The Transtheoretical Model based psychoeducation's effect on healthy lifestyle behaviours in schizophrenia: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The study was conducted with the pretest-posttest randomized controlled trial design to detect the psychoeducation's effect, based on the Transtheoretical Model, on the healthy lifestyle behaviours of individuals with schizophrenia.

Methods: The data were collected from 82 participants, as 41 intervention and 41 control. The data were collected via personal information form, behavioural change stage diagnosis form and healthy lifestyle scale II.

The Turkish validity and reliability of the Kiersma-Chen empathy scale.

Purpose: This study aimed to establish the Turkish validity and reliability of the Kiersma-Chen empathy scale (KCES) and determine its psychometric properties.

Design And Methods: This methodological study was carried out with 227 nursing students between April and May 2019.

Findings: The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the total scale is 0.

The effectiveness of illness management and recovery program in patients with schizophrenia.

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the effect of the illness management and recovery program in patients with schizophrenia.

Methods: This study was conducted using a pretest, posttest and follow up experimental design with randomized controlled. The sample of this study consisted of patients with schizophrenia (n = 50).

The Effect of Motivational Interviewing on Adherence to Treatment and Quality of Life in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of motivational interviewing (MI) on adherence to treatment and quality of life in chronic hemodialysis patients. This study was conducted with a randomized controlled pretest, posttest, and follow-up design from March to July 2016 in the hemodialysis center. After the intervention ( = 30) and control groups ( = 30) completed a pretest, patients in the intervention group received four individual face-to face MI sessions per month.

Experiences and opinions of nurses working in psychiatric wards on assessing patients' sexual health: A qualitative study.

Purpose: To determine the experiences and opinions of nurses working in psychiatric wards regarding the assessment of patients' sexual health.

Design And Methods: A qualitative, interpretative phenomenological design was used. Purposeful, snowball sampling identified eight nurses.

Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of Illness Management and Recovery Scale-Patient form.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to provide the Turkish version of the Illness Management and Recovery Scale-Patient (IMRS-P) form and to determine its psychometric properties.

Design And Methods: This is a descriptive and correlation study. The sample of this study consisted of 75 people with schizophrenia.

The psychometric properties, confirmatory factor analysis, and cut-off value for the Fraboni scale of ageism (FSA) in a sampling of healthcare workers.

Purpose: The Fraboni scale of ageism (FSA) is one of the scales used to determine ageism, which is the expression of prejudice toward the elderly because of their age through attitudes and behaviors. The purpose of this study is to determine the psychometric properties, factor analysis, and cut-off value for the FSA in a sampling of healthcare workers.

Design And Methods: The sampling of this study was conducted methodologically in a descriptive and relationship-seeking type of research and comprised 814 healthcare workers employed at a university and state hospital.

Eating Behaviors and Related Factors in Psychiatric Patients.

The aim of this study was to determine the risk of eating disorders and associated risk factors in individuals with psychiatric disorders. Patients who were hospitalized in a psychiatry clinic of the university hospital between the dates of February 2014 and July 2014 constitute sample for the study. The study sample consisted of a total of 216 patients.

The Effectiveness of Psychoeducational Interventions in Reducing the Care Burden of Family Members Caring for the Elderly in Turkey: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Objective: To examine the effectiveness of psychoeducational intervention that is based on the McGill Model of Nursing in reducing the burden of caregivers and improving self-efficacy and adaptive coping in people who provide care for the older person.

Methods: This study was conducted using a pre- and post-test control group and repeated measures experimental design in a family health center service area located in Istanbul. This study was conducted with 33 caregivers in each group.

Effectiveness of Adherence Therapy for People With Schizophrenia in Turkey: A Controlled Study.

Objective: This study used a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group and follow-up to determine the efficacy of adherence therapy in patients with schizophrenia in Turkey.

Methods: The sample of this study consisted of patients with schizophrenia (n=30). The Questionnaire Form, Medication Adherence Rating Scale, Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale, and Beck Cognitive Insight Scale were used.

Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Fraboni Scale of Ageism.

In this study, the reliability, validity, and psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Fraboni Scale of Ageism were assessed. The psychometric properties of the scale were studied through a descriptive and correlational design. The study sample consisted of 231 healthy people living in the Marmara region of Turkey.

The determination of blood pressure, anger expression and body mass index in adolescents in Turkey: a pilot study.

This study was planned to determine whether there is a correlation between blood pressure, anger expression and body mass index of 16-18 year-old-adolescents. A descriptive-correlation design was used in this study. The study population comprised 276 students from 4 public high school.

Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Depression Coping Self-efficacy Scale.

Reliable and valid instruments are needed to assess and deal with the problems that are encountered by depressed patients in psychiatric nursing practice. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Depression Coping Self-efficacy Scale. A descriptive and correlation design was used to determine the psychometric properties of the Scale.

Predictors of psychosocial adjustment in people with physical disease.

Aims: The purpose of this paper was to examine the demographic, medical and psychosocial variables that result in the deterioration of psychosocial adjustment in patients with physical disease, the meaning their illness has for them and their coping style.

Methods: The study was carried out in inpatient clinics of the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (n = 198). The following evaluation instruments were used: a semi-structured questionnaire, the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale-Self Report (PAIS-SR), the Meaning of Illness Questionnaire (MIQ), the Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale, the Multivariate Perceived Social Support Questionnaire and the Ways of Coping Inventory (WCI).