Background: Patient satisfaction is an essential quality-result indicator of health services in hospital and ambulatory care settings. There are limited questionnaires to measure patient satisfaction with nursing care quality in Turkey. Purpose: This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Patient Satisfaction With Nursing Care Quality Questionnaire (PSNCQ). Methods: This methodological study was carried out in a bronchology unit of a state hospital in Istanbul between January and May 2021. The sample consisted of 149 participants and was recruited using convenience sampling. Data were collected using an online questionnaire. Results: The Content Validity Index of the questionnaire was calculated at .95. Item-total correlations ranged from .76 to .91 for 19 items. The minimum factor load was .781, and the questionnaire items explained 79% of the total variance. Alpha coefficient was calculated as .98 for the whole questionnaire. To test reliability analysis, the Spearman-Brown correlation value was 0.881, and the Guttman Split-Half value was 0.933. Test re-test correlation was .88. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the one-factor model. Conclusions/Implications for practice: Turkish version of the PSNCQ questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool for evaluating patient satisfaction with nursing care. Valid and reliable instruments are crucial to effectively assess patient satisfaction with nursing care to improve health quality.

Giriş ve Amaç: Araştırmanın amacı inmeli hastalara bakım verenlerde bakım yükü, anksiyete ve depresyon düzeyinin incelenmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırmanın verileri 150 inmeli hastalara bakım verenler ile yapılmış olup Mayıs-Aralık 2020 tarihleri arasında yürütülmüştür. Veriler; Bakım veren bilgi formu, Beck Depresyon, Beck Anksiyete Ölçeği, Bakım Verme Yükü Ölçeği, Lawton ve Brody’nin Enstrümental Günlük Yaşam Aktiviteleri ve Katz’ın Günlük Yaşam Aktiviteleri Ölçeği ile toplanmış olup tanımlayıcı-kesitsel türde planlanmıştır. Veri analizinde SPSS 25.0 programı kullanılıp, gerekli etik onay ve izin alınmıştır. Bulgular: Bakım verenlerin %59.30’ü kadın, yaş ortalamaları 40.00±10.70 bulunmuş olup bakım yükü puan ortalaması 56.20±14.70 saptanmıştır. Bakım verenlerin %29.30’ünde orta düzeyde anksiyete, %32.00’sinde orta düzeyde depresif belirtiler görülmüştür. Bakım verenlerin sosyodemografik özellikleri anksiyete ve depresyon düzeyi ile karşılaştırıldığında, eğitim, çalışma, sağlık durumu, cinsiyet ve fiziksel sorun varlığı arasında anlamlı farklılık bulunmuştur (p

Amasya, bugüne değin arkeolojik yönden en fazla ihmal edilmiş illerin başında gelmektedir. Her ne kadar "Kral Mezarları" olarak bilinen ünlü Helenistik Çağ kaya mezarları (Res.1) nedeniyle 19. yüzyılın ortalarından beri sıklıkla ziyaret edilip, yayınlara geçtiyse de, yerleşmeler açısından Amasya'daki ilk önemli arkeolojik çalışma, H.H. von der Osten'in Alişar Höyük kazısına başlamadan önce Kızılırmak'ın batısı ile kavsi içinde gerçekleştirdiği yüzey araştırması çerçevesinde yaptığı incelemedir(1). Bu araştırmadan sonra, yörenin yerleşmelerinden gelen buluntular araştırmacıların dikkatini çekmeye başlamıştır.

Background: Health information technologies (HITs) present numerous opportunities for the improvement and transformation of healthcare, which include reducing human errors, improving clinical outcomes, facilitating care coordination, improving efficiency of practice and tracking data over time. HITs involve various technologies that range from simple charting, to a more advanced decision support and integration with medical technology. Objective: The aims of this study were to examine the readiness for the implementation of health information technologies (HITs) among medical and administrative staff as well as to evaluate the effects of information security status on the readiness. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 236 medical employees (F/M: 192/44; mean age: 34±7.43 years) and 139 administrative employees (F/M: 93/46, mean age: 36±7.64 years) from 15 public health institutions in Kocaeli, Marmara Region were included. The data were collected via a structured questionnaire regarding opinions about information security and privacy, use of information technologies and the Organizational Information Technology Innovation Readiness Scale ( OITIRS ). After an explanatory factor analysis was performed for the scale, two subgroups regarding Organizational Readiness and Technological Readiness were obtained. Binary logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate related factors for these subgroups of OITIRS . Results: According to binary logistic regression analysis, establishing of a password management system was found to be a crucial factor for both organizational and technological readiness among medical and administrative employees in health institutions (p<0.05). The enhancement of collaboration among staff by implementing information technologies was a critical factor for the medical staff; whereas, the attitude of employees to ensure information security was an important factor for the administrative employees in both subgroups ( p <0.05). Conclusion: Both medical and administrative unit employees stated that establishing a password management system that determines the frequency of changing passwords in the organization would affect both organizational and technical readiness in healthcare institutions.

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Objective: Cancer is a disease that threatens the life of patients and causes chronic health problems and many symptoms that affect their quality of life. For this reason, patients must be followed up in palliative care units, where they can receive more comprehensive care from the diagnosis stage. This study was conducted to evaluate the views and knowledge level of oncology nurses in the integration of early palliative care among cancer patients. Method: A hospital-based descriptive cross-sectional study design of the research was employed to gather data from 106 nurses working in different areas of oncology in hospitals located in different cities in country from March to May 2021. Results: Nurses' total scores on the Palliative Care Knowledge Test differed significantly by age, years of working in the profession, the unit worked and the working time in the unit (p < 0.05). Conclusion:The results of the study showed that the nurses' knowledge of palliative care was above the moderate level. The nurses with high knowledge scores advocated the need for early integration of palliative care. Moreover, the results also indicated that there is a need to increase the educational level of nurses in palliative care.

Objectives: For the last three decades, although colorectal cancer incidence has been decreasing in those over 50 years of age, it has been increasing in those under 50 included in the pre-screening group (PSG). The present study aims to explain the screening-related factors and compliance of individuals in PSG who are not included in the colorectal cancer screening programme.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with a total of 323 participants, 143 of whom were from the pre-screening group (40-49 years), and 180 from the screening included group (SIG) (50-70 years).Results: Individuals included in PSG were more likely to have accepted that both faecal occult blood test (FOBT) (2.23 ± 1.22 vs. 1.89 ± 1.33, p = 0.018) and colonoscopy (2.37 ± 0.97 vs. 2.02 ± 1.14, p = 0.003) were useful and suitable screening tests in colorectal cancer. Adequate health literacy (OR = 4.3, 95% CI: 1.8-10.0, p = 0.001) and better education level (OR = 3.3, 95% CI: 1.3-8.4, p = 0.010) were factors of increased knowledge of colorectal cancer screening.Conclusions: The findings show that PSG has different characteristics than SIG and may be more fitting in the colorectal cancer screening programme if included.

Objective: The coronavirus disease (COVID 19) is a significant problem that affects occupational fatigue and stress level of nurses working at the forefront of the pandemic. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between occupational fatigue and perceived stress level among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1441 nurses between May 23 and June 7, 2020 using online questionnaire in Turkey. Results: Nurses' occupational fatigue scale scores were moderate to high in chronic and acute fatigue sub-dimensions and moderate to low in the recovery sub-dimension. Furthermore, the average stress level perceived by nurses was reported to be high in this study. Conclusion: It is extremely important for long working hours to be addressed so that nurses can recover and cope with stress during this ongoing pandemic.