Background
Alzheimer is a disease leading to various neuropsychiatric behavioral disorders, and the most common symptom observed during the prognosis of Alzheimer's disease is dysmnesia. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of reminiscence therapy on cognitive functions, depression, and quality of life in Alzheimer's patients.
Methods
The present study was a randomized controlled single blind study with two groups, which was designed in the experimental pretest‐posttest pattern in the city of Konya, Turkey. It was decided to include a total of 60 elderly individuals. Information form that evaluated socio‐demographic characteristics and disease history of individuals in intervention and control groups and was developed by the researcher. Standardized Mini‐Mental State Examination (SMMSE), Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia, and the Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease (QOL‐AD) Scale were used to collect the data. Reminiscence therapy was applied once a week and lasted for 8 weeks. Every session took 60 minutes. Groups consisted of six people.
Results
Mini‐Mental Test, depression, and quality of life mean scores of the elderly in intervention group before reminiscence therapy program increased after the administration, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). In the intergroup comparison, a significant difference was found between elderly individuals' posttest Mini‐Mental Test, depression, and quality of life mean scores (P < 0.05).
Conclusions
Our results suggest that regular reminiscence therapy should be considered for inclusion as routine care for the improvement of cognitive functions, depressive symptoms, and quality of life in elderly people with Alzheimer.
Aim
This study aimed to determine the effect of a transtheoretical model–based motivational interview method on self‐efficacy, metabolic control, and health behaviour in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Methods
A randomized controlled study design was used. The study was conducted with 50 individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus, divided into an intervention group and a control group. The researcher held motivational interviews with the patients in the intervention group. Both groups were observed at the beginning of the study and 6 months after the baseline interview. The study data were collected between January 8 and November 18, 2014.
Results
Comparing the intervention and the control groups, the differences in the level of self‐efficacy and participants' metabolic values were significant (P < .05). The number of participants in the action stage of the intervention group for nutrition, exercise, and medication use significantly increased compared with the control group (P < .05).
Conclusion
The transtheoretical model–based motivational interview method increased the self‐efficacy level of participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus, which helped them improve their metabolic control and health behaviour stages over this 6‐month period.
Aims
To determine the main driving factors affecting the senior nursing students in their decision to migrate and to evaluate the effect of attitude towards migration in career planning.
Background
In order to promote the nursing workforce, it is important to understand the factors affecting the decisions to migrate.
Method
A cross‐sectional study was conducted with 1,410 Turkish nursing students. The data, which were collected using the Descriptive Form and Attitude Scale for Brain Drain (BD‐s), were analysed with the multiple regression and decision tree analysis.
Results
The mean score of attitudes towards migration was 56.30 ± 12.09 (min 16‐ max 80). The main push–pull drivers to migrate were the socio‐political factors and working conditions. The BD‐s score was higher in the participants, who had overseas experience, had career plans and studied in a metropolitan city. The strongest variable predicting career planning was the attitude towards migration.
Conclusion
The opinions of the students on career planning and their intentions to migrate indicated that the shortage of nurses would continue in Turkey in the future.
Implications for Nursing Management
The prospects of the nursing candidates regarding the nursing profession should be addressed considering their expectations for initial salaries, career development and salary increases.
Aims: To determine the state-trait anxiety levels and solution-focused thinking skills of primary care nurses/midwives during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to evaluate the factors affecting these variables and the determinants of state-trait anxiety levels.
Background:The COVID-19 outbreak has created intense anxiety in nurses/midwives that may affect the care they provide. Nurses and midwives may manage anxiety using solution-focused thinking skills.
The aim of the study is to determine how Islamic belief and spiritual well-being affect the attitudes of individuals towards organ donation. The study was designed as a descriptive-relational study and included the participation of 402 adults in the eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey. For data collection, a personal information form, the Organ Donation Attitude Scale, and the Spiritual Well-being Scale were used. A statistically significant relationship was observed between the acceptance of organ donation according to Islamic beliefs and organ donation attitude. A negative relationship was found between organ donation attitude and the scores on the anomie sub-dimension of the Spiritual Well-being Scale, while a positive relationship was found between organ donation attitude and the scores on the transcendence and harmony with nature sub-dimensions. It was concluded from the results that Islamic belief and spiritual well-being have an effect on the organ donation attitudes of individuals.
Öz Diabetes mellitus'un erken döneminde alınan önlemler yaşam kalitesini olumlu yönde etkiler. Yapılan çalışmalarda sağlıklı yaşam tarzı değişiklikleri ile Tip 2 diabetes mellitus riskinin %58'e varan oranlarda önlenebileceği veya ortaya çıkışının geciktirilebileceği gösterilmiştir. Tip 2 diabetes mellitusu olan bireylerle yapılan çalışmalarda diyabetin zararlı etkilerini azaltmada ya da önlemede bireylerin hastalık yönetimine uyumunu artırmak ve sağlıkla ilgili davranışlarını değiştirmede özellikle transteoretik model ve motivasyonel görüşme tekniği kullanılmaktadır. Transteoretik model temelli motivasyonel görüşme kullanılarak yapılan müdahaleler ile glisemik kontrolde ve fiziksel aktivite düzeylerinde genel bir iyileşme sağlandığı, değişim aşamaları boyunca anlamlı ilerlemeler kaydedildiği gösterilmiştir. Transteoretik model temelli motivasyonel görüşme davranış değişimine ulaşmak için kolay ve etkili bir danışmanlık tekniğidir. Anahtar sözcükler: Tip 2 diabetes mellitus, transteoretik model, motivasyonel görüşme.
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