Purpose
This study examined Syrian refugee adults’ experiences with mental health services due to a mental complaint.
Design and Methods
This qualitative study used a phenomenological design. The data were collected in semi‐structured focus group interviews between June and August 2018. A total of 24 individuals participated in the study. The data were analyzed using Colaizzi's method of phenomenological interpretation.
Findings
Seven themes were identified by thematic analysis of the interviews: (a) difficulties making appointments, (b) difficulties obtaining medicine, (c) personal rights, (d) lack of information, (e) language barrier, (f) discrimination, and (g) confidence versus anxiety.
Practice Implications
Nurses should be aware of the barriers experienced by refugees that affect the quality and accessibility of psychiatric services.
Purpose
This study determined the stigmatization experiences of parents with a child who received inpatient treatment at the psychiatry clinic in Turkey.
Method
A qualitative descriptive approach was used. Individual in‐depth interviews were conducted. The study sample consisted of 15 parents. The data were evaluated using the thematic analysis method.
Findings
According to the data analysis, six themes and eight subthemes were created. These themes were exclusion, labeled, hiding the child's disorder, positive discrimination, coping strategies, and despair.
Conclusion
This study determined that all participant parents were exposed to stigmatization in many areas and tried to hide their child's diagnosis.
Practical Implications
Mental health and psychiatric nurses should support the patient's parents to share and express both theirs and their child's stigmatization experiences.
Background: Simulated patients (SPs) in mental health nursing education provide a unique approach to assist student development in complex assessment skills. Purpose: The purpose of this international multisite study was to evaluate the use of two diverse mental health SP simulation scenarios on nursing students' satisfaction and self-confidence in learning to care for patients with mental health disorders in the United States (n = 70) and Turkey (n = 90). Methods: A multisite cross-sectional study design was used. Outcome measures included the Student Satisfaction and Self-confidence in Learning Scale and the adapted Simulation Effectiveness Tool-Modified. Results were analyzed using independent t tests. Results: While students in the United States reported higher perceived self-confidence and satisfaction in learning, both student populations found the intervention effective to their learning (P < .05). Conclusion: Using SPs in mental health education allow students to practice their assessment skills learned in classroom and transfer them to the clinical area.
ÖZETAmaç: Bu çalışma, şizofreni derneklerine gelen, ayaktan takip edilen şizofreni hastalarının tedavi uyumunu ve etkileyen faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla gerçekleştirildi.
Gereç ve Yöntem:Araştırmaya, Mart-Nisan 2013 tarihleri arasında, İstanbul'da bulunan dört Şizofreni Derneği'ne üye, 18-65 yaşları arasında, DSM-IV'e göre kronik şizofreni tanısı almış ve ayaktan takip edilen 35 hasta katıldı. Çalışmanın verileri anket formu, Tıbbi Tedaviye Uyum Oranı Ölçeği (TTUOÖ), Ruhsal Hastalıkların İçselleştirilmiş Damgalama Ölçeği (RHİDÖ), Beck Bilişsel İçgörü Ölçeği (BBİÖ) ve Çok Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği (ÇBASDÖ) ile toplandı. Bulgular: Çalışmaya katılan hastaların yaş ortalaması 40.83±7.25, olup %85.7'si erkek ve %40'ı lise mezunudur. Katılımcıların TTUOÖ puan ortalamaları 6.8±1.20'dir. Cinsiyet, eğitim düzeyi, sosyal güven-ce sahibi olma ile TTUOÖ ortalama puanı gruplar arasında anlamlı fark bulunmazken, ekonomik durum ve TTUOÖ puan ortalaması arasında anlamlı bir fark belirlendi. Hastaların toplam hastaneye yatış süresi ve hastalık süresi ile TTUOÖ puan ortalaması arasında ilişki saptanmadı. TTUOÖ ile RHİDÖ, BBİÖ ve ÇBASDÖ korelasyon bulunmazken, RHİDÖ ve BBİÖ arasında anlamlı pozitif korelasyon saptandı.Sonuç: Çalışmaya katılan şizofreni hastalarının tedaviye uyumu dü-şük bulundu. Bu nedenle, ruh sağlığı ve psikiyatri hemşirelerinin, şizofreni hastalarında tedaviye uyumu etkileyen faktörleri belirlemeleri ve toplum ruh sağlığı alanında yapılandırılmış programları uygulamaları önerilebilir.Anahtar sözcükler: İçgörü; içselleştirilmiş damgalama; sosyal destek; şizofreni; tedavi uyumu.
SUMMARY
Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine treatment adherence and related factors in patient with schizophrenia.
Methods: The sample of the study was composed of 35 patients with schizophrenia, between the ages of 18-65 that were outpatient and accepted to take part in the study from March-April 2013 in 4 Schizophrenia Association in Istanbul. Study data was obtained with the Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS), Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (ISMIS), Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS).
Results
The current research evaluated metabolic side effects in inpatients (N = 271) using atypical antipsychotic medications in a psychiatric hospital in Turkey between June and December 2016. Data were collected via an information form created after reviewing the literature at the time of patients' hospitalization and discharge. According to the analysis, 73.8% of patients stated they experienced side effects from antipsychotic medications and 20.7% of patients experienced weight gain. A statistical difference was detected among body mass index, waist circumference, diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate during patient hospitalization and discharge. Patients using atypical anti-psychotic medications gained weight, had increased cardiovascular risk, and experienced adverse effects on their physical health during hospitalization. Mental health nurses should inform patients of medication effects and possible side effects, monitor side effects, and teach patients how to manage metabolic side effects. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 56(4), 28-37.].
Background
Intensive care units frequently use the Glasgow Coma Scale to objectively assess patients’ levels of consciousness. Interobserver reliability of Glasgow Coma Scale scores is critical in determining the degree of impairment.
Objective
To evaluate interobserver reliability of intensive care unit patients’ Glasgow Coma Scale scores. Methods This prospective observational study evaluated Glasgow Coma Scale scoring agreement among 21 intensive care unit nurses and 2 independent researchers who assessed 202 patients with neurosurgical or neurological diseases. Each assessment was completed independently and within 1 minute. Participants had no knowledge of the others’ assessments.
Results
Agreement between Glasgow Coma Scale component and sum scores recorded by the 2 researchers ranged from 89.5% to 95.9% (P = .001). Significant agreement among nurses and the 2 researchers was found for eye response (73.8%), motor response (75.0%), verbal response (68.1%), and sum scores (62.4%) (all P = .001). Significant agreement among nurses and the 2 researchers (55.2%) was also found for sum scores of patients with sum scores of 10 or less (P = .03).
Conclusions
Although the study showed near-perfect agreement between the 2 researchers’ Glasgow Coma Scale scores, agreement among nurses and the 2 researchers was moderate (not near perfect) for subcomponent and sum scores. Accurate Glasgow Coma Scale evaluation requires that intensive care unit nurses have adequate knowledge and skills. Educational strategies such as simulations or orientation practice with a preceptor nurse can help develop such skills.
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