The effect of cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) on apathy, loneliness, anxiety and activities of daily living in older people with Alzheimer's disease: randomized control study.

Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the effect of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) on apathy, loneliness, anxiety, and activities of daily living of individuals with Alzheimer's disease.

Method: The study was conducted in a daily care center between January 2023 and January 2024 in a randomized control study. A total of 52 people, 26 intervention and 26 control groups, were enrolled in the study and formed the sample of the study.

The role of predominant polarity on cognitive dysfunctions in patients with bipolar disorder.

Background: Cognitive impairment is frequently observed in bipolar disorder (BD). Previous findings indicated that predominant polarity could have an effect on cognitive deficits. This study aimed to examine the association between predominant polarity and cognitive impairments in BD.

Adaptation of the Short-form 6-item UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-6) into Turkish.

Objective: The short-form 6-item UCLA Loneliness Scale is a brief assessment scale developed to determine the level of loneliness from a onedimensional perspective while preserving psychometric properties equivalent to the original 20-item version. This study aimed to adapt the shortform 6-item UCLA Loneliness Scale into Turkish and to analyze its validity and reliability.

Method: The convenience sampling method was preferred for this methodological study, in which 411 clinical and non-clinical individuals were included.

Emotions reflected in colours: experiences of nursing students during the COVID-19 period.

Background: The aim of this study was to identify nursing students' fears and emotions and to concretise the metaphors they used to describe their feelings towards the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This study was conducted with nursing students at a foundation university between December 2021 and February 2022 using a sequential mixed methods research design. In the quantitative part of the study, 323 nursing students answered the 'Positive and Negative Emotion Scale' and the 'COVID-19 Fear Scale'.