Pregnant women frequently use the Internet to get information, and the information they receive is effective in their decision-making. It is known that pregnant women get information about COVID-19 vaccines from the Internet. This study aims to determine whether decision-making based on Internet sources during pregnancy is a predictive factor for vaccine hesitancy in pregnant women during the pandemic.
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September 2023
Objective: Childbirth experience and perception of birth are personal. It is important to understand how the traumatic childbirth experiences affected women and for the nursing care that would be given to them. The aim of the research was to determine the childbirth experiences perceived by women as traumatic, how they were affected by these experiences, and how they coped.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Palliat Nurs
May 2023
Background: Cancer has a large impact on the life of the diagnosed person and also their caregivers, who are typically family members. The impact of cancer on a Muslim woman and her caregivers has not been well researched because of cultural and social constraits.
Aims: The aim of this study was to explorel the experiences of Muslim women with gynaecological cancers and their family caregivers.
Objectives: to examine pregnant Turkish women's opinions on COVID-19 vaccines.
Design: a qualitative approach was used to gather data through semi-structured interviews.
Participants And Setting: 16 women about to receive a vaccine during their pregnancy and who did or did not experience vaccine hesitancy participated.
Objective: COVID-19 is a serious public health problem. Therefore, it is important to vaccinate the community. This study was aimed at examining the reasons for individuals' COVID-19 vaccine hesitations, and decisions that have changed over time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Reprod Infant Psychol
January 2024
Objective: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of fear of childbirth and affecting factors in pregnant women in Turkey.
Materials And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study and included a total of 2025. Pregnant Women Assessment, some variables related to previous and current perinatal processes and Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (version A) were used for data collection.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine experiences and coping strategies of women receiving treatment for breast and gynecological cancers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: A descriptive, phenomenological approach was adopted. The study included 15 women receiving treatment for breast and gynecological cancers in the chemotherapy center of a university hospital.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
December 2022
Objective: The objectice of this study was to reveal difficulties, coping and expectations of overweight/obese women during pregnancy.
Methods: A descriptive, phenomenological approach was used. Fourteen pregnant women having a body mass index of 25 or over 25.
J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod
October 2021
Background: During pregnancy period, women's information needs increases. Receiving information during this period affects the birth and postpartum period.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the use of the internet to receiving childbirth information by pregnant women.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
November 2020
Health Info Libr J
December 2020
Background: An excessive overload of information causes an ineffective management of information, stress and indefiniteness. Furthermore, this situation can prevent persons from learning and making conscious decisions.
Objective: This study aims to determine the cancer information overload (CIO) and the factors related to it in adults who are Internet users.
Background: There is insufficient information on how the burden of caregiving is affected when the family caregiver is a health professional. Studies are needed to investigate this issue.
Aims: The purpose of this study was to reveal difficulties experienced by a nurse family caregiver offering care to a family member diagnosed with end-stage cancer and how she coped with these difficulties.
Background: Supportive care during labor, the primary role of intrapartum nurses and midwives, provides comfort to prepartum women and helps facilitate a positive labor experience. It has been argued that supportive care during labor reduces fear and anxiety as well as the resultant side effects. However, evidence supporting this argument is insufficient.
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October 2015
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the preferences of nulliparous women and their partners in giving birth and the reasons for these preferences.
Methods: The sample in this cross-sectional study consisted of 162 pregnant women in the last trimester of pregnancy and their partners. Data collection was accomplished using a questionnaire.
Nurse Educ Pract
March 2016
Clinical education has a vital role in nursing curriculum. Clinical education environment can be enhanced by feedbacks provided by students. The purpose of this research was to search factors that affect the clinical learning environment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: to examine the effects of antenatal education on fear of childbirth, maternal self-efficacy, and maternal and paternal attachment.
Design: quasi-experimental study, comparing an antenatal education group and a control group.
Participants: 63 pregnant women and their husbands.
Students' perceptions of nursing influence their choice of nursing as a career and whether they remain in the profession. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of entry-level male and female nursing students and the reasons for choosing nursing as a career. A qualitative approach was used by focus group interviews with 31 nursing students, and socio-demographic data were collected by questionnaire.
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March 2015
Background: Cancer is a disease which affects not only patients but also their families physically and emotionally. The purpose of this study was to determine the needs, challenges and ways of coping of caregivers of cancer patients.
Materials And Methods: In the study, a phenomenological approach was used.
Purpose: To compare the breast-feeding outcomes and breast-feeding self-efficacy, in the first 24 postpartum hours, of mothers who underwent vaginal birth, cesarean birth with epidural anesthesia, and cesarean birth with general anesthesia.
Methods: A comparative study was conducted in Turkey. A total of 334 mothers participated.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the locus of control and problem-solving skills of nursing students studying with the problem-based learning method with those of nursing students studying with the traditional method.
Methods: This is a descriptive and comparative study. For data collection, the Problem-Solving Skills Inventory and the Locus of Control Scale were used.