivers daily care, emergency situations and the effect of the socio-demographic characteristics of informal caregivers on their knowledge levels. This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted between November 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022, with 83 (79.8 %) informal caregivers living in rural areas in northeast Türkiye.

Investigation of anxiety levels in caregivers who perform clean intermittent catheterization on their children and affecting factors.

Purpose: The study aimed to determine the anxiety levels of caregivers who performed clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) on their children and the factors affecting them.

Methods: This descriptive study was conducted between January 6, and May 29, 2023 with caregivers of 42 patients who were followed up by the pediatric nephrology outpatient clinic of a university for CIC. The study data were collected using the "Participant Information Form" and the "State and Trait Anxiety Scale.

Nurse Perceptions of Knowledge and Preparedness for Disasters.

Objective: The study aimed to determine the level of knowledge and perceptions of preparedness for disasters among nurses working in a tertiary university hospital.

Method: The population of this cross-sectional study consisted of nurses working in a university hospital in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey (n = 340). The sample included 183 nurses who were determined using the OpenEpi program and the universal sampling method.