A descriptive study on complementary and alternative medicine use in 0 to 1-year-old infants and nurses' awareness and recommendation for complementary and alternative medicine

YILDIRIM SISMAN, Nuriye/0000-0003-3745-3751WOS: 000363586500009PubMed: 24666680This study aimed to determine complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) recommended by midwives and nurses and used by mothers on their 0 to 1-year-old infants. A cross-sectional survey design was used. The sample of the study consisted of 65 midwives and mothers of 349 infants registered at these health-care centres. The frequency of CAM use on a regular basis by mothers participating in the study on their infants was 24.6%, whereas the frequency of CAM use for a while was 41.3%. Of the mothers using CAM, 81.5-98.5% stated that the method they were employing was useful. The mothers used CAM on their infants, and the midwives and nurses recommended CAM use. However, the midwives and nurses themselves should be first trained to be able to inform individuals/mothers about CAM. Evidence-based studies on CAM are needed

Relationship between depression, anxiety, cognitive distortions, and psychological well-being among nursing students

Bahadir Yilmaz, Emel/0000-0003-1785-3539; Yuksel, Arzu/0000-0001-7819-2020WOS: 000490906000022PubMed: 31140627Purpose The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between depression, anxiety, cognitive distortions, and psychological well-being among nursing students. Design and Methods This descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional study was conducted with 330 nursing students. Data were collected using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), the Cognitive Distortion Scale (CDS), and the Psychological Well-being Scale (PWBS). Findings The PWBS negatively correlated with the BDI, BAI, and CDS (P < .05). Preoccupation with danger was the strongest predictor, followed by hopelessness, self-blame, total CDS and BDI (P < .05). Practice Implications Nursing students should be evaluated for psychological well-being to prevent psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety and depression.oral presentation at the 1st CongressThe authors would like to thank all study participants for participating in the study. This study is accepted as an oral presentation at the 1st Congress of Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies, Ankara, Turkey, from 18 October 2018 to 21 October 2018