Relationship between adolescents' perceptions of social support and their psychological well-being during COVID-19 Pandemic: A case study from Turkey.

The aim of this research was to establish the relationship between the perceptions of social support and the psychological well-being among adolescents during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This research, which includes descriptive and relative features, was conducted from December 15, 2020 to January 31, 2021. There were 378 participants, all of whom were adolescents aged from 13 to 18 years who were living in Turkey.

Determining the relationship between loneliness and internet addiction among adolescents during the covid-19 pandemic in Turkey.

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the levels of loneliness adolescents feel during the pandemic, and their respective levels of internet addiction.

Design And Methods: The sample of the study consists of 482 adolescents who volunteered to participate in the study. All participants had the cognitive competence to express themselves, and had access to the Internet.

Effects of therapeutic clowning on pain and anxiety during venous blood sampling in Turkey: Randomised controlled trial.

Purpose: The research aim was to investigate the effects of therapeutic clowning on pain and fear during the process of venous blood sampling in children.

Design And Methods: This study was conducted in a randomised controlled trial from January to March 2020. The study population consisted of children from 7 to 12 years of age who came to the research centre for blood sampling.

The Effects of Cartoon Assisted Endoscopy Preparation Package on Children's Fear and Anxiety Levels and Parental Satisfaction in Turkey.

Purpose: The study was conducted to determine the effect of the cartoon-assisted preparation package, developed for children undergoing an endoscopy procedure, on children's fear and anxiety levels and parental satisfaction.

Design And Methods: The study was conducted in a randomized controlled experimental design between April 2018-July 2019. The study sample consisted of a total of 65 children and their parents (33 in the intervention group and 32 in the control group) who met the research inclusion criteria in this study population.

Effects of Therapeutic Clowning on Pain and Anxiety During Intrathecal Chemotherapy in Turkey.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to explore the effect of therapeutic clowning on pain and anxiety during intrathecal chemotherapy.

Design & Methods: The study was conducted using a quasi-experimental method with a pretest-posttest control group design. The study sample was composed of children between 7 and 12 years old (N = 78) who had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and were undergoing intrathecal chemotherapy in a hospital in Turkey.

The Effect of Therapeutic Clowning on Handwashing Technique and Microbial Colonization in Preschool Children.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effect of therapeutic clowning on handwashing technique and microbial colonization in preschool children.

Design: This randomized controlled trial was conducted using pre-test and post-test experimental and control groups.

Methods: The study was conducted between March and June 2016 in two kindergartens in eastern Turkey.

Weaning practices of mothers in eastern Turkey.

Objective: The study aimed to determine the practices used by breastfeeding mothers to wean their children from the breast.

Method: This qualitative-quantitative research was conducted with mothers whose children were registered the pediatric clinics of a state hospital between June and September 2016. In accordance with a purposeful sampling method, 232 mothers of children between the ages of 2 and 5 years were included in the study.

The self-esteem and anxiety of children with and without mentally retarded siblings.

Background: The study was carried out with the aim of determining the factors affecting and to evaluate anxiety situations and self-esteem of children with and without mentally retarded siblings.

Materials And Methods: The sampling included 227 healthy children: 108 of them have mental retarded sibling and 119 of them do not have mental retarded sibling. The context of this study consisted of 15-18 year of age healthy children with mentally retarded siblings and 15-18 year of aged healthy children having at least one sibling between the dates February 15(st) and June 26(st) 2010.

The effect of the training given to the child development students about foreign body aspiration upon their knowledge levels.

Objective: This study was semi-experimentally conducted in order to determine knowledge levels of child development students about foreign body aspiration and to explore the effect of the training given to these students about foreign body aspiration upon their knowledge levels.

Methods: The research was conducted with a total of 231 students who studied at the department of child development of two high schools and one vocational higher school in Erzincan Province located in the east of Turkiye between May 2011 and February 2012. The data were gathered using a questionnaire form of 38 questions.

The effect of training administered to working mothers on maternal anxiety levels and breastfeeding habits.

Aim And Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effect of training administered to working mothers and its duration on maternal anxiety levels and breastfeeding habits.

Background: Within the scope of Health for All in the 21st Century project, a goal was set to increase the rate of infants fed exclusively by breastfeeding during the first six months of life to 80% by the year 2015.

Design: A randomised design with repeated measures.

The effect of the odor of breast milk on the time needed for transition from gavage to total oral feeding in preterm infants.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the application of the odor of breast milk in preterm infants during gavage feeding on the period of transition to total oral feeding.

Design: This prospective experimental study was performed on a total of 80 preterm infants: 40 infants in the study group and 40 in the control group.

Methods: This experimental study was performed in eastern Turkey at the Neonatal Intensive Care and Premature Unit of a university hospital between September 2007 and December 2008.

The effects of giving pacifiers to premature infants and making them listen to lullabies on their transition period for total oral feeding and sucking success.

Aim And Objective: This research aimed to assess the effect of giving pacifiers to premature infants and making them listen to lullabies on the transition period to total oral feeding, their sucking success and their vital signs (peak heart rate, respiration rate and oxygen saturation).

Background: It is very important that preterm infants start oral feeding as soon as possible to survive and get healthy quickly. Previous studies have shown that by using some external stimuli, premature babies can move to oral feeding at an earlier period than 34th gestational week, have increased daily weight gain and be discharged from hospital earlier.

The effects of various interventions to newborns on pain and duration of crying.

Aim And Objective: This study aimed to compare the effects of mother's milk, sucrose and pacifier use to overcome pain during painful interventions to the newborns on the crying time and pain.

Background: Various non-pharmacological methods are used to overcome the pain associated with painful interventions with newborns.

Design: A prospective, randomised, controlled study involved 120 newborns in Turkey.

Effectiveness of massage, sucrose solution, herbal tea or hydrolysed formula in the treatment of infantile colic.

Aim And Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of massage, sucrose solution, herbal tea or hydrolysed formula, each used individually in the treatment of infantile colic.

Background: The term colic describes a group of symptoms that occur frequently in infants, consisting of paroxysmal abdominal pain and severe crying. Infant colic is of importance for both parents and the community health services that provide families with care, and is therefore an important clinical problem that is amenable to nursing interventions.

Methods used to eliminate colic in infants in the eastern parts of Turkey.

Objective: Infant colic is a common problem characterized by excessive crying and fussing. There is not a consistent treatment method used to eliminate colic. Mothers make use of various models together to eliminate colic in their infants.

The effect of nurse training on the improvement of intravenous applications.

This research was performed to determine the effect of training on intravenous applications. The research was conducted between March 2004 and December 2004 as a single group pre-test, post-test, quasi- experimental design. The study population was composed of 45 volunteer nurses working in pediatric clinics of three hospitals at Erzurum city, in eastern Turkey.

Complementary and alternative medicine use in pediatric oncology patients in eastern Turkey.

The use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) among children with cancer is becoming increasingly popular. Therefore, it is important to gain insight into the prevalence and factors related to the use of CAM. This study presents findings from a study of parents of 88 children with cancer who were receiving or had received conventional therapy for treatment of childhood cancer at a pediatric oncology unit in eastern Turkey.

Adolescent immunization rates and the effect of socio-demographic factors on immunization in a cosmopolitan city (ERZURUM) in the eastern Turkey.

Objective: Pediatric vaccinations have decreased the incidence and mortality from infectious diseases in children, but adolescents continue to be adversely affected by vaccine preventable disease. The present study was performed to determine the status of adolescents immunization and to investigate the effect of several socio-demographic factors on immunization.

Material And Method: Using the cluster-sampling method, 817 adolescents were selected in 24 high schools (15,000 students) in central district of Erzurum (Turkey).