The Stirling Antenatal Anxiety Scale (SAAS): Turkish validity and reliability study.

Aims: To examine the psychometric properties of the Stirling Antenatal Anxiety Scale (SAAS), developed by Sinesi et al., which assesses the level of anxiety of pregnant women in the prenatal period, in the Turkish culture, and to conduct a validity and reliability study.

Methods: This study had a methodological approach, with a cross-sectional and descriptive research design.

Evaluation of women's sexual quality of life, depression, and sexual functions in the pregnancy and postpartum periods: A multi-centered study.

Aim: This multi-centered, longitudinal, and prospective study aims to identify women's sexual functions, sexual quality of life, and depression and their relationships with each other in the pregnancy and postpartum periods.

Methods: The participating pregnant women (n = 113) were interviewed six times: once in each trimester, and once in the eighth week third month, and sixth month postpartum. This study was conducted in three regions of Turkey including Marmara, Mediterranean, and Central Anatolia regions.

Evaluation of Gender Courses Offered in Accord with the Curriculum of the Faculties of Health Sciences in Turkish Universities.

Aim: This study, with the presence of gender course in mind, aimed to examine the core education programs, which provide the fundamental standards for the determination of the curriculum background and needs of the Turkish undergraduate programs in healthcare and for the improvement of the quality of the curriculum.

Methods: The research was prepared in a descriptive study. In this context, between April 1, 2018 and April 30, 2018, the study analyzed whether gender course was included in the curricula of the faculties of health sciences in 183 Turkish universities.

The effect of a counseling and training program on the treatment of women with overactive bladder.

Anticholinergic drugs and behavioral interventions are effective methods for the treatment of OAB and UUI. This randomized controlled, prospective, and quasi-experimental study determined the effect of healthy lifestyle behavior training, based on the Health Promotion Model (HPM), on the treatment of women with Overactive Bladder (OAB). The study sample included intervention and control groups with a sample size of 100 women diagnosed with OAB who received pharmacological treatment and agreed to participate in the study.

Effectiveness of nursing care after surgery for stress urinary incontinence.

This study was conducted in two stages with 32 Turkish women undergoing surgery for correction of stress urinary incontinence. In Stage 1, 13 subjects (Group 1) were recruited for interviews and observations of their nursing care needs. Stage I also involved the development of a patient education pamphlet, nursing care protocol, and a standard nursing care plan.