Effect of Reflexology on Decreasing Postoperative Pain and Anxiety After Total Abdominal Hysterectomy.

Surgical patients experience both postoperative pain and anxiety, as they try to cope with pain. Despite technological advances, pharmacological methods are inadequate for decreasing postoperative pain and anxiety. Reflexology has been implemented and considered effective in these areas in many countries.

Nutritional status in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy: a longitudinal study.

Purpose: Patients with head and neck cancers are susceptible to malnutrition during radiotherapy. This study aimed to determine the changes in the nutritional status and its determinants in patients with head and neck cancer during radiotherapy.

Methods: This prospective observational study was performed in an outpatient Radiation Oncology clinic with a sample of 54 patients.

Determining type 2 diabetes risk factors for the adults: A community based study from Turkey.

Aims: This study aimed to determine risk factors for type 2 diabetes among adults who were not diagnosed with diabetes.

Methods: Adults were included in this study within the public activities performed on World Diabetes Day (n=1872). Data were collected using the FINDRISC questionnaire and a short questionnaire.

The effect of different types of music on patients' preoperative anxiety: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine effect of three different types of music on patients' preoperative anxiety.

Method: This randomized controlled trial included 180 patients who were randomly divided into four groups. While the control group didn't listen to music, the experimental groups respectively listened to natural sounds, Classical Turkish or Western Music for 30 min.

The level of collaboration amongst nurses in Turkey.

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the level of collaboration amongst nurses in Turkey.

Background: Collaboration amongst nurses is thought to increase nurse-physician collaboration and decrease medical mistakes. It has been connected with positive patient outcomes and increased job satisfaction for nurses.

Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Multiple Sclerosis-Related Symptom Checklist.

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that causes different symptoms in each attack and has an individual-specific course. Detailed questioning and recording of MS symptoms is important for developing a management plan for individual-specific symptoms. The present study was planned to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of "Multiple Sclerosis-Related Symptom Checklist" (MS-RS), which has been developed for patients to personally follow-up the symptoms they experience.

Fear of childbirth in urban and rural regions of Turkey: Comparison of two resident populations.

Objective: Childbirth is a natural physiological event experienced by many women; however, it is frequently also a source of fear in women. Rates of cesarean sections in Turkey are higher in the urban areas than in the rural areas. We hypothesized that lower fear of childbirth (FOC) rates would be observed in the city having the lowest cesarean section rates in Turkey.

Assessing Neonatal Pain, Duration of Crying and Procedure Time following Use of Automatic or Manual Heel Lances: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare neonatal pain, duration of crying and procedure time following use of automatic or manual heel lancets.

Methods: This randomized trial was conducted with neonates undergoing heel prick procedures in a neonatal intensive care unit for routine blood bilirubin monitoring. An information form, an observation form and the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) were used.

Effects of swaddled and traditional tub bathing methods on crying and physiological responses of newborns.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of two bathing methods on crying duration and physiological measurements of newborns.

Design And Methods: A randomized trial design was used in this study. The sample consisted of newborns (n = 80) who were admitted to neonatal intensive care unit of a university hospital located in a large city.

[Nursing care in elderly patients with cardiovascular disease].

Aging is a process that has biological, physiological, psychological, sociological and chronological dimensions and can be defined from different directions. The incidence of cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, heart failure, dysrhythmia and heart valve diseases is increasing with age. Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of death in people over 65 years of age.

Coping and Help-Seeking Behaviors for Management of Urinary Incontinence.

Objectives: To describe the coping strategies and help-seeking behaviors of women and men with urinary incontinence (UI).

Methods: In cross-sectional study, 156 women and 106 men Turkish with UI were interviewed using a questionnaire covering 29 questions.

Results: It was determined that 50.

Sexual life of women in the climacterium: A community-based study.

Our purpose of conducting this community-based study was to determine sexual functions of women in climacterium and effects of menopausal symptoms on sexual functions. It was descriptive, cross-sectional, and community-based. The study sample consisted of 282 climacteric women.

Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Monitoring My Multiple Sclerosis Scale.

Introduction: This research was conducted to adapt the Monitoring My Multiple Sclerosis (MMMS) scale, which is a scale used for self-evaluation by multiple sclerosis (MS) patients of their own health and quality of life, to Turkish and to determine the psychometric properties of the scale.

Methods: The methodological research was conducted in the outpatient MS clinic of a university hospital between January and September 2013. The sample in this study consisted of 140 patients aged above 18 who had a diagnosis of definite MS.

Psychosocial Adaptation and Depressive Manifestations in High-Risk Pregnant Women: Implications for Clinical Practice.

Background: High-risk pregnancy research has focused primarily on psychological well-being.

Aims: The aim is to determine psychosocial adaptation and depression levels of pregnant women who were admitted to hospital with diagnosis of high-risk pregnancy.

Methods: This study was descriptive.

Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the pressure ulcer prevention knowledge assessment instrument.

Study Aim: Sound knowledge of pressure ulcers is important to enable good prevention. There are limited instruments assessing pressure ulcer knowledge. The Pressure Ulcer Prevention Knowledge Assessment Instrument is among the scales of which psychometric properties have been studied rigorously and reflects the latest evidence.

Effect of Reflexology to Depressive Symptoms in Women With Overactive Bladder.

This study is to determine the effect of foot reflexology on the level of depression in women with OAB. Study findings included in the study showed foot reflexology as a part of OAB treatment relieved urinary and depressive symptoms and had a positive effect on quality of life.

Skin disease symptoms and related risk factors among young workers in high-risk jobs.

Background: Occupational skin diseases are the one of the most frequent diseases in many industrialized countries. The studies about skin disease (SD) on young workers were limited.

Objectives: In this study, we aim to evaluate the prevalence of SD symptoms and related risk factors among young workers in high-risk occupations.

OC01 - The effect of an Interactive Therapeutic Play Training Program on the anxiety levels of children having heart surgery and their mothers.

Theme: Child protection and managing risk.

Factors associated with perceived stigma among patients with epilepsy in Turkey.

Purpose: Epilepsy is one of the most stigmatizing medical conditions. The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of stigma and factors associated with stigma.

Material And Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among patients attending an epilepsy outpatient clinic of a university hospital between February and October 2014.

Educational needs concerning disaster preparedness and response: a comparison of undergraduate nursing students from Istanbul, Turkey, and Miyazaki, Japan.

Aim: To compare 4 year undergraduate nursing students' educational needs concerning disaster preparedness and response in Istanbul and Miyazaki.

Methods: This was a 13 question descriptive/comparative survey.

Results: Females, aged 18-22 years, and in their second year of their nursing programs, rarely participate in disaster preparedness and response courses at their universities (75.

Risk-taking behaviours and beliefs about fertility in university students.

Aims And Objectives: To investigate the risk-taking behaviours and beliefs about fertility among university students in Turkey.

Background: Young people are usually ignorant about reproductive health and engage in risky practices.

Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

Turkish adaptation of the short form of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Function Questionnaire (PISQ-12): a validation and reliability study.

Aim: The purpose of this methodological study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of a Turkish adaptation of the short form of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Function Questionnaire (PISQ-12) used in assessing sexuality function in women with POP/UI.

Methods: The PISQ-12 was translated into Turkish; the adaptation of the PISQ-12 to Turkish language was performed via back-translation, the content validity of the questionnaire was conducted by experts in the field, test-retest reliability was examined with 40 women with UI and/or POP. PISQ-12 was administered to 120 women with pelvic floor dysfunction.