The purpose of this research was to determine the attitudes of social work students in Turkey toward sexuality. According to the findings, gender differences, talking about sexuality, and having an active sex life, affect liberality about sexuality. Religious beliefs have a significant impact on attitudes, and our data show that Turkish social work students were relatively sexually inexperienced and conservative. However, they were more accepting and liberal for others' sexual preferences than for their own.

Quality of life is a broad, complex, multidimensional concept incorporating psychological, sociopsychological, economic, philosophical, social, cultural, and spiritual dimensions. As accompanying or even constituting the concept of quality life, social support (empathic, informational, instrumental, and reassurance support) has not been studied. This study sought to determine the effects of sociodemographic characteristics, illness process, and type of social support on the quality of life levels of veterans hospitalized in a rehabilitation center. Seventy-nine veterans were involved in the study. None of the sociodemographic characteristics of the veterans correlated with the quality of life of the veterans except housing conditions. The perceived quality of life scores of the veterans who needed psychological help were lower than those of their counterparts (p < 0.01). The quality of life scores of the veterans were not different from those of the average Turkish population, but veterans who had not received any type of social support had lower quality of life scores (3.74 vs. 4.70). Veterans who had empathic, informational, and reassurance social support had higher quality of life scores than did those who did not have these types of social support. Having tangible social support did not change the quality of life scores. Our findings indicate that social support has a greater impact on the perceived quality of life than sociodemographic and medical factors among the veterans.

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Objectives: This research article aims to measure the effects of group therapy on institutionalized elderly in terms of reducing depression and improving psychosocial functioning. Methods: Thirty elderly nursing home residents were recruited, and 16 of them elected to receive group treatment for depression and 14 declined treatment. The Multidimensional Observation Scale for Elderly Subjects and the Geriatric Depression Scale were given to both groups when group work began and again when it ended. Results: Clients who received group treatment experienced reductions in depression and their psychosocial functioning improved. Conclusion: Group work intervention was followed by reductions in the depression levels and improvements in their psychosocial functions among institutionalized elderly clients.

Objective: Dizziness is one of the most frequently seen unresolved diseases in primary health care. Regardless of its reason or characteristics; effects of dizziness in patients' daily life are very significant. This study is planned to adapt the Dizziness Handicap Inventory to Turkish and to use it in practice; an inventory which can be used to determine the alterations in the life qualities of the outpatients or inpatients consulted with the dizziness complaint. Method: 178 patients were included in the study, who was admitted to Turgut Ozal University Medical Faculty Otorhinolaryngology and Family Physician polyclinics with dizziness complaint for last 1 month. A semi-structured interview form and Dizziness Disability Inventory were used as data collection means. Results: Dizziness Disability Inventory; consists of 25 clauses which determine the aggravating factors associated with dizziness and shakiness and also the emotional and functional results of vestibular system diseases. The inventory consists of 3 sub-dimensions, intended to determine physical, emotional and functional effects of the vestibular system diseases. All of the sub-dimensions have high internal-confidence and their Cronbach Alfa values are between 0,67 and 0,82. Also the Cronbach Alfa values of the sub-inventory groups were similar with the general inventory. Conclusion: The findings obtained from the study show that this inventory may be used on dizziness patients in Turkey, and it has satisfactory validity and reliability coefficients. It may be concluded that, by using this inventory, dizziness complaint and its effects on life quality can be monitored via more objective criteria. ÖZETAmaç: Birinci basamakta en çok karşımıza çıkan ayrışmamış hastalık durumlarından biri, baş dönmesidir. Sebebi ve karakteristiği her ne olursa olsun baş dönmesinin hastaların günlük yaşamlarına olan etkisi oldukça önemlidir. Bu çalışma; baş dönmesi yakınması ile başvuran, ayaktan ya da yatarak tedavi edilen hastaların yaşam kalitelerindeki değişikliği belirlemede kullanılabilecek Baş Dönmesi Engellilik Envanterinin (Dizziness Handicap Inventory), Türkçeye uyarlanması ve pratikte kullanılması amacıyla planlanmıştır. Yöntem: Çalışmaya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Kulak Burun Boğaz ve Aile Hekimliği Polikliniklerine son bir aydır devam eden baş dönmesi yakınması ile başvuran 178 hasta dahil edilmiştir. Veri toplama araçları olarak yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu ve Baş dönmesi Engellilik Envanteri kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Baş Dönmesi Engellilik Envanteri, hastaların baş dönmesi ve denge bozukluğu ile ilgili ağırlaştırıcı faktörlerin yanı sıra vestibüler sistem hastalıklarında duygusal ve fonksiyonel sonuçları belirleyen 25 maddeden oluşmaktadır. Envanter, vestibüler sistem hastalıklarının fiziksel, duygusal ve fonksiyonel etkilerini belirlemeye yönelik üç alt envanter içermektedir. Tüm alt envanterlerin iç güvenirlikleri yüksek ve Cronbach alfa değerleri 0,67 ile 0,82 arasındadır. Envanterin genelinde olduğu gibi alt envanter gruplarından elde ed...