The Effects of Patient-Centered Communication on Patient Engagement, Health-Related Quality of Life, Service Quality Perception and Patient Satisfaction in Patients with Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study in Türkiye.

Introduction: Patient-centered communication is a type of communication that takes place between the provider and the patient.

Objectives: It is aimed to reveal the effects of patient-centered communication on patient engagement, health-related quality of life, perception of service quality and patient satisfaction.

Method: The study was conducted by applying multiple regression analysis to the data obtained from 312 patients with cancer treated in a training and research hospital affiliated to the Ministry of Health in Diyarbakır, Türkiye.

The challenges faced by patients with hereditary myopathy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Neuromuscular diseases are inherited and the prevalance of neuromuscular disease is estimated to be around 1:2000.

Methods: This cross-sectional research was conducted with a qualitative research model. Data were collected from patients with an online survey using the snowball sampling method.

Development of the self-efficacy scale in caregivers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients.

Background: It is important to measure the self-efficacy knowledge of the caregiver of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients in order to overcome the problems that arise and carry out the care process in a healthy manner.

Objective: This research was carried out to develop a self-efficacy scale in caregivers of individuals with DMD.

Methods: The study was conducted with 99 volunteer DMD caregivers to evaluate the psychometric properties of the developed scale.

Validity and reliability of the Pandemic Fatigue Scale (PFS) in the Turkish population.

Background: The measures developed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic caused fear, stress and anxiety in people over time. It was reported that pandemic fatigue, associated with the gradual loss of motivation to follow the implemented protective measures, emerged in societies.

Objective: This cross-sectional-methodological study aimed to validate the Turkish version of the Pandemic Fatigue Scale, developed by Lilleholt et al.

Socio-demographic characteristics affect health information seeking on the Internet in Turkey.

Objective: The objective of this paper was to determine the effects of certain socio-demographic characteristics of Turkish individuals who seek health information on the Internet.

Methods: This study was granted permission to use data obtained by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TSI) in 2018 under their Household Information Technology Use (HITU) study. The original sample for this research comprised 19,389 participants.

The evaluation of malpractice cases arising from aesthetic intervention in Turkey based on Supreme Court case law.

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate medical malpractice cases arising from aesthetic services based on the decisions of the Supreme Court.

Material And Methods: In the study, compensation and criminal lawsuits finalized by the civil and penal courts of the Supreme Court were examined retrospectively. All the case law decisions were obtained from the official website of the Supreme Court: www.