Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the physical activity (PA) status of adolescents with visual impairment, their enjoyment of the PA, and their perception of barriers to PA. Design and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with 110 adolescents with visual impairment. The data collection tools consisted of the (ALP-R2)-Physical Activity Subscale, the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PAES), Barriers to Physical Activity Questionnaires, and an Observation Form. The data were analyzed using frequencies, correlation, and Kappa tests. Results: It was observed that 60% of the participants stated that they did not engage in PA, 58.2% said they did not engage in PA to the extent of breaking out in a sweat and increasing their heartbeat, and 48.2% indicated that they never did PA 3 times a week for 20 minutes or more. The PAES mean score was 55.1 ± 5.5; the Physical Activity Subscale mean score was 12.5 ± 4.1 ( r = 0.42; p < 0.01). Discussion: Our findings were consistent with the results of other studies in that the changeable external factors and parental attitudes perceived as obstacles were similar. Implications for practitioners: Most of the participants wanted to be more active. Most of the adolescents’ answers to the questions about the perceived barriers to PA were contrary to what had been expected. Although the adolescents said they did not engage in PA, the number of adolescents who perceived changeable factors such as the environment and parents’ attitudes as barriers was not negligible.

The aim of this study is to make Turkish adaptation and psychometric analysis of the Decisional Balance Scale for Sexual Abstinence (DBSSA) and Self-Efficacy Scale for Sexual Abstinence (SESSA) developed in line with the Transtheoretical Model (TTM). DBSSA and SESSA were administered to total of 482 students, and 50 students were retested two weeks later. The validity of the scale was evaluated by; factor analysis, content and construct validity analysis while reliability was evaluated by internal consistency and test-retest. While content validity of scale was evaluated by receiving opinions from 12 experts, internal consistency, item analysis and test-retest results were evaluated via Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient and Pearson correlation analysis, respectively. The DBSSA content validity index was found as 0.97 and the SESSA content validity index was found as 1, and it was determined that there was a consensus among experts. Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient was found to be; 0,61 for pros/internal, 0.77 for pros/external, and 0.76 for cons among DBSSA subscales, while 0.88 for the SESSA. The test-retest reliability correlation was 0.70 for pros/internal, 0.70 for pros/external, and 0.80 for cons while 0.85 for SESSA. DBSSA and SESSA were found to be suitable, valid and reliable for Turkish culture.

Objective: The purpose of study was to conduct a study on validity and reliability of Turkish version of the “Community Care Perceptions for Nursing Students”. Methods: This methodological study was conducted in two of the universities located in Istanbul with 386 students between the dates May and December in 2019. During the designation of the Turkish version of the scale back-translation method was utilized for the language adaptation. Validity was assessed as content and construct validity and the reliability was assessed as internal consistency, test-retest analysis. Content validity was evaluated with expert views, construct validity with confirmatory factor analysis, internal consistency with Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient, test-retest results with Pearson’s Correlation analysis. Results: Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient was found as .94 and sub-dimensions ranged between .65-.88. Item total correlation was found over .20 excluding 26th, 28th items, test-retest correlation was calculated as .72. Content validity index was determined as .99. Confirmatory factor analysis was approved the structure of scale consisting of 33 items and 3 factors. Conclusions: Nursing Students’ Community Care Perceptions Scale was found to be valid and reliable. It may be used to assess community care perceptions of nursing students taking the course of community care nursing in Turkey.

Amaç: Bu araştırma, temizlik işçilerinin sağlık profilleri ve etkileyen faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla tanımlayıcı olarak yapılmıştır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Aralık 2019-Mart 2020 tarihinde yapılan araştırmanın evrenini, İstanbul ili Anadolu yakasında bulunan bir belediyeye bağlı olarak çalışan 328 temizlik işçisi oluşturmuştur. Araştırmada örneklem seçilmeyip işçilerin tamamının araştırmaya katılması hedeflenmiştir. Ancak işçilerin 33'ü anket formunu eksik ve/veya yanlış doldurduklarından araştırmaya dâhil edilmemiş ve araştırmaya katılmaya gönüllü olan 267 işçi ile araştırma tamamlanmıştır. Veriler literatür doğrultusunda hazırlanan Kişisel Bilgi Formu ve Nottingham Sağlık Profili Ölçeği ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde tanımlayıcı veriler için yüzde, aritmetik ortalama, standart sapma, ölçek puanları ile bağımsız değişkenlerin karşılaştırılması için Mann Whitney U testi kullanılmıştır.Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan işçilerin yaş ortalaması 41.92±8.53 dir. İşçilerin %51.7'si sigara kullanmakta, %55.8' işe bağlı olarak sağlık sorunu yaşamıştır. İşçilerin %24.3'ü iş kazası geçirmiş, %18.7'si batıcı-delici aletle yaralanmış, %10.5'i ise meslek hastalığı tanısı almıştır. İşçilerin en sık maruz kaldıkları riskler incelendiğinde; %70.8'i hava kirliliğine, %41.2'si sıcak veya soğuk havaya maruz kalmıştır. İşçilerin Nottingham Sağlık Profili ölçeği puan ortalaması 90.54±106.7 olup ölçeğin alt boyutlarında en yüksek puan enerji alt boyutundan (26.77±35.63); en düşük puan ise sosyal izolasyon alt boyutundan (7.72±17.06) ile alınmıştır. İşçilerin maruz kaldığı riskler ile Nottingham Sağlık Profili ölçek puan ortalamaları karşılaştırıldığında, hava kirliliği (Z=-2.62; p=0.00), gürültü (Z=-3.98; p=0.00), nemli ortam (Z=-2.65; p=0.01), vibrasyon (Z=-2.27; p=0.02), kimyasal madde (Z=-2.83; p=0.00), sıcak-soğuk (Z=-3.49; p=0.00), ve ağır kaldırma (Z=-3.79; p=0.00) arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark bulunmuştur.Sonuç: İşçilerin en fazla maruz kaldığı tehlikeler arasında hava kirliliği, gürültü, sıcak-soğuk nemli ortamda çalışma, ağır kaldırma vibrasyon ve kimyasal maddelere maruz kalmış olmaları yaşam kalitelerini etkilemiştir.