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A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob b j je ec c t ti i v ve e: : This qu a si ex pe ri men tal study was con duc ted to exa mi ne the ef fect of infor ma ti on abo ut plan ned che mot he rapy on the cha rac te ris tics of the ir qu a lity of li fe (QoL) gi ven to chil dren with Acu te Lymphob las tic Le u ka e mi a (ALL). M Ma a t te e r ri i a al l a an nd d M Me et t h ho od ds s: : Fourty seven children and the ir pa rents, who we re al re ady re ce i ving che mot he rapy in Sel cuk Uni ver sity, Me ram Fa culty of Me di ci ne, Pa e di at ric Ha e ma to logy-On co logy Cli nic, and the app li cants ca me for followup bet we en the March 01 st and Ap ril 30 th 2005, ha ve cons ti tu ted the ma in set of samp les of this rese arch. The chil dren and fa mi li es we re as ked to comp le te a da ta col lec ti on form abo ut the ir des crip ti ve cha rac te ris tics and the Kindl R qu a lity of li fe tests we re app li ed the re af ter. They we re gi ven in for ma ti on abo ut che mot he rapy as they ca me to the poly cli nic for me di cal con trols, one day every we ek du ring one month of pe ri od. At the end of this pe ri od, the se cond sca le app li ca tion was per for med du ring the ir next month's ap po int ments, whe re a "che mot he rapy in for ma ti on book le t" was al so in tro du ced to the fa mi li es. Du ring the da ta analy sis, pa i red-samp le test was used for de ter mi ning the ave ra ge va lu es and per cen ta ges, one-way ANO VA test was app li ed when the re we re thre e or mo re pa ra me ters, and the Tu key test was used for ad van ced analy sis. The analy ses were con duc ted on a com pu ter using SPSS 11.5 sta tis tics prog ram. R Re e s su ul lt ts s: : The li fe qu a lity sco res after in for ma ti on re por ted by both the chil dren (t4-7= 19.640 p< 0.05, t8-12= 25.853 p< 0.05) and the ir fa mi li es (t4-7= 12.762 p< 0.05, t8-12= 19.016 p< 0.05) we re fo und to be in cre a sed com pa ring to that be fo re in for ma ti on. An in cre a se in the are a of self res pect was ac hi e ved for every age group in for med abo ut che mot he rapy. C Co on nc cl lu us si io on n: : It can be concluded that the in for ma ti on abo ut che mo te raphy, and re la ted tra i ning prog ram mes for the chil dren with ALL and the ir fa mi li es, would im pro ve the ir li fe qu a li ti es. K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Child; qu a lity of li fe; pe di at ric nur sing; che mot he rapy, ad ju vant Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Araş tır ma ALL' li ço cuk la ra ve ri len ke mo te ra pi ile il gi li bil gi len dir me nin ço cuk la rın yaşam ka li te si ne et ki si ni araş tır mak ama cıy la ya pıl mış tır. G Ge e r re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön n t te em m l le er r: : Ya rı de ney sel bir ça lış -ma dır. 01 Mart-30 Ni san 2005 ta rih le ri ara sın da Sel çuk Üni ver si te si Me ram Tıp Fa kül te si Pe di at rik He ma to lo ji-On ko lo ji po lik li ni ği ne kon trol amaç lı baş vu ran ve ha la ke mo te ra pi alan 47 ço cuk ve anne ba ba sı araş tır ma nın ör nek le mi ni oluş tur muş tur. Ço cuk ve ai le le ri ne bil gi len d...

The aim of this research is to examine the methods of nursing students to deal with future anxiety and stress.

In this study, it was determined that the nurses had knowledge deficits about newborn feeding both in theory and practice, but after a short educational program on newborn feeding their theoretical and practical knowledge had shown increases.

Purpose: This study is carried out to analyze the relation of weight raise and hemoglobin level during pregnancy of pregnant adolescents to their nutriational attitudes. Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study carried out to examine the relationship between nutrition habits vs weight and level of hemoglobin in the 49 pregnant adolescents participants (≤18 years of age) who had applied to pregnant and emergency services in Sammas Vehbi Ekecik Gynecology and Children’s Hospital in the city of Aksaray, Turkey, between February 15 and March 25 2004, and accepted to participate in this study. General information regarding the pregnant adolescents, their knowledge on nutrition and nutritional habits were filled in during face-to-face interviews. These pregnant adolescents were monitored during the months of April, May, June and July and their measurements were taken. Data of the study were analyzed in a computer. Results: When the nutritional knowledge scores of the pregnant adolescents are considered, it was seen that 30 (61.2%) had a good knowledge level, 10 (20.4%) had a knowledge of intermediary level, and 9 (18.3%) had a low or insufficient level of knowledge. As for the nutrition habit scores, 28 of pregnant adolescents (57.1%) had fine, and 21 of them (42.7%) had poor and inadequate levels of nutrition habits. Conclusion: When the relation between the hemoglobin levels measured of the pregnant adolescents’ according to the their nutrition knowledge scores and the distribution of their habits was analysed, it was not found meaningful (p > 0.05).

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Self-realization involves the realization of one's aims, revealing his/her potential, self-satisfaction, personal accomplishment, and scientific inventions. It is important to know nurses' self-realization levels and the variables that affect it, because self-fulfillment is necessary for the personal and professional development of nurses. This study was conducted to determine the relation between self-realization and burnout levels of nurses. The study is a cross-sectional study that was conducted on 136 nurses who worked at Çukurova University, Faculty of Medicine Hospital in Adana, Turkey. The data were collected with the Personal Information Form and the "Self-realization" sub-dimension of the "Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale" and the "Maslach Burnout Scale." The analyses of the data were made in the SPSS demo packet Program with percentages, averages, variance analysis, Student t test, and Mann-Whitney U test. The Ethical Board Approval and Institutional Approval were obtained for the study. The self-realization score average of the nurses was 32.93 ± 6.43. The self-realization scores of the nurses who preferred their jobs willingly were found to be higher, and their burnout levels were found to be lower. It was also determined that female nurses experienced more emotional burnout compared to male nurses. In the present study, it was determined that the personal accomplishment score averages were higher and the desensitization and emotional burnout score averages, which are among the burnout scale sub-dimensions, were lower in those who had higher self-realization scores.

Background: We aimed to evaluate whether serum apelin could reflect the nutritional status of children on dialysis. Methods: Twelve patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) and 20 patients on hemodialysis (HD) were enrolled. Patients received individualized diet for six months. Anthropometric and laboratory indices were measured at onset and the end of the study. Results: The anthropometric indices were all significantly lower in patients than in controls whereas similar in PD and HD patients. The protein catabolic rate (nPCR), height, mid-arm circumference (MAC), triceps skinfold thickness (TSF), arm muscle area (AMA) and arm fat area (AFA) z scores were significantly increased in dialysis patients after nutritional intervention. Weight z scores statistically increased in HD group whereas did not statistically change in PD group. Serum albumin levels were significantly improved in PD and HD patients. Apelin levels were similar in PD, HD and control groups. Post nutritional apelin values did not differ in each dialysis groups. On multivariate analysis, apelin was independently associated with age, weight, ESR and TG. Conclusions: Apelin seems to be not a useful indicator for monitoring the nutritional status in children on dialysis. However, the close link of apelin with inflammatory and lipid parameters suggested that apelin might be a novel target for slowing the atherogenic process in pediatric dialysis patients.