Materials and Methods:This descriptive study was conducted in February 2021 with a total of 645 adult individuals. The Introductory Information Form, The Scale of Vaccine Hesitancy, and The Attitudes Towards the COVID-19 Vaccine Scale were used to collect the research data. The data were collected online via the snowball sampling method through social media.Results: In the study, 33.8% of the participants stated that they will not get vaccinated for Coronavirus. The concerns of the participants about getting the COVID-19 vaccine were, the fact that the vaccine was produced in a very short time (19.8%), fear of the side effects of the vaccine (18.9%), and not finding the contents of vaccines safe (16.2%). Conclusions:The factors affecting the positive attitude towards the COVID-19 vaccine are, in turn, thinking about getting COVID-19 Vaccine, finding it useful to wear a mask, thinking that the source of COVID-19 is natural, being a healthcare professional and not refusing the vaccine in the past.
With the spread of the pandemic all over the world, social isolation is applied as a precaution and people spend most of their time at home with their families. Therefore, the responsibilities of the family health nurse are increasing. During this period, family health nurses provide services in pregnancy follow-up, newborn care and follow-up, care of individuals with chronic diseases, family education, vaccination, and quarantine measures. It has been observed that there has been a significant increase in workloads since vaccinations are carried out in family health centers and people prefer family health centers instead of crowded hospital environments. This article aims to discuss the role and importance of family health nurses providing primary health care in many aspects of health protection and development in Turkey and the world during the pandemic period.
Aim: This study was carried out to examine the mental health status and care burden of relatives of patients receiving care from the home care unit. Material and Method: This descriptive study was performed with the relatives of 102 patients who were served from the Home Care Unit of Karabük Training and Research Hospital between September and December 2018. The data were collected with a Participant Information Form, General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) and the Burden Interview (BI). Data analyzed using descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Spearman correlation analysis.Results: 58.8% of the caregivers were female, 69.6% were married and the mean age was 42.96±13.69. The mean total score of GHQ-28 was 5.76±4.07. The mean total score of BI was 51.11±19.86. A weak positive correlation was found between the GHQ-28 total score and the BI score (r=0.233; p=0.018). It was found that 54.9% of caregivers were at risk for mental health, and 65.5% were over/ overly burden of caring. According to age, gender, marital status and occupation, in GHQ-28 scores; a significant difference was found in the scores of caregiving burden according to financial problems, degree of closeness and gender of the patient. Conclusion:Taking measures to reduce the burden of care is thought to be effective in protecting and improving mental health.
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