Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric assessment of the Turkish version of the Vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale.

Background/aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale (VASS). Materials and methods: This was a methodological study. The sample included 140 elderly individuals.

Improving the quality of life for multiple sclerosis patients using the nurse-based home visiting model.

Purpose: Multiple sclerosis (MS) sufferers have a high prevalence of co-morbidity associated with poor quality of life, high health care costs and increased risk for adverse outcomes. These patients are often lacking in optimal home care, which may result in subsequent hospital readmissions. However, a specific nurse-based home visiting model for patients with MS is not yet available in Turkey.

The burnout and exhaustion levels of nurses working in haemodialysis units.

Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the burnout and exhaustion levers of nurses working in haemodialysis units.

Method: The study was a cross-sectional and descriptive one. A total of 95 nurses working at the 17 dialysis centres in the centre of the Ankara Province were included.

Effects of multisensory stimulation on cognition, depression and anxiety levels of mildly-affected Alzheimer's patients.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate and assess the effects of musical therapy, painting inanimate-animate object pictures, and orientation to time-place-person interventions on the cognitive state, depression, and anxiety levels of mildly-affected Alzheimer's patients.

Methods: The study using a quasi-experimental design was conducted with 27 mildly-affected Alzheimer's patients. The effects of the multisensory stimulation were evaluated with the "Mini Mental State Examination," the "Geriatric Depression Scale," and the "Beck Anxiety Scale.

Reliability and validity of the Functional Living Index-Cancer in Turkish cancer patients.

The objective of this study was to test the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Functional Living Index-Cancer in Turkey. The English version of the Functional Living Index-Cancer was translated into Turkish following the standard translation methodology. The questionnaire was administered to 110 cancer patients who had been receiving chemotherapy.

Silent brain infarction in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis.

Silent brain infarction (SBI) is defined as asymptomatic infarction areas detected in computerized tomography (CT) scans in patients without a history of stroke. The incidence of SBI is increased in CT or magnetic resonance imaging in patients with carotid stenosis and with atrial fibrillation (AF), but its relation with rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS), another major source of emboli, is uncertain. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of SBI in patients with MS.