In order for haemodialysis patients to manage their fatigue successfully, to improve their self-care abilities and to decrease their levels of loneliness and social isolation, nurses should provide physical, social and emotional support.

Improving education programmes about HIV/AIDS and using information sources effectively may contribute to better knowledge and more desirable attitudes towards HIV/AIDS.

Sağlık iletişimi disiplini son yıllarda çoğu ülkede olduğu gibi Türkiye'de de önem kazanmış, bu kapsamda yapılan çalışmalar ve geliştirilen stratejilere ağırlık verilmiştir. Sağlık iletişimi alanının kapsadığı temel konu başlıklarından biri sağlığın geliştirilmesidir. Özellikle kronik hastalıkların yaygınlaşması ile önemi artan ve disiplinlerarası çalışmayı gerektiren sağlığın geliştirilmesi stratejilerinin planlanmasında ve uygulanmasında iletişim çalışmaları önemli role sahiptir. Yeni iletişim teknolojilerinin gelişmesi ile bu uygulamaların kapsamı değişmiş, geleneksel yöntemlerin yanında özellikle sosyal medya araçlarının kullanımı artış göstermiştir. Sosyal medyanın bu kapsamda kullanımı, kullanıcıların aktif katılımına olanak vermekte, sağlık iletişimi programları kapsamında toplum sağlığını etkilemek için yeni fırsatlar sunmaktadır. Bu nedenle günümüzde sosyal medyanın toplum üzerindeki etkisini ve sağlığı geliştirme uygulamalarındaki rolünü ve etkililiğini değerlendiren çalışmalar önem taşımaktadır. Bu çalışmada, sağlık iletişimi alanının temelini oluşturan sağlığın geliştirilmesi uygulamalarında ve eylem planlarında sosyal medya kullanımının etkileri ve getirdiği olanaklar, farklı ülkeler ve stratejiler bağlamında tartışılmaktadır.

Abstract:The purpose of this study was to translate the e-lifestyle scale developed by Yu (2011) into Turkish and to evaluate the validity of the scale. A sample of 405 participants were enrolled in this study. Data were collected by a socio-demographic questionnaire and the e-lifestyle scale. Following the content validation process, construct validity was assessed through factorial, convergent and discriminant validities. According to the test results, content validity, factorial validity and convergent validity are supported and internal consistency is very good (0.797-0.920). Overall, the Turkish version of the e-lifestyle scale has good content and construct validity and is reliable. This study provides evidence to support the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the e-lifestyle scale. This is the first methodological study evaluating the validity of the e-lifestyle instrument translated into another language. This research used the elifestyle instrument in Turkish language in order to enable the determination of how ICT affects people's daily activities, such as performing their jobs, banking, and participating in other social exchanges, and to learn about their opinions of how the use of ICTenabled services/products affect their lives. The e-lifestyle instrument is a useful tool especially for market researchers, but also for other research areas of the social sciences.Keywords

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The aim of this study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale (HP-CSS).Methods: The HP-CSS was translated into Turkish following an international instrument translation guideline. A convenience sample of 394 health professionals participated in this study. Internal consistency reliability, content validity, test-retest reliability, and convergent validity were assessed. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to evaluate the construct validity.Results: The Turkish version of HP-CSS comprised four factors (empathy, informative communication, respect, and social skill). The HP-CSS-TR demonstrated adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's a values .72e.79). In terms of the content validity, the scale-level content validity index (CVI) was .94, and the item-level CVI ranged from .83 to 1.00. The HP-CSS-TR showed good test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients were above .82). No statistically significant difference was found between the applications. There was a good agreement between the HP-CSS-TR and communication skills inventory (CSI) scales. Confirmatory factor analysis results (c2/df, GFI, AGFI, IFI, TLI, CFI, RMSEA, and SRMR) showed a good fit for the original four-factor model. Conclusion: Results showed that the Turkish version of the HP-CSS is a valid and reliable tool for the assessment of communication skills of health professionals in Turkey. The use of the HP-CSS-TR measure in clinical settings could be useful in enhancing the quality of care by identifying inadequacies and improving communication skills.

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Because web browsers offer essential Internet-based services with no clear profit model and no registration or login requirements, this empirical study examined the factors influencing user intention to switch Internet browsers. Through the cross-national survey, this study found neither satisfaction nor familiarity significantly influences switching intention among respondents in any country, whereas experience, attraction, and preference considerably influenced the switching intention of users in all three countries. Attracting new users to a web browser relies on attractiveness, but retaining those users relies on a positive experience. The results of this study suggested that web browser use is highly ingrained in daily routines because of user preferences, and that user preferences create habits that form daily routines. This study also observed contextual effects that have already been extensively discussed.