Publications by authors named "Sema Aytac"
The Level of Trauma and Hopelessness of Survivor Nursing Students of the February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes: The Case of Türkiye.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep
January 2025
Objectives: To assess the post-earthquake trauma and hopelessness levels of nursing students due to the earthquakes that occurred on February 6, 2023.
Methods: This study was conducted between April and May 2023 in the Nursing Department in a province located in Southeastern Türkiye using the face-to-face interview technique. The study was completed with 276 students in line with the power analysis.
The effect of breathing exercises on fatigue in tuberculosis patients: a randomized controlled trial.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
December 2024
Objective: This study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effect of breathing exercises on fatigue in patients diagnosed with tuberculosis.
Methods: The tuberculosis patients included in the study were divided into two groups: intervention (26) and control (28) by a program established after the power analysis. After the researcher informed the patients in the intervention group about breathing exercises, including diaphragmatic and pursed lip breathing, they were taught, and the first exercise was practiced.
Stigma in tuberculosis patients: a cross-sectional study in the southeast region of Turkey.
Psychol Health Med
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- * Conducted from December 2020 to June 2021, it involved 79 participants, using questionnaires and the Tuberculosis-Related Stigma Scale (TSS) to measure stigma, with a higher score indicating greater stigma.
- * Results showed that over half of the participants experienced negative societal perceptions of TB, significantly impacting communication with family; the average stigma score was very high at 103.51, particularly among smokers and those affected in their professional lives.
Background And Objective: Pain is among the most important symptoms in terms of prevalence and a major cause of distress for cancer patients and their family caregivers. Thus, we conducted this study with the aim to compare assessment of pain among cancer patients and their caregivers and to determine the problems experienced by caregivers.
Methods: A cross-sectional and descriptive design was used.