Traditional and Religious Death Practices in Western Turkey

Bahar, Zühal; Beşer, RN Ayşe; Ersin, RN Fatma; Kıssal, Aygül; Aydoğdu, RN Nihal G.

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“…The lowest score for nutrition subscale is 9.0 and the highest score is 36.0; the lowest score for physical activity subscale is 8.0 and the highest score is 32.0. Higher scores indicate a healthier lifestyle [ 23 , 24 ]. In this study, the scale which was developed by Walker et al, [ 23 ] and whose Turkish validity and reliability was conducted by Bahar et al, [ 24 ] was used.…”

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“…Higher scores indicate a healthier lifestyle [ 23 , 24 ]. In this study, the scale which was developed by Walker et al, [ 23 ] and whose Turkish validity and reliability was conducted by Bahar et al, [ 24 ] was used. General alpha value of the scale was found as 0.92 by Bahar et al [ 24 ].…”

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“…In this study, the scale which was developed by Walker et al, [ 23 ] and whose Turkish validity and reliability was conducted by Bahar et al, [ 24 ] was used. General alpha value of the scale was found as 0.92 by Bahar et al [ 24 ]. The alpha value of the scale was determined as 0.87 in this study.…”

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Effect of lifestyle interventions of pregnant women on their dietary habits, lifestyle behaviors, and weight gain: a randomized controlled trial

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BackgroundAlthough it is known that lifestyle behaviors of pregnant women are closely related to maternal and fetal health, number of data concerning efficacy of intervention on lifestyle during pregnancy is limited. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of lifestyle interventions on improving dietary habits and lifestyle behaviors, ensuring gestational weight gain (GWG) within recommended levels and limiting postpartum weight retention (PWR).MethodsThe study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial in a family health center located in Istanbul, Turkey, between June 2011 and July 2012. The primary outcomes were GWG, and the proportion of pregnant women whose GWG was within the Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines. One hundred two pregnant women with gestation ≤12 weeks, age ≥18 years, gravidity ≤2, and who did not intend to lose weight in prepregnancy period were randomly included in this study as intervention (n = 51) and control (n = 51) groups. The study was completed with 45 women for each group. The control group received routine antenatal care. The intervention group was received an individualized lifestyle intervention focusing on healthy lifestyle, diet, exercise, and weight monitoring as four sessions at 12–15, 16–18, 20–24, and 37 weeks gestation. Lifestyle behaviors were evaluated with Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II. Dietary habits were assessed by 3-day dietary recalls, and weight was followed from pregnancy until 6 weeks postpartum.ResultsThe lifestyle interventions had a significant effect on improving lifestyle behaviors, protein intake, percentage of energy from protein, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, and vegetable intakes when adjusted for confounders (p < 0.05). The proportion of women who were within the IOM recommendations was higher in the intervention group (51.1 %) than in the control group (28.9 %) The odds ratio for GWG within IOM was statistically significant between the groups (OR = 0.59, 95 % CI, 0.45–0.72). There were no difference between groups in terms of the other dietary intakes, total GWG, and PWR (p > 0.05).ConclusionsLifestyle intervention improves the lifestyle behaviors during pregnancy and increases the appropriate GWG for prepregnancy body mass index (BMI), but it has a limited effect in terms of improving dietary habits and has no effect on PWR.

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“…Although death is described as a natural process of the life cycle and an inevitable reality of life, it is typically one of the most painful experiences of loss undergone by the patient and his/her family (Cimete, ). Nurses’ knowledge about the dying patient and his/her family's sociocultural status will play a key role in designating the type of care strategies to be implemented (Bahar, Beser, Ersin, Kissal, & Aydogdu, ; İnci & Oz, ). It is everybody's right to receive a holistic and sensitive care from the medical staff.…”

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Student Nurses’ Attitudes Toward Dying Patients in Central Anatolia

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“…Many researchers recommend that nurses and physicians be closely acquainted with the prevailing traditions and religious beliefs in the communities where they serve. 20 Chinese traditional culture holds that physical death is not the end of the bearing of responsibility, and that experience should be passed down from generation to generation. Our study also showed that the vast majority of patients were worried about their loved ones suffering excessive grief at their death, which could affect their families' lives.…”

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The Understanding of Death in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients in China: An Initial Study

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Patient's needs and rights are the key to delivering state-of-the-art modern nursing care. It is especially challenging to provide proper nursing care for patients who are reaching the end of life (EOL). In Chinese culture nursing practice, the perception and expectations of these EOL patients are not well known. This article explores the feelings and wishes of 16 terminally ill Chinese cancer patients who are going through the dying process. An open-ended questionnaire with eight items was used to interview 16 terminally ill Chinese cancer patients, and was then analyzed by a combined approach employing grounded theory and interpretive phenomenological analysis. Four dimensions were explored: first, patient's attitudes towards death, such as accepting the fact calmly, striving to survive, and the desire for control; second, the care desired during the dying process, including avoiding excessive treatment and dying with dignity; third, the degree of the patient's acceptance of death; and fourth, the consequences of death. This cognitive study offers a fundamental understanding of perceptions of death of terminally ill cancer patients from the Chinese culture. Their attitude toward death was complex. They did not prefer aggressive treatment and most of them had given a great deal of thought to their death.

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Traditional and Religious Death Practices in Western Turkey

Abstract: We recommended that nurses and physicians be closely acquainted with the prevailing traditions and religious beliefs in the communities where they served.

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Effect of lifestyle interventions of pregnant women on their dietary habits, lifestyle behaviors, and weight gain: a randomized controlled trial

Effect of lifestyle interventions of pregnant women on their dietary habits, lifestyle behaviors, and weight gain: a randomized controlled trial

Student Nurses’ Attitudes Toward Dying Patients in Central Anatolia

The Understanding of Death in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients in China: An Initial Study

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