This study aimed to evaluate the awareness of nurse/midwives regarding pharmacovigilance as well as their knowledge and experience in identifying and reporting adverse reactions of drugs. Nurse/midwives (n = 329), working in four state hospitals, were provided a questionnaire with a view of identifying their knowledge and skills pertaining to pharmacovigilance. Around 45% of the participants claimed to have knowledge of pharmacovigilance but only 23.3% of them could define it correctly. Although 24.3% of the participants acknowledged that adverse reactions should be reported to a centre, only 1.2% of them named this centre (Turkey Pharmacovigilance Centre-TUFAM). The present study indicates that nurse/midwives have insufficient knowledge of pharmacovigilance practices. Hence, it is essential to include pharmacovigilance training in their undergraduate and graduate education programs, and to promote reporting of adverse reactions.
The purpose of this study was to identify the preferences of women's opinions on the choice of a mate. Participants of the study were 15 women who work in different jobs in several health agencies. Interviews were used as a qualitative research method to collect personal/detailed data from participants. Qualitative data obtained from participants were analysed by the content analysis method. Results showed that the majority of women prefer to get married men who are older than themselves and averaged in physical appearance. It was identified that honesty is the most desired personality characteristic for women when choosing a partner, followed by, in order: assertiveness, respect and understanding. Women in the study admitted that they prefer men with different personality characteristics and social status from those of theirs and also prefer men who have an income level and social status similar to or higher than their own. Caring and loving father themes were identified in terms of women expectation from their partner. According to the participants' views there should be a coherence between their personal hobbies and culture and those of their partners. Women emphasised that they want their partner to have a
Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a very common health problem among women. Women's quality of life significantly decreases because they are affected by the nervousness and negativity caused by pain in their daily activities. The purpose of this study is to find out the features of pain experienced by women with CPP and identify the coping mechanisms used by them. This descriptive study was conducted in one state hospital and one university hospital. The participants are volunteer women who have had pain complaint in their pelvis/lower abdomen or genital area for 6 months and/or more (n = 134). Average age of the participants is 34·02 ± 10·58; 28·6% of them (n = 38) have had pain for more than 2 years. Of all the participants, 42·9% described their pain as stabbing. The women were found to use pain killers (85·7%), sleep (46·6%), rest (46·6%), have a hot bath (34·6%) and massage (28·6%) with a view to reduce pain. The coping strategies used by the participants were identified as trying to think something else (27·8%), praying that the pain will not last long (38·3%), distracting attention by dealing with something else (32·3%), trying to feel better by ignoring pain (17·3%) and trying to heal pain by talking to themselves (16·5%). Women with CPP use both medical and spiritual methods with a view to cope with pain. It was found that use of pain killers increased with the increase in level of pain.
Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a complicated condition that can have a large impact on life. The aetiology of CPP is often unclear and the origin appears to be multifactorial. This study aims to identify risk factors associated with CPP complaint in women. The study is a descriptive case-control study in nature. The study was conducted in one university and one state hospital. Women with CPP (n = 134) composed the case group while those who consulted to the polyclinics with other problems formed the control group (n = 383). The data were collected through a questionnaire which was prepared in light of the related literature and the 'Pelvic Pain Assessment Form' developed by the International Pelvic Pain Society. Women in the case and control groups were found to have similar socio-demographical features. This study has detected that CPP is associated with factors such as having a relative with recurrent pelvic pain complaint, having cancer or CPP history, having pain during menstruation, feeling of fullness in the abdominal region and stool consistency, recurrent urinary tract infections, having a diagnosed woman's disease (ovarian cyst, genital tract infection, prolapsus and menstrual irregularity), having had an abdominal operation, taking vaginal showers after sexual intercourse or for any other reason, falling down from height or having an accident that caused back damage, experiencing a sad event during childhood, being exposed to physical violence or forced to sexual intercourse. In Conclusion, this study has found that reproduction, urinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal systems and psychological factors affect women with chronic pelvic pain.
Pregnant women and their partners are especially vulnerable to the long-term decrease in sexual activity due to pregnancy-related symptoms and/or negative beliefs and attitudes affecting sexuality. In this regard sexual consultation and attitudes of consultant about sexuality are an important point for especially midwives. This study aims to examine predictive factors of the student midwives' attitudes and beliefs about sexuality during pregnancy within the framework of sexual counseling role. The study was designed as a cross-sectional and descriptive web based survey. The study was conducted with 365 undergraduate midwifery students enrolled in a public university. Student midwives had medium-level negative attitudes and beliefs about sexuality during pregnancy. The presence of the attitudes and beliefs about sexuality during pregnancy was found to be associated with sexual counseling comfort (p<0.01). Regression models showed that having adequate knowledge about sexual counseling, experience of presenting this knowledge, cultural doctrines, sexual information topics and time of initiating counseling were effective predictors of the decrease in negative attitudes and beliefs in sexuality during pregnancy (R=0.196-0.361, p<0.01). Findings showed that individual attitudes and beliefs during pregnancy can affect counseling skills and content.
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