This study aimed at investigating social problem solving, perceived stress, depression, and life-satisfaction in patients with tension type and migraine headaches. Forty-nine migraine and 42 tension type headache patients (n = 91) consenting to participate were compared to a total of 49 matched healthy control group. Participants filled in a questionnaire consisting self-report measures of problem solving, perceived stress, depression and life satisfaction. They were also asked about headache duration, frequency, pain severity, psychiatric treatment and sense of control in one's life. T-tests, chi-square, analysis of variance, logistic regression analysis and Pearson product moment correlation coefficient procedures were used to analyze the data. Tension type headache patients reported having had more frequent headaches than the migraine patients but migraine patients reported having had more intense pain than the tension type headache patients. Instances of psychiatric treatment were more common among tension type headache patients than the migraine and the control group. Compared to the healthy controls, headache patients displayed a deficiency in problem solving, higher levels of perceived stress and depression. Levels of problem solving skills in headache patients were related inversely to depression, perceived stress and the number of negative life events but problem solving skills of headache patients was related positively to life-satisfaction. The findings from this study suggested that cognitive behavioral problem solving therapy or training might be a viable option for reducing levels of stress and depression, and to increase life-satisfaction in patients suffering from primary headache.

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The aim of this study was to investigate the screen time of preschool children in relation to their parents' screen-use habits and family functions. Materials and Methods: We included 198 parents whose children were attending a kindergarten in Sarıçam district of Adana. Data were collected using a questionnaire and the Family Assessment Scale. Screen times were calculated by adding up the time spent in front of tablets, TV, mobile phones, and computers. Results: The screen times were >2 h in 57.6% children on weekdays and in 76.3% on weekends, and screen times increased as age increased. Further, 88.9% parents indicated that they had family rules about screen use, 62.6% stated that their children were in front of the screen while eating, and 44.4% said their children had a screen of their own, whereas 90.9% told that they had not received any recommendations regarding screen use from family physicians or pediatricians. Low education level of parents, lack of family rules on screen use, children having their own screens, and having received no recommendations from doctors regarding screen use were noted to increase the screen times of children. There was a relationship between the screen times of children and that of parents as well as between screen times of children on weekdays and the communication subscale of family functions. Conclusion: From the results of the study, individual and institutional initiatives are recommended for family physicians and pediatricians who have many contacts with this age group to turn it into an opportunity and have a more active role in advising parents regarding screen use Amaç: Bu çalışmda okul öncesi çocukların ekran kullanım sürelerinin ebeveyn ekran kullanım alışkanlıkları ve aile işlevleri ile ilişkisinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmamıza Adana ili, Sarıçam ilçesinde anaokuluna devam eden çocuğu olan 198 ebeveyni dahil ettik. Veriler bir anket formu ve Aile Değerlendirme Ölçeği kullanılarak toplandı. Ekran süreleri; tablet, TV, cep telefonu ve bilgisayar başında geçirilen süre toplanarak hesaplandı. Bulgular: Çocukların %57,6'sının hafta içi, %76,3'ünün hafta sonu ekran kullanım sürelerinin iki saatin üzerinde olduğu ve yaş arttıkça ekran süresinin arttığı saptandı. Ebeveynlerden %88,9'u ekran konusunda aile içi kurallarının olduğunu, %62,6'sı çocuklarının yemek yerken ekran karşısında olduğunu, %44,4'ü çocuklarının kendine ait bir ekranının olduğunu, %90,9'u aile veya çocuk hekimlerinden ekran kullanımı konusunda herhangi bir öneri almadıklarını bildirdi. Ebeveynlerin eğitim düzeyinin düşük olmasının, ekran konusunda aile içi kuralların olmamasının, çocukların kendilerine ait ekranlarının olmasının, hekimlerin ekran kullanımı konusunda öneride bulunmamasının çocukların ekran kullanım sürelerini arttırdığı bulundu. Çocukların ekran kullanım süreleri ile ebeveynlerin ekran kullanım süreleri arasında ve çocukların hafta içi ekran kullanım süreleri ile aile işlevlerinin iletişim alt ölçeği arasında ilişki saptandı. Sonuç: Çalışmanın bulguları göz önüne ...

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Mental health problems were found to be more common than physical health problems in cancer caregivers in palliative care units. This is a quasi-experimental study planned to determine the effect of the meditation based mandala programme on distress, anxiety and depression in caregivers of cancer patients in a palliative care unit. Planned as a single-group pre-test/post-test design, with a total of 11 caregivers. Data were collected with the Caregiver Diagnosis Form, Distress Thermometer, Beck Depression Inventory, and Beck Anxiety Inventory. Caregivers participated in the Meditation Based Mandala Programme once a week, which lasted 2 hours for 5 weeks. The distress, depression and anxiety levels of the patients were measured before the programme started and at the end of the programme. Meditation based mandala programme is effective in reducing the distress, depression and anxiety levels of caregivers of cancer patients in the palliative care unit.