Bu çalışma, kanser hastasına bakım veren aile bireylerinin fiziksel, sosyal, duygusal ve ekonomik etkilenimlerini ve bakım veren aile üyesinin sosyodemografik özellikleri ile bu özelliklerin bakıcı yükü ile ilişkisini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.

It was concluded that music therapy decreased the depression level and systolic blood pressure in elderly people. The study results implies that music therapy can be an effective practice for public health and home care nurses attempting to reduce depression and control physiological parameters of elderly people.

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Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan hemşirelerin %90,6'sının kadınlardan oluştuğu, %78,9'unun lisans mezunu olduğu, %77,2'sinin vardiyalı sistemde çalıştığı, %31,6'sının yoğun bakımlarda görev yaptığı belirlenmiştir. Hemşirelerin %50,9'unun hemşirelik yapmaktan doyumlu olduğu, %76'sının çalıştığı kurumdaki sosyal ilişkilerden doyumlu olduğu saptanmıştır. Araştırmada, hemşirelerde duygusal emek davranışı ile psikolojik belirtiler arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olmadığı belirlenmiştir (p>,05). Cinsiyet, eğitim durumu, meslekten ve sosyal ilişkilerden doyumlu olma durumuna göre hemşirelerde duygusal emek davranışı ölçeği alt boyut puan ortalamaları arasında anlamlı bir fark olduğu bulunmuştur (p<,05). Görev yapılan birime ve meslekten doyumlu olma durumuna göre "Genel Semptom İndeksi" puan ortalamaları arasında anlamlı bir fark olduğu belirlenmiştir (p<,05). Sonuç: Hemşirelerde duygusal emek davranışı ile psikolojik belirtiler arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olmadığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Problem Sexual abuse is a multidimensional public health problem that concerns all communities. Primary‐level preventive approaches in the fight against sexual abuse have an important place. However, research involving parents in sexual abuse prevention interventions with children is limited. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of preventive psychosocial interventions directed towards mothers and their children on children's knowledge about protection from sexual abuse. Methods The study has a quasi‐experimental, comparative design with a control group and a pretest/posttest. The participants were assigned into four groups; namely, control, mother psychoeducation, child psychoeducation and mother–child psychoeducation. Findings Significant difference was determined within and between the groups in the mean scores of the Good Touch Bad Touch Curriculum test (p < 0.001). Conclusion The preventive psychosocial intervention simplemented to mothers and their children increase children's knowledge about protection from sexual abuse.

Background This study aims to reveal the effect of the Mindfulness‐Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program on the perceived stress and geriatric depression levels of older adults. Methods The data of this randomised controlled experimental study were obtained from older adults living in a nursing home in Turkey, between May and November, 2021. The target population consisted of 54 older adults living in the specified nursing home, and the sample consisted of 48 older adults who met the inclusion criteria (n = 24 intervention group, n = 24 control group). The MBSR program was applied to the older adults in the intervention group. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Geriatric Depression Scale‐Short Form. Results It was revealed that the MBSR program led to a 54.7% decrease in the perceived stress total scores of the participants, and a 49.9% and 49.8% decrease in the sub‐dimensions of perceived insufficient self‐efficacy and perceived stress/distress, respectively. It was also found that the program reduced geriatric depression scores by 14.1% and created a significant effect (P < 0.05). Conclusions It can be concluded that the MBSR program is an effective method in reducing the perceived stress and geriatric depression levels of older adults. This effect has been maintained 1 month after the completion of the program.

Objectives: This study was conducted to explore the effects of classical Turkish music therapy on both the caregiver burden and physiological parameters of patients with dementia. Methods: The study was a randomized controlled trial. It was conducted with dementia patients (n = 75) and their caregivers who were registered at in-home care services of the General Secretariat of the Association of Public Hospitals in Ordu. The study sample consisted of 30 control and 30 music group patients and their caregivers who satisfied the inclusion criteria for the study conducted between April 2015 and April 2016. The primary outcome of the study was to measure the care burden of in-home caregivers, and the secondary outcome was to measure physiological parameters, including systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration rate in patients with dementia. Results: The mean scores of the post-test caregiver burden in the music group were found to be significantly lower than those of the control group (t = -4.478, p = 0.001). The differences in the post-test systolic and diastolic blood pressures between the patient groups were found to be statistically significant (t = -4.603, p = 0.001; t = -2.656, p = 0.010). Conclusions: Classical Turkish music intervention in in-home dementia patients decreased the care burden of caregivers and the patients' blood pressures were brought under control. In parallel with these results, it is recommended that more studies to reveal the effects of classical Turkish music on care burden should be conducted.