The Effect of Nurses' Fear of Catching COVID-19 on Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Vitamin D use during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effect of the nurses' fear of catching COVID-19 on healthy lifestyle behaviors and vitamin D use during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design and Methods: This study had a descriptive web-based design. The research population consists of 247 nurses working at Yozgat Bozok University Research and Application Hospital Findings: It was observed that high education level, chronic physiological disorder, not having children and being satisfied with their profession affect healthy lifestyle behaviors positively. Conclusion: It is considered that this study will provide valuable clues about the points that nurses should be supported to cope with the fear of COVID-19 and show healthy lifestyle behaviors during the pandemic. In order for nurses to adopt a healthier lifestyle during and after the pandemic process, to maintain this, to be an example to their patients

A social skills development training programme to improve adolescents' psychological resilience and emotional intelligence level

Study objectives: This experimental study was designed using pretest, posttest, follow-up, and control group models to explore the effect of a structured education program on adolescents' psychological resilience and emotional intelligence level. Method: This study was conducted on 70 students at a high school in Turkey. A total of 36 students were assigned to the intervention group and 34 students to the control group. Data were collected using the Adolescent Information Form, Resilience Scale (RS), and Emotional Intelligence Evaluation Scale (EIES). The scales were administered in the intervention group before initializing the education program, who later received a 7-week education program. One month after the administration of the education program, the scales were again administered during follow-up. Findings: It was found that the education program improved and increased adolescents' psychological resilience and total emotional intelligence level despite not being significant (p > 0.05). During the follow-up, adolescents in the intervention group demonstrated an important difference in follow-up scores in the optimism and communication subdimensions of the RS compared to that in the posttest scores, and the intervention group had a higher average total score in the EIES compared to that in students in the control group (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Our results suggest that the training program has positive effects on improving adolescents' psychological resilience and emotional intelligence levels, especially in the long run, which needs to be developed and applied in different samples

The women's emotions about experience of vaginal birth based on the metaphors: A phenomenological study

Context: Birth is a physiological and multidimensional process with physical, psychological, and social aspects. Therefore, it needs to be addressed in all aspects. Today, metaphors are used to render multidimensional concepts more understandable. Aim: To determine the women's emotions about the experience of normal childbirth based on the metaphors. Setting and Design: A phenomenological study on postpartum women who gave vaginal birth at a state hospital in Turkey in 2019-2020. Materials and Methods: The purposive sampling was employed until data saturation. Data were collected with a descriptive characteristic form and an individual semi-structured interview with 31 women who gave a vaginal birth. Statistical Analysis Used: The content analysis defined by Graneheim and Lundman was used in the analysis of the data. Results: Three different themes emerged from the interviews: metaphors reflecting positive emotions, metaphors reflecting complex emotions, and metaphors reflecting negative emotions. Conclusions: Extracted metaphors in this study showed that positive and negative childbirth experiences may affect women's emotions about childbirth process. It was determined that received antenatal education was effective on women's positive or negative perception of the birth process. Hence, providing the information for pregnant women in the prenatal period may be a helpful factor in the development of positive metaphors

The Effect of Nurses' Fear of Catching COVID-19 on Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Vitamin D use during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Giriş: Pandemi sürecinde ön saflarda rol alan hemşireler, çalışma şartlarının zorlaşmasının yanı sıra sürekli ölüm riskiyle yüz yüze olmalarının yarattığı korku nedeniyle ciddi baskı altında çalışmaktadırlar. Amaç: Bu araştırma, COVID-19 salgını sırasında hemşirelerin COVID-19 olma korkusunun, sağlıklı yaşam davranışlarına ve D vitamini kullanımına etkisini belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı. Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırma, tanımlayıcı desende düzenlendi. Araştırmanın verileri internet ortamında toplanmıştır. Veriler, bir üniversitenin araştırma ve uygulama hastanesinde görev yapmakta olan 233 hemşireden elde edilmiştir. Bulgular: Eğitim düzeyi yüksek olma, kronik fizyolojik bozukluk olması, çocuk sahibi olmama ve meslekten memnun olmanın sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarını olumlu yönde etkilediği görülmüştür. Sonuç: Bu çalışmanın, hemşirelerin COVID-19 korkusuyla baş edebilmeleri ve sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları gösterebilmeleri için desteklenmesi, pandemi süreci ve sonrasında daha sağlıklı bir yaşam tarzı benimsemeleri, bunu sürdürmeleri ve hastalarına örnek olmaları için değerli ipuçları sunacağı düşünülmektedir.</p

Gender roles and personality traits as predictive factors for fear of childbirth

Fear of childbirth affects their labor, delivery, and the postpartum period. For this reason, it is important to examine all aspects of fear of childbirth, which has a multifactorial etiology. The purpose of this study is to determine whether gender roles and personality traits predict fear of childbirth among pregnant Turkish women. A cross-sectional study was conducted. It was completed with 200 women in the labor process receiving care in the birthing room of a state hospital. Descriptive statistics were represented by percentages, means, and standard deviation values. Simple regression analysis was employed to examine whether gender roles and Cervantes personality traits predicted fear of childbirth. It was determined that there was a negative relationship between masculine gender role and having an extroverted personality and fear of childbirth. In conclusion, the data suggest that gender roles and personality traits may be useful variables to predict women's fear of childbirth. Future studies that will examine the relationship of gender roles and personality traits with the birth process can bring a new perspective to health professionals and a new dimension to care

Determination of traditional beliefs and practices about self care of postpartum women Postpartum dönemde yapi{dotless}lan geleneksel i̇nanç ve uygulamalar

Objective: This study was conducted in order to explore traditional beliefs and practices done during postpartum period by the women who gave vaginal births (vaginal delivery) at a maternity hospital of a province located in Middle Anatolian Region. Material and Methods: During a month when the research was performed, a total of 206 women had vaginal delivery at the maternity hospital. 102 women were recruited because some women had just given birth and some women did not want to answer the questions. The data of the study were collected using Personal Information Form designed by the researchers and Form to Determine Traditional Practices of Mother Care during Postpartum. Chi-square test was used for the analysis of the data. Results: It was found out that mean age of the participant women was 24.5±5.0 years. 42.2% of them were literate and had primary school degree and 48% lived in extended family. It was noted that 52.9% of the women wrapped their abdomen with a piece of cloth after vaginal delivery, 81.4% were not left alone at home and 89.2% did not have sexual intercourse within the 40 days after delivery. It was explored that 72.5% of women hung Koran on the wall of their bedroom, 63.7% did not turn off the lights in the room at all, 70.6% did not let the women who had menstruation enter the room and 52% kept male clothes in their room in order to prevent incubus. It was observed that women aged ≥29, had primary school degree and who gave 3 births kept male clothes in their room more compared to other groups. Conclusion: Most of the participant women regard traditional practices important and some of these practices continue during postpartum period. According to this result; health care providers have the responsibility protect and develop to community health should know the traditional beliefs and practices of that community and should interventions for this. Copyright © 2014 by Türkiye Klinikleri