The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of writing a bachelor's thesis on nursing students' attitudes towards research and development in nursing. The study sample consisted of 91 nursing students who were required to complete a bachelor's thesis and 89 nursing students who were not required to complete a bachelor's thesis. Data were collected via self-report questionnaire that was distributed in May and June 2012. The questionnaire comprised 3 parts: (1) demographic items; (2) questions about "scientific activities," and (3) the nursing students' attitudes towards and awareness of research and development within nursing scale (version 2). The mean age of the students was 23 (1.3) years. The students who wrote a bachelor's thesis achieved a median score of 110.0, whereas the students in the other group had a median score of 105.0 on the scale. All the items were assigned a 3 or higher. A statistically significant difference was found between the 2 groups in their attitudes towards and awareness of research (U = 3265.5; P = .025). The results of this study suggest that writing a thesis in nursing education has a positive influence on nursing students' attitudes towards and awareness of research and development in nursing.
The objective of this study was to examine knowledge about cervical cancer risk factors and practices of Pap testing among female Turkish immigrants in the state of Florida in the United States of America (USA). This descriptive study was conducted between April and September 2012. The study sampling was consist of 156 Turkish women living in the state of Florida. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted among the population of Turkish immigrant women. On the survey form comprised of a total of 37 questions and three sections there are questions pertaining to the socio-demographic characteristics of the individuals, their knowledge on the cervical cancer risk factors and their approach to getting Pap smear tests. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 16.0) was used to compute frequency and descriptive statistics related to demographic data. The average age of the women is 35.67 ± 10.0. More than half of women (66%) women reported cervical cancer screening at least one. Over two-thirds knew that having abnormal vaginal bleeding (85.8%) and vaginal infections (78.2%), having sexual activity with a man who has had multiple sexual partners (61.5%), and having multiple sexual partners (61.5%) increase the risk of cervical cancer. The result of the multivariate regression analysis have determined that the age of immigrant women (OR 11.3, 95 % CI 5.1-25.2, p:0.000) and the number of children ( OR 3.4, 95 % CI 1.7-6.9, p:0.000) are factors that impact pap smear testing behavior. Our study findings confirm low levels of Pap testing and show important knowledge deficits about cervical cancer risk factors and the importance of Pap testing among Turkish immigrant women. It is recommended that the immigrant women be educated about cervical cancer by means of organizing conferences in their own language and preparing informative materials.
Objective: The main aim of this study is to examine the knowledge level of women on breast cancer and breast self-examination who apply to the University Hospital's Obstetrics and Gynecology and General Surgery polyclinics. This study was made in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and this study supports the adoption of these principles by other people involved in medical research on human volunteers. Materials and Methods: The universe is formed by the patients that have applied to the University Hospital's Obstetrics and Gynecology and General Surgery polyclinics within the dates of June-July 2016. Within this study data was collected by the Champion's Health Belief Model Scales (CHBMS) and a total of 351 participants were reached. Results: The 43.6% of the sample consists of women of 20-29 ages, 71% of them are married and 27.4% of them have either an undergraduate or a post graduate degree. The perceived benefits concept has the most mean out of the 6 concepts in CHBMS. The study also showed that although 79.2% of the participants didn't have a breast problem; 27.6 % of them said that they would do breast self-examine 3-4 times in a year. Conclusion: As a result we can say that the participants are aware of the importance of breast selfexamination and that they have learned it from health professionals.
This study aimed to determine anxiety and cyberchondria and to investigate the links between anxiety and cyberchondria among teachers. This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted with 250 teachers. Data were collected using demographic information form, Cyberchondria Severity Scale and Coronavirus Anxiety Scale Short Form. The mean age of the teachers was 40.40 ± 8.83 years. The anxiety mean score was 7.70 ± 3.67, cyberchondria severity mean score was 73.47 ± 20.59. There were significant positive correlations between anxiety about COVID-19 and cyberchondria(r = 0.423, p < 0.001). Researchers must determine whether there is a benefit in further solving these relationships and reducing and preventing intervention in cyberchondria and anxiety; they must focus on results which increase anxiety, and investigate the correlation between cyberchondria, anxiety and behavior.
Bu sistematik derlemede, öğrencilerin akran zorbalığı davranışını önlemeye yönelik okul temelli eğitim programlarının etkililiğini değerlendirmek üzere yapılmış randomize kontrollü ve yarı deneysel araştırmaların sonuçları doğrultusunda elde edilen kanıtlar incelenmiştir. Derlemede "Pubmed, Wiley Interscience, Sciencedirect ve Academic Search Complete (EBSCOHOST) veri tabanından erişilen toplam dört veri tabanından ulaşılabilen, Ocak 2016-Ocak 2021 yılları arasında yapılan araştırmalar incelenmiştir. Bu veri tabanlarında İngilizce olarak "bullying, violence, school health, nursing, children, training, intervention, prevention" anahtar kelimeleri ile tarama yapılmıştır. Bu bağlamda; araştırmaya dahil edilme kriterlerine uyan 51 çalışma sistematik derleme kapsamında değerlendirilmiştir. Dahil edilen araştırmaların 36'sı yarı deneysel, 15'i randomize kontrollü deneysel araştırma tasarımına sahiptir. Bu müdahale araştırmalarında, akran eğitimi, iletişimi güçlendirmek, ebeveyni eğitime dahil etme, öğretmenleri eğitim sürecine katmak, oyun temelli programlar, modele dayalı programlar yer almıştır. Elde edilen araştırma sonuçlarına göre farklı kültürlerde ve eğitim sistemlerinde yapılmış okul temelli uygulanan eğitim programlarının zorbalık davranışını önlemede etkili olduğu saptanmıştır. Özellikle İlkokul, ortaokul ve liseler, çalışmaların etkili olduğu alanlardır. Bu sistematik derlemede incelenen çalışmalar okul rehberlik ve psikolojik danışmanları, psikologlar, sosyal hizmet uzmanları, halk sağlığı hemşirelerine ve okul hemşirelerine rehberlik edebilir. Bununla birlikte okullarda zorbalık davranışını önleme programlarının etkisini değerlendirmek için modellere dayalı, ebeveyn, okul görevlilerinin dahil edildiği ve disiplinlerarası kanıta dayalı çalışmalara ihtiyaç bulunmaktadır.
Objective: This study aimed to assess the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the ‘Disaster Response Self-Efficacy Scale (DRSES).’ Method: This is a methodological study to validate the DRSES. Third and fourth grade nursing students participated in the study (n = 340). Construct validity was evaluated by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability was assessed by internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Data were analyzed in SPSS 20.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) and IBM SPSS AMOS 21.0. (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). Results: The content validity was 0.96, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.94, and the intraclass correlation coefficient for test-retest reliability was 0.95. The exploratory factor analysis revealed that 3 factors accounted for 59.4% of the explained variance. The factor loads ranged between 0.50 - 0.81. The construct validity was good (χ2/df = 2.54; RMSEA = 0.067; CFI = 0.93; NFI = 0.95; GFI = 0.93; TLI = 0.94; IFI = 0.92; P < 0.001). Conclusions: The results of this study show that the Disaster Response Self-Efficacy Scale is a valid and reliable tool that could be used to determine the nursing students’ disaster response self-efficacy.
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