Objective: This study was conducted to examine the relationship among depressive symptoms, loneliness and eating attitudes in university students together with sociodemographic characteristics. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 2600 students from Erzincan University. Data were collected by a descriptive form, Beck Depression Inventory, The UCLA Loneliness Scale and Eating Attitudes Test-40. For data analysis,, Pearson's Correlation Analysis, Student t-test, Mann Whitney-U Test, Kruskall Wallis variance test and one way ANOVA were used besides percentages, minimum and maximum values, mean, standard deviations. Results: The mean UCLA Loneliness Scale score of all students was 39.3±9.5. The prevalence was 32.8% for the depressive symptoms and 8.5% for the possible eating disorder. There was a very weak-positive relationship between the Beck Depression Inventory and UCLA Loneliness Scale, also there was a weak positive relationship between the Beck Depression Inventory and Eating Attitudes Test-40, average score (p<0.05), On the other hand there was not a relationship between UCLA Loneliness Scale and Eating Attitudes Test-40 (p>0.05). Gender was detected not to be effective on the risk of depressive symptoms and possible eating disorder scores. Males were more alone, females were underweight and normal weight, while males were overweight and obese. Conclusion:The present study has revealed that students experienced loneliness on a moderate level, the depressive symptom and possible eating disorder were widespread. It was also found that loneliness perception is a risk factor for depressive symptom and depressive symptom is a determinant factor for possible eating disorder. Health professionals should provide mental care to the students for depression, loneliness and eating disorders through, mental education, psychological counseling, and evidence-based guidance,and also they should develop effective strategies for good mental health literacy, for protection and improvement of mental health. ÖZETAmaç: Bu çalışma üniversite öğrencilerinde depresif belirti, yalnızlık ve yeme tutumu arasındaki ilişkinin sosyodemografik özelliklerle birlikte incelenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Yöntem: Kesitsel türde olan bu çalışma Erzincan Üniversitesi'nde öğrenim gören 2600 öğrenci ile Nisan-Mayıs 2010 tarihleri arasında yürütülmüştür. Veriler tanımlayıcı soru formu, Beck Depresyon Envanteri, UCLA Yalnızlık Ölçeği ve Yeme Tutumu Testi-40 ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde sayılar, yüzdelikler, en az ve en çok değerler ile ortalama ve standart sapmaların yanı sıra; Spearman korelasyon analizi, bağımsız gruplarda t-testi, Mann Whitney-U, Kruskall Wallis varyans ve tek yönlü varyans analizleri kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Öğrencilerin UCLA Yalnızlık Ölçeği puan ortalaması 39,3±9,5, depresif belirti yaygınlığı %32,8, olası yeme bozukluğu yaygınlığı ise %8,5 olarak belirlenmiştir. Beck Depresyon Envanteri ile UCLA-Yalnızlık Ölçeği arasında çok zayıf, Yeme Tutumu Testi-40 arasında zayıf düzeyde pozitif yönlü bir ilişki be...
Introduction. Since health information is considered as sensitive personal data and requires more careful protection, healthcare professionals need to be careful about this issue. The objective of this research was to determine nursing students’ attitudes towards recording and protecting patients’ personal health data. Materials and Methods. The population of this descriptive research consisted of 450 students who studied at the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University. Sample selection was not used, and the research was completed with 374 students who were continuing education and who were accepted to participate in the research. Descriptive Information template and Attitude Scale for Recording and Protecting Personal Health Data for nursing students were used as data-collection instruments. The numbers, percentage, mean, standard deviation, non-parametric tests (the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis test) were used in data analysis. Results. Among our research participants, 68.4% of the students were females; 28.1% of the students were freshmen; 69% of the students were graduates of Anatolian high schools. Approximately 72.5% and 52.9% of the participants stated that they were aware of the concept of “personal data” and “personal health data” , respectively. The mean score of nursing students on the Attitude Scale for Recording and Protecting Personal Health Data was 3.97±0.71. The means scores obtained from subscales were as follows: 3.91±0.72 for Personal Health Data Information, 4.15±0.80 for Legal Information, 4.05±0.94 for Legal Data Sharing, 3.90±0.80 for Personal Health Data Sharing, and 3.77±0.33 for Recording of Personal Health Data, respectively. A statistically significant difference was found between the total scale and subscale scores of the students regarding their academic level. Conclusions. Students were found to have a positive attitude towards recording and protecting personal data. Increasing the responsibilities and raising awareness of the students for the protection of personal health data during their study is suggested to be important.
ABSTRACT Purpose: The study aims to determine the effect of clinical practice on nursing students’ professional competencies. Material and Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study with a one-group pretest-posttest design. Its population consisted of 375 second-, third- and fourth-year nursing students who had completed at least one year of nursing education at the nursing faculty where the study was conducted. No sampling was done, and the study was completed with 265 students who agreed to participate. The data were collected using an introductory information form and the Competency Inventory of Nursing Students (CINS). The pre-test data were collected in the second week when the students started their clinical practice, and the post-test data were collected in the twelfth week near the end of their clinical practice. Results: A statistically significant difference was found between the nursing students’ pre- and post-test mean scores on the CINS and its clinical biomedical science, general clinical skills, critical thinking and reasoning, caring, and lifelong learning subscales (p
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