Aim: Interoception, defined as the perception of internal bodily changes. The aim of this study is to evaluate the Turkish validity and reliability study of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness-2 (MAIA 2) scale developed by William Mehling et al. (2018). Material and Method: The research is methodological. Research data was collected between April 2020 and May 2020 (n=400). Forward and backward translation were used to translate the MAIA 2 into Turkish. We conducted exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to analyze the psychometrics of the MAIA 2 in a 70:30 split sample. Statistical analysis were done with R Project. Results: The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value (KMO=0.910) was acceptable, and there exists a significant correlation structure with Bartlett's test of sphericity (χ2=5134.120, p<0.001). We observed six factors with Horn's Parallel analysis. The Cronbach Alphas of these six factors were acceptable (α>0.60). Standardized loadings were positive and >0.40 with significant results (p<0.05) (r=0.71, p<0.05). The RMSEA is nearly zero and SRMR is extremely low. Conclusions: As a result, the Turkish version of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness Scale (MAIA 2) developed by Mehling et al. and originally in English is valid and reliable according to our results.

Domestic violence against women is an important social and public health problem worldwide resulting from unequal power relationships between men and women. The purpose of the present cross-sectional descriptive study was to determine the factors affecting the views and experiences of women living in the city centre of Manisa, Turkey, regarding domestic violence. The data were collected from a representative sample of women (n=873) in 2012. The socio-demographic questionnaire and the World Health Organization's Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence Against Women were used for data collection. The study results revealed that of the women, 14.8% were exposed to physical violence, 7.9% to sexual violence, 20.2% to emotional violence/abuse and 11.2% to economic violence/abuse within the last 12 months. Lower income level, lower social status, lower educational level, unemployment, being exposed to parental violence during childhood and being married to husbands exposed to parental violence during childhood were associated risk factors with domestic violence. The study results indicate that domestic violence against women is a common phenomenon in Manisa.

Aim. The aim of descriptive study was to determine whether women are receiving prenatal care services and if benefiting from prenatal care has an impact on the incidence of cesarean delivery. Methods. This descriptive and research was carried out at the Manisa Maternity and Children's Hospital with inpatients who had just given birth (n= 269). The data was collected with a questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of two parts. The first part encompassed questions on the sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of the women and the second part related to the prenatal care services that women received. Data was analyzed using the SPSS 15.0. Basic descriptive findings and the education provided as prenatal care services were analyzed using frequency distributions. Selected characteristics and mode of delivery were compared using qisquare analysis. Results. It was observed that 97% of the women participating in the study had received at least one prenatal care. Of the 8 women who had not received prenatal care (3%), only one (12.5%) had delivered by cesarean section. Cesarean rates were higher in women who received prenatal care four or more times in the pregnancy, in women who obtained the service only from doctors, in those who obtained it from private hospitals, and in women who had undergone ultrasound scanning. Moreover the study found that the education and training that comprised the content of prenatal care services were inadequate. Conclusion. According to the study quality of antenatal care prevent cesarean delivery which non-medical reasons.Keywords: Cesarean section, delivery, Manisa, prenatal care Özet Amaç. Çalışma, kadınların doğum öncesi bakım hizmeti alma durumlarının tespit edilmesi ve doğum öncesi bakım hizmeti almanın sezaryen doğum sıklığı üzerine etkisini belirlemek amacıyla planlanmıştır. Yöntem. Tanımlayıcı tipteki araştırma, Sağlık Bakanlığı'na bağlı Manisa Doğum ve Çocuk Bakımevi Hastanesi Obstetri kliniğinde yatan yeni doğum yapmış annelerle yapılmıştır (n=269). Veriler, araştırmacılar tarafından literatür taranarak oluşturulan soru formu ile toplanmıştır. Soru formu iki bölümden oluşmaktadır; ilk bölüm kadınların sosyodemografik ve obstetrik özellikler ve ikinci bölüm kadınların aldıkları doğum öncesi bakım hizmetleri ile ilgilidir. Çalışmada tanımlayıcı bulgular ve doğum öncesi bakım hizmetlerinde verilen eğitimler sayı ve yüzde gibi tanımlayıcı istatistikler ile ve sosyodemografik özellikler ile doğum şekilleri ki-kare analizi ile değerlendirildi. Bulgular. Çalışmada kadınların %97'sinin doğum öncesi bakım hizmetini en az 1 kez aldığı belirlendi. Kadınların 8'inin (%3) doğum öncesi bakım almamış ve DÖB almayanlardan sadece 1'inin (12,5%) sezaryenle doğum yapmıştır. Çalışmada gebeliğinde dört ve daha fazla doğum öncesi bakım hizmeti alanlarda, bu hizmeti sadece doktordan alanlarda, hizmeti sadece özel kurumlardan alanlarda ve gebeliğinde ultrasonografi çekilenlerde sezaryen oranları daha yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca çalışmada, doğum öncesi bakım hizmetlerinin içer...

Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has adversely affected the physical and mental health of individuals. The elderly are a special group that is affected by this condition. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic on older adults in terms of disability, state–trait anxiety and life satisfaction. Methods The population of this cross‐sectional study consisted of individuals aged 65 and over who presented to a family health centre in Samsun a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast (N = 3950). The study data were collected with the following five forms: Personal Information Form, Quality of Life Questionnaire, State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, Brief Disability Questionnaire and Life Satisfaction Scale. In the analysis of the study data, descriptive statistics, Student's t‐test, paired t‐test, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis were used. Results The mean age of the participants was 70.88 ± 4.818 years. There was a significant difference between the participants' pre‐ and post‐pandemic health status and quality of life levels. In the study, a significant relationship was determined between the scores obtained from the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Brief Disability Questionnaire and between the scores obtained from the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory and the variables such as income and marital status (P < 0.05). Conclusion A significant result of the study is that the older adults' perceptions of health status and quality of life were adversely affected by the pandemic. Another significant result is that disability increased the level of anxiety. The other significant result of the study is that socioeconomic status was an important determinant of anxiety.

The adoption of the translated "Stigma of Tuberculosis Scale"in Turkey is found reliable and valid to evaluate of perception of stigma with tuberkulosis patient.