Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the COVID-19-Impact on Quality of Life Scale

The objective of this study was to adapt the COVID-19-Impact on Quality of Life (COV19-QoL) scale for Turkish individuals and to determine its validity and reliability. Materials and Methods. This methodological study was conducted between December 25, 2020 and January 10, 2021. The research was conducted online and included 485 participants who completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, the COV19-QoL scale and the Duke Health Profile (DUKE) on Google Forms. Back translation was used for the Turkish version of the COV19-QoL scale. Language and content validity of the scale were found to be acceptable. Results. Ten experts were consulted regarding content validity of the scale. The results, item content validity of 0.95 and scale content validity of 0.95, indicated excellent content validity. Explanatory factor analysis found one principal structure with a total variance of 59.449%. The Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient was 0.86 for the scale. A statistically significant moderate negative correlation was found between the participants’ COV19-QoL scale score and their general health score on the DUKE (r = − 0.384; p < 0.01). Conclusions. This study found that the Turkish version of the COV19-QoL scale is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Turkish population’s quality of life

Orem's Theory with Educational Telephone Follow-ups: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The authors of this study examined the effect of Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory (OSCDT) based education and telephone follow-ups on the self-care agency, anxiety, loneliness, and well-being of patients with colorectal cancer chemotherapy. In this study, data of 47 patients with colorectal cancer (randomly assigned into the intervention or control group) were collected between April 2016 and March 2017 from a university hospital's daytime chemotherapy unit in Turkey. Before chemotherapy, the intervention group was given individualized education based on the OSCDT and an educational booklet. After chemotherapy treatments, these patients received a telephone follow-up call. The control group received only routine nursing care. The self-care agency and general well-being, and its sub-dimensions, of the intervention group increased, and its state-trait anxiety and loneliness levels decreased, when compared with the control group. Nurses must play a more active role in education and follow-ups, and telephone follow-ups should be included in nursing care in chemotherapy units

Evaluation of the relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and treatment compliance in hemodialysis patients: A prospective, descriptive study

Introduction It is aimed in this study to evaluate the relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and treatment compliance in hemodialysis patients. Methods This study was conducted descriptively with 128 hemodialysis patients treated in the hemodialysis unit of a district state hospital between September and December 2021. Results It was observed that there was a significant relationship between the dialysis duration as well as the variable of forgetting to take their medicines while traveling and the coronavirus anxiety scores according to the multiple regression analysis regarding the variables affecting the coronavirus anxiety levels of the participants, and that these two variables were 25% determinant in the mean score of the coronavirus anxiety (R-2 = 0.25, p = 0.00). Conclusion It was found, as a conclusion, that the majority of the patients were compliant to the treatment and such variables as gender, education, profession, and dialysis duration were related to the coronavirus anxiety

Validity and Reliability Study of the Turkish Version of the Hand-Foot Syndrome Quality of Life Scale

Background: Hand-foot syndrome is a symptom of some antineoplastic drugs which affects blood vessels and surrounding tissues, causing redness, swelling, and pain on the palms and soles and affects quality of life. Aim: The study was carried out methodologically in order to adapt the Hand-Foot Syndrome Scale-14, which was developed for the quality of life of individuals receiving chemotherapy who have hand-foot syndrome, into Turkish and to determine its validity and reliability. Methods: The research was conducted with 102 patients who received chemotherapy in a University Hospital Chemotherapy Unit. Patient Information Form, National Cancer Institute classification criteria, Hand-Foot Syndrome Scale-14, and Skindex-29 Scale were used to collect data. Translation-back translation technique was used for the language valid ity of the scale. For the content validity of the scale, 7 experts were consulted. Opinions from experts showed that the correlation between the items of the scale was very strong (Kendall’s W = 0.24, P = .61). Results: As a result of the explanatory factor analysis, a 3-factor structure with a total vari ance of 60.31% was obtained. When the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient values were examined for internal consistency validity, it was determined that the total Cronbach alpha value of the scale was 0.86, and the Cronbach’s alpha value of its subscales was 0.84, 0.89, and 0.67, respectively. In addition, it was observed that there was a strong positive correlation between Skindex-29 and Hand-Foot Syndrome Scale-14. Conclusion: The results of the Turkish version of Hand-Foot Syndrome Scale-14 were found to be consistent with the original scale structure, valid and reliable for the Turkish population