Effect of using a birth ball on birth satisfaction and pain in pregnant women during labor: a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: This study was applied to evaluate the effect of birth ball use on birth satisfaction and pain levels of pregnant women during labor.

Methods: The type of study is randomized controlled. The data of the study were collected in the delivery room of a state hospital in Konya/Türkiye between March 2020 and December 2021.

Spousal support and dyadic adjustment in the early postpartum period.

In the study, we aimed to investigate the effects of perceived spousal support and dyadic adjustment on the psychological well-being of women in the early postpartum period. This descriptive and correlational study consisted of 367 women giving birth in the postpartum department between 15th July and 31st October 2022. The data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Perceived Spousal Support Among Women in Early Postpartum Period (PSSAWEPP), the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS), and the Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS).

Virtual Reality Headset Simulating a Nature Environment to Improve Health Outcomes in Pregnant Women: A Randomized-Controlled Trial.

The single-blind randomized-controlled experimental study aimed to determine the effects of watching nature images through virtual reality (VR) headset on stress, anxiety, and attachment levels of pregnant women with preterm birth threats (PBTs). The participants were 131 primiparous pregnant women admitted to the perinatology clinic due to PBT between April 5, 2022 and July 20, 2022. The intervention group watched videos containing nature images accompanied by nature sounds in six sessions through VR headset three times daily for 2 days.

The Effect of Supportive Care for Pregnant Women During Labor on Breastfeeding Self- Efficacy and the Perception of Childbirth in a Central Region of Turkey.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of support given to pregnant women during labor on their perception of childbirth and their breastfeeding self-efficacy.

Methods: This descriptive and relational study was conducted with 331 primigravid women who had a vaginal delivery in a maternity unit from December 15, 2018, to March 15, 2020. Data were collected using a descriptive characteristics form prepared by the researcher and based on the relevant literature, the Scale of Women's Perception for Supportive Care Given During Labor (SWPSCDL), the Perception of Birth Scale (POBS), and the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF).

Urinary Incontinence in Turkish Women: A Qualitative Study on Daily Life and Sexual Health.

Purpose: The study was performed to determine how urinary incontinence (UI) affects women's daily lives and sexual health and how UI is perceived.

Design: Qualitative descriptive phenomenological design was used.

Subjects And Setting: The study was conducted in a family health center in Konya, Turkey, with official permission of the ministry of health.

Factors Affecting Primiparous Pregnant Women's Prenatal Attachment Levels, Childbirth Self-Efficacy Beliefs, and Labor Worry Levels.

This study aimed to identify the factors affecting primiparous pregnant women's prenatal attachment levels, childbirth self-efficacy beliefs, and labor worry levels. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 351 pregnant women. The data were collected by using a Personal Information Form, the Prenatal Attachment Inventory, the Oxford Worries about Labour Scale, and the Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory.

Postpartum Urinary Incontinence: A Qualitative Study on Sexuality and Life Experiences of Muslim Turkish Women.

Objectives: The study was planned to identify the sexuality and life experiences of Muslim Turkish women with urinary incontinence (UI) within 12 months postpartum.

Methods: A qualitative study was conducted using a semistructured interview. Data were collected between July and December 2019 via an in-depth, face-to-face interview technique using an interview form.

Urinary incontinence experiences of pregnant women: A qualitative study.

Objective: The research was carried out to determine the life experiences of pregnant women who have urinary incontinence problems.

Methods: The type of the research is of qualitative type. Views of pregnant women were coded according to repeating frequencies; then thematic grouping was done.

Midwives' experiences of witnessing traumatic hospital birth events: A qualitative study.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate in detail the traumatic birth experiences of midwives in the delivery rooms, and their attitudes, reactions, and coping strategies.

Methods: The design of the study is descriptive and the purposive sampling method was used. This approach is ideal for a preliminary exploration of the nature of a phenomenon.

The attitudes of refugee women in Turkey towards family planning.

Objectives: This study was conducted to determine refugee women's attitudes towards family planning and related factors.

Design And Sample: Designed in descriptive and cross-sectional type, the study involved 555 voluntary Syrian refugee women in Turkey.

Measures: A questionnaire and the Family Planning Attitude Scale (FPAS) were used.

Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Women With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to compare lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in women with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).

Subjects And Setting: The sample was drawn from community-dwelling women in the province of Istanbul who were cared for in the diabetes outpatient clinic of Istanbul Medical School between January and June 2012. Two hundred forty-nine women with DM were compared to 255 women without DM cared for in the obstetrics and gynecology department of the same university hospital.

Ways of coping with stress and perceived social support in gynecologic cancer patients.

Background: Stress is commonly encountered among cancer patients and may be a challenge affecting immune system resistance. Social support may contribute positively to the health of cancer patients, playing a role in coping with stress.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether ways of coping are related to social support given to women with gynecologic cancer.

Women's Preferences of Method of Delivery and Influencing Factors.

Background: Currently, the rate of caesarean section has been substantially increased in developing and developed countries. To determine the factors causing such an increase, it is important to determine reasons for women to refuse vaginal delivery and preferring caesarean section.

Objectives: To determine Turkish women's attitudes and basal knowledge regarding vaginal delivery and caesarean section, as well as factors causing women to prefer caesarean section even when a medical indication does not exist.

Does the diabetes of type 2 affect the sexual functions of women?

This study aimed to investigate female sexual dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes. Using the Index of Female Sexual Function, the authors compared the sexual function of type 2 diabetic women with that of nondiabetic women. Participants were 76 sexually active women with type 2 diabetes (study group) and 100 sexually active nondiabetic women (control group); all women were 24-47 years of age and had similar backgrounds.

Sexual life of poststroke women with mild or no disability: a qualitative study.

The authors investigated the perspectives and experiences of poststroke women regarding sexual issues, as well as interactions in social life. A qualitative design was adopted for the study. Individual and audio-taped interviews were carried out with 16 poststroke women (18 years of age and older) that were included into the study from the Konya Education and Research Hospital, Turkey.

Effects of perinatal loss on current pregnancy in Turkey.

Objective: to evaluate how a history of pregnancy loss in the perinatal period (from 20 weeks of gestation to seven days post partum) affects women during subsequent pregnancies.

Design: cross-sectional, descriptive study.

Setting: Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University between January and October 2009.

Evaluation of sexual dysfunction in women with rheumatoid arthritis: a controlled study.

Objective: To evaluate sexual function in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and compare them with healthy controls.

Materials And Methods: Ninety-five patients with RA and 108 healthy controls were included in the study. Depression levels and sexual functions of all participants were evaluated by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Index of Female Sexual Function (IFSF), respectively.

The effects of fibromyalgia syndrome on female sexuality: a controlled study.

Introduction: Fibromyalgia may have negative effects on sexual function in women.

Aims: To evaluate the sexuality of women with fibromyalgia and healthy control subjects, and to investigate the relation between sexuality and clinical parameters of fibromyalgia.

Main Outcome Measures: Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Tender Points Count (TPC), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), and Visual Analog Scale (VAS).