Correlation between social support and psychological resilience levels in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery: a descriptive study.

Psychological resilience is considered to be promising especially for patients with CRC, which is among the most frequent types of cancer and is known to have serious physical and psycho-social impacts on individuals. Thus, it is stated that psychosocial interventions need to be done in order to overcome emotional stress. This study was conducted to determine the correlation between social support and resilience in patients undergoing surgical therapy due to colorectal cancer.

The effect of knowledge and health beliefs about colorectal cancer on screening behaviour.

Aims And Objectives: To determine the effect of the knowledge and health beliefs of individuals about colorectal cancer on their screening behaviour.

Background: Colorectal cancer ranks third among the most common cancers both worldwide and in Turkey. Colorectal cancer plays an important role in cancer mortality but can be prevented by promoting healthy behaviour and participation in early screening programmes.

The prevalence and impacts heavy menstrual bleeding on anemia, fatigue and quality of life in women of reproductive age.

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence and impacts of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) on anemia, fatigue, and the quality of life (QoL) in women of reproductive age.

Methods: This study was conducted among 306 women of reproductive age who presented at the internal medicine outpatient departments of the training and research hospital of a university. The data of the study were collected by the "Data collection form", "SF-36 Quality of Life Scale (SF-36 QoLS)" and "Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI)".