The primary objective of this study was to assess the effect of aromatherapy and classic massage administered in various ways to breast cancer patients on their symptoms and quality of life. The sampling consisted of 280 patients. Quality of life and symptoms of the patients were evaluated once at baseline and then at week 6 and week 10 following the intervention. After intervention, the control group was observed to have lower total quality of life score and subdomain scores, whereas fragrance, massage and aromatherapy massage groups had higher scores, and the increase was more obvious particularly in the patients in the aromatherapy massage group. Similarly, whereas psychological and physical symptoms were experienced more intensely in the control group, the severity of all the symptoms experienced by the other patients decreased at week 6 and week 10 as compared with baseline especially in the group that was administered massage with aromatherapy.
Background: Childhood urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most important factors affecting adult health. Aim: The study was a cross-sectional investigation to identify the prevalence of UTI and its risk factors. Methods: The study included 2,511 6–8th grade elementary school students. Data were collected by questionnaire form and medical diagnosis. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: 7.1% of all participating students had UTI (10.1% girls, 4.2% boys). Students with a family history of UTI had a 3.763-fold risk of developing UTI (p < 0.05) compared to those without. Students who drank <1 liter of water daily had a 1.077 times higher risk of having the infection than those who drank >1 liter of water daily (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Students drinking an inadequate amount of water and having a family history had a high prevalence of UTI.
The objective of this study was to identify the effect of planned follow-up visits on married women's health beliefs and behaviors concerning breast and cervical cancer screenings. The study was conducted using the single-group pre-test/post-test and quasi-experimental study designs. The sample of the study included 153 women. Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, the Health Belief Model (HBM) Scale for Breast Cancer Screening, the HBM Scale for Cervical Cancer Screening, and a Pap smear test. Data were collected using the aforementioned tools from September 2012 to March 2013. Four follow-up visits were conducted, nurses were educated, and telephone reminders were utilized. Friedman's test, McNemar's test, and descriptive statistics were used for data analyzing. The frequency of performing breast self-examination (BSE) at the last visit increased to 84.3 % compared to the pre-training. A statistically significant difference was observed between the pre- and post-training median values in four subscales except for the subscale of perceived seriousness of cervical cancer under "the Health Belief Model Scale for Cervical Cancer and the Pap Smear Test" (p < 0.001). The rate of performing BSE significantly increased after the training and follow-up visits. Also, the rate of having a Pap smear significantly increased after the follow-up visits.
Bu çalışma Sister Callista Roy'un uyum modelinden yola çıkılarak göçle gelen ve gelmeyen ergenlerin uyumlarını artırmak için yapılan benlik saygısını yükseltme programının benlik saygısı düzeyine etkisini belirlemek amacıyla yarı deneysel olarak yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Kayseri'ye 5-8 yıl içinde göçle gelmiş ve Kayseri'de yaşayan 13-14 yaş grubu ergenler çalışma kapsamına alınmıştır. Göçle gelen ve gelmemiş olan 40 ergenden oluşan 2 müdahale 2 kontrol olmak üzere 4 grup oluşturulmuştur. Müdahale gruplarına ayrı ayrı benlik saygısı yükseltme programı uygulanmıştır. Kontrol gruplarına herhangi bir program uygulanmamıştır. Sosyo-demografik özelliklerin ve benlik saygısını etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenebilmesi için "Kişisel Bilgi Formu"; benlik saygısı düzeylerini belirlemek için "Lise Öğrencileri Özsaygı (Benlik Saygısı) Envanteri" kullanılmıştır. Bütün grupların benlik saygı düzeyleri, ön test, son test ve izlem ölçümleri ile değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Benlik saygısı yükseltme programı sonrası müdahale gruplarının benlik saygısı puan ortalamaları, kontrol gruplarının puan ortalamalarından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı şekilde daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Göçle gelen ve gelmeyen müdahale grupları arasında puan farkları ortalamaları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark bulunmamıştır. Sonuç: Çalışmada sosyo ekonomik ve kültürel ortamın bireylerin uyumunu göç kadar etkilediği düşünülürken, benlik saygısı yükseltme programının ise aynı ortamı paylaşan göçle HUHEMFAD-JOHUFON 2018, 5(2), 85-101
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