Evaluation of immunomodulatory nutrients in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit

Effect of Foot Massages on Postpartum Comfort and Pain Level of Mothers After Vaginal Delivery

“…It is performed at the beginning and end of the massage. 19,20 Petrissage is the slow and rhythmic movement while applying direct pressure to the soft tissue underlying the skin with the balls of the fingers and thumbs (Figure 3). Friction is the application of pressure through small circular movements only in small areas, using the hand or fingers (Figure 4).…”

Kuram Temelli Araştırmaların Emzirme Üzerine Etkisi: Sistematik Derleme ve Metaanaliz

“…Theory is generally defined as a tool that is commonly used to understand, control, predict, and explain what exists, and that allows the systematic emergence of truth that serves a specific purpose (4,5). Discipline-specific knowledge production and accumulation can be realized by deciding the problem in the light of theories, solving the problem with theory-based research, testing and developing theories.…”

“…There is a mutually dynamic process between theory and research: research supports theory, theory generates the research question, and guides the research process (6,7). The use of theory provides a systematic approach to studies and also sets standards for applications (4,5,8). In addition, models and theories play an important role in the synthesis of the relationship between research and knowledge.…”