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.

Evaluating the effectiveness of a new curriculum for transcultural nursing education: a mixed-method study.

Background: In recent years, limited studies have evaluated the development of cultural awareness, sensitivity, skills, communication and competence among nursing students using different models and curricula.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a new internationally developed curriculum for transcultural nursing education.

Methods: This mixed methods study was conducted on nursing students (n = 83) who attended a transcultural nursing course from 2021 to 2022 during the fall semester.

Medication Adherence and Functioning in Individuals With Bipolar Disorder Type I.

Purpose: To determine the correlation between medication adherence and functioning in individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) and the predictors of functionality.

Method: This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with 145 individuals with BD type I. Data were collected using a Patient Information Form, the Medication Adherence Rating Scale, and Functioning Assessment Short Test.

Nursing and midwifery students' perceptions of the elderly in nursing homes: a metaphor analysis.

Background: Nursing and midwifery students' perceptions and attitudes toward older adults affect their behaviours, career choices and/or the quality of care provided to older adults after graduation. This study aimed to evaluate the perceptions of second year nursing and midwifery students toward elderly people staying in nursing homes through metaphor analysis.

Methods: This qualitative study has used the phenomenological approach.

Analysis of dementia research trends in nursing using text mining approach.

This research aimed to analyze dementia research trends in nursing using a text mining approach. In this study, text mining approach was used to analyze the studies on dementia in the field of nursing around the world. In this study, summaries of all available publications in English between the years 1990-2023 were extracted from the database and transferred to an Excel table by using the 'Nursing' AND 'Dementia' query from the Thomson Reuters-ISI Web of Science database.

Developing the better and effective nursing education for improving transcultural nursing skills cultural competence and cultural sensitivity assessment tool (BENEFITS-CCCSAT).

Background: A clear need for the development of new comprehensive, reliable, sensitive and valid measurement tools to adequately asses the cultural competence and cultural sensitivity of nursing students exists. This study aimed to develop a new measurement tool to assess the nursing students' cultural competence and sensitivity.

Methods: This cross-sectional, instrument development study's first phase included postgraduate nursing students (n = 60) for the piloting study, and the second one included undergraduate nursing students (n = 459) for the main survey.

Spiritual Well-Being and Psychological Well-Being Among Hemodialysis Patients in Turkey: A Descriptive and Correlational Study.

This study aimed to determine the psychological and spiritual well-being of hemodialysis patients in Turkey. This descriptive and correlational study included 86 hemodialysis patients. Data were collected using the Spiritual Well-Being Scale and Psychological Well-Being Scale.

Determination of Health Anxiety and Resilience Levels in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Rheumatoid Arthritis During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Case-Control Study.

Background: Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Rheumatoid Arthritis are chronic diseases associated with pain. These diseases reduce the patient's quality of life and cause psychological problems. The study aimed to determine health anxiety and resilience levels in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic.

The effect of medication adherence on psychosocial adjustment to body weight, image, and self-esteem in patients with schizophrenia.

Purpose: The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of medication adherence on psychosocial adjustment to body weight, image, and self-esteem in patients with schizophrenia.

Design And Methods: This cross-sectional and correlational study consisted of 154 patients with schizophrenia registered in a Community Mental Health Center.

Findings: The patients had moderate psychosocial adjustment to body weight, image, and self-esteem, and 56.

The effects of irrational romantic relationship beliefs and experiences in close relationships on dating violence of nursing and midwifery students.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of irrational romantic relationship beliefs and experiences in close relationships on dating violence of nursing and midwifery students.

Methods: This was a descriptive, correlational study. The study was conducted with 261 nursing and midwifery students in a university located in northeastern Turkey.

The Relationship between Alexithymia, Psychological Well-Being and Religious Coping in Fibromyalgia Patients in Turkey.

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between alexithymia, psychological well-being, and religious coping in fibromyalgia patients. This study was planned as a descriptive and cross-sectional research design. The sample consisted of 175 fibromyalgia patients.

The relationship between nursing students' digital and smartphone addiction levels and nomophobia: A descriptive, correlational study.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nursing students' digital addiction and smartphone addiction levels and nomophobia.

Methods: This is a descriptive, correlational study. It was conducted with 215 nursing students in a university located in northeastern Turkey.

State anxiety levels of nurses providing care to patients with COVID-19 in Turkey.

Purpose: This study investigates the state anxiety levels of nurses providing care to patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in Turkey.

Design And Methods: This cross-sectional study is based on the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to collect the study data.

Opinions of staff working in workplace-violence-related units on violence against nurses: A qualitative study.

The aim of this study was to assess the opinions of staff working in workplace-violence related units on violence against nurses. A qualitative and descriptive design was used. The participants were seven nurses, one biologist, and one social worker who agreed to attend an interview and worked in employee rights unit or occupational health and safety unit.

The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Psychosocial Skills Training on Functioning and Insight Level in Patients with Schizophrenia.

This study aims to determine the effect of mindfulness-based psychosocial skills training (MBPST) on the functional recovery and insight level in patients with schizophrenia. In this study, 40 patients with schizophrenia registered in the Aksaray Community Mental Health Centre were divided into two groups: the intervention group (n = 20) and the non-intervention group (n = 20). The Functional Recovery Scale in Schizophrenia (FRSS) and the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS) were measured at preintervention and postintervention.

Effect of executive music therapy on state and trait anxiety levels of patients in a psychiatric ward: A quasi-experimental study.

Aim: This quasi-experimental study aimed to assess the effect of executive music therapy (EMT) on the state and trait anxiety levels of patients with psychiatric disorders.

Design And Methods: The study sample consisted of 64 patients who were hospitalized in a psychiatric ward in Giresun, Turkey between January and April 2019.

Findings: This study showed that EMT decreased the state anxiety levels of inpatients with psychiatric disorders (P < .

The effect of sociodemographic factors on anxiety, depression, and perceived social support in patients with internal medicine and surgical problems.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effect of sociodemographic factors on anxiety, depression, and perceived social support in patients with internal medicine and surgical problems.

Design And Methods: The study comprised 522 patients who were hospitalized at the internal medicine and surgical clinics of the training and research hospital of a university.

Findings: Of all the patients, 27% were at the risk of anxiety and 51.

The impact of side effects on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients' adherence to prescribed medical therapy.

Purpose: Our study aims to investigate how antipsychotic drugs' side effects impact schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients and how this affects their adherence to prescribed medical therapy.

Design And Methods: The study sample consists of 47 bipolar disorder and 45 schizophrenic patients. Data were collected using the Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) and Liverpool University Neuroleptic Side Effect Rating Scale (LUNSERS).

The effects of group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in nursing students: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Academic and clinical stressors are experienced by most nursing students enrolled in a nursing education program. The students who cannot effectively deal with these stressors experience stress, anxiety and depression.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on mindfulness, depression, anxiety, and stress levels in nursing students.