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It is believed that the most significant reason for genitourinary infections among women was inadequate hygiene practices rather than use of different contraception methods.

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The study utilized an interview format to examine the difficulties experienced by mothers of children with cerebral palsy. Interviews were conducted in the province of Zonguldak between December 2013 and February 2014, Turkey, at a special rehabilitation center with 15 children with cerebral palsy and their mothers registered at the center. A voice recorder was used during the interviews, but since the mothers expressed their unwillingness to have their voices recorded during the interviews when they talked about their sexual lives, face to face interviews were held in a suitable physical environment without the use of a recorder. A semi-structured questionnaire was used during the interviews. The couples are troubled with many difficulties that include personal relations, social and economic problems, as well as issues involving the sick child's care and education. Many difficulties that include personal relations, social and economic problems, as well as issues involving the sick child's care and education, trouble couples with children diagnosed with cerebral palsy. In connection with these difficulties, it was also seen that the situation took a toll on the sexual lives of parents. In the light of these findings, our recommendation is that rehabilitation centers catering to the education of children with cerebral palsy should have qualified nurses on hand to provide a professional approach to reviewing the difficulties mothers face and emphasizing the importance of sexuality.

A value of p<0.05 was accepted as statistically significant. Results: Of the mothers, 34.9% were between the ages of 40-47, 40.5% had three children, 73.8% had no experience with children with cancer, 45.9% said they learned about cancer on television, 39.7% stated that the primary reason for childhood cancer was the mother's smoking during pregnancy, 68.8% said that early diagnosis would save a child, and 98% wanted to learn about childhood cancer. Conclusion: It was determined that the mothers' knowledge of cancer was deficient.

ÖZET AMAÇ: Bu çalışmanın amacı, müzik ve aromaterapi eşliğinde yapılan uyku ve dokunma tedavisinin fibromiyalji hastalarında fibromiyalji etki düzeyi, yorgunluk ve uyku kalitesi üzerine etkilerini saptamaktır. Literatürde fibromiyalji hastalarında yorgunluk ve uyku şikâyetlerinden bahsedilmesine ve bunları önlemeye yönelik uykuyu düzenlemek ve yorgunluk hassasiyetini azaltmak için bazı alternatif metodlar kullanılmasına rağmen, Türkiye'de fibromiyalji hastalarına yönelik hastanelerde herhangi bir program bulunmamaktadır. YÖNTEM: Bu araştırma, kontrol gruplu öntest-sontest deneme modeli olarak yapıldı. Eylül 2009-Mart 2011 tarihleri arasında Trabzon'da yapıldı. Verilerin toplanmasında, kişisel bilgi formu, Fibromiyalji semptom sorgulama formu, Fibromiyalji Etki Düzeyi Ölçeği (FIQ), Pittsburg Uyku Kalitesi Ölçeği (PUKİ) ve Yorgunluk Şiddeti Ölçeği (FSS) kullanıldı. Terapi sırasında müzik ve aroma kullanıldı. Bu araştırmada, her iki grup da randomizasyonla seçildi. Müdahale 6 hafta her hasta için iki seans şeklinde yapıldı ve her seans 30-35 dakika sürdü. Ölçekler hastalarla en son karşılaşmada tekrar uygulandı. BULGULAR: Çalışmada müdahale öncesi ve müdahale sonrası son test uyku kalitesi, fibromiyalji sendromu etki sorgulama ve yorgunluk seviyesinde pozitif değişiklik bulundu (p<0.05). SONUÇ: Fibromiyalji hastalarında müzik ve aromaterapi kullanılması bir çok semptom, uyku kalitesi ve yorgunluk seviyesine pozitif yönde etkilidir. SUMMARY AIM: The aim of this study is to determine the effects of sleep and touch therapy accompanied by music and aromatherapy on the impact level of fibromyalgia, fatigue and sleep quality in fibromyalgia patients. Although the literature on fibromiyalgia mentions that fatigue and sleep disorders are prevalent in fibromyalgia patients and that some alternative methods facilitate sleep and diminish the sensitivity to fatigue, there is no program used in the hospitals for the fibromiyalji patients in Turkey. METHOD: The study employed a pre-test post-test control group model. Data were collected by using a Personal Information Form, a Fatigue Severity Scale, a Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and a Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire Scale. During the theraphy used music and aroma. This study was carried out between September 2009 and March 2011, Trabzon, Turkey. Each groups were randomly selected. The therapy lasted for 6 weeks of two sessions a week for each patient, and each session lasted 30-35 minutes. The questionnaires that had been implemented at the last meeting were administered once again. RESULTS: The study found that there are positive changes on sleep quality, fibromyalgia impact level, and fatigue level between the pre-treatment and post-treatment(p<0.05). CONCLUSİONS: The use music and aromatheraphy were positive effective in many symptoms, sleep quality and fatigue of the patients.

The world has been aging, and technology has been advancing. Increasing population and chronic diseases indicate that importance of home care will continue. Many important chronic diseases in the world-such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hemodialysis and heart failure-affect the daily life and quality of life of the individual negatively. The patient needs help and support from the caregiver in many ways, such as using medicines, maintaining health checks, and maintaining daily living activities. In particular, in the home care process of the disease, there are difficulties in the physical, social, emotional and economical areas for both individuals and caregivers. Through the role of educator, the nurse can help to share the burden of care with family members, to give equal responsibility for each individual in the family and to plan the care period.

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