The effect on lıfe satısfactıon of unıversıty students’ rısky health behavıor

Abstract:Abstract Objectives: Life satisfaction refers to a cognitive process and is defined.This study was carried out to determine the effects of risky health behaviors of university students on life satisfaction. Material and Methods: This study was designed as a descriptive study. The research was carried out with 336 students who were studying in 9 departments at Dokuz Eylul University in the 2019-2020 academic year. Regression analysis was used to investigate the correlation between students\' risky health behavior sub-dimension (nutrition, psychosocial, physical activity, hygiene, and substance use) scores and SWLS scores. Results: 91.1% of the participants were in the 18-21 age range, 5.4% in the 22-25 age range, and 3.6% in the 26-30 age range. 74.1% of the students were female and 25.9% were male. The total score average of the SWLS was 13.28 4.45 (53.12 %). The total score average of RHBS was 45.57 � 15.81. There was a statistically significant relationship between life satisfaction scores and nutrition and psychosocial subscale risk scores. This correlation was moderate and negative (r = -.527, r = -. 524, p &lt;.001). Also, there was a significant relationship between risky health behavior score and life satisfaction score. This correlation was moderate and negative (r = -.632, p&lt;.001). Conclusion: The findings of this study show that as the risky health behaviors of the students increase, their satisfaction with life decreases. It is important to determine risky health behaviors and to turn these behaviors into healthy behaviors in order to increase levels of satisfaction with life. Keywords: Public health; Life satisfaction; Risky health behavior; Psychosocial risk.</div

Development of Basic Life Support Knowledge Level and Application Skills Assessment Forms: Validity and Reliability Study

Background: Basic Life Support (BLS) consists of a series of life-saving actions that improve survival after cardiac arrest. The most important factor that increases the chance of survival is early and correct intervention. Nurses constitute an important group among health personnel in increasing survival rate after cardiopulmonary arrest. Purpose: The aim of the study is to develop basic life support knowledge level and application skills assessment forms, and to investigate their validity and reliability. Methods: This is a methodological study. The population of the study consisted of 302 nursing students studying at Faculty of Nursing. “Content Validity Index (CGI)” and Kendall’s W test were used for expert opinions. Kuder Richardson 20 coefficient was used for the reliability analysis of the forms. Results: The mean age of students participating in the study was 21.06 ± 1.20 years. 21.0% of the students were male and 79.0% were female. The content validity index of the basic life support knowledge level assessment form was above 0.90 and the expert opinions were significantly consistent with each other (p = 0.001). The content validity index of the basic life support application skills assessment form was found to be over 0.80 and the expert opinions were significantly consistent (p = 0.029). Kuder-Richardson 20 coefficient was over 0.80 and the forms was reliable (Kuder-Richardson 20 coefficient &gt; 0.80). Conclusions: According to the results of the validity and reliability analyzes forms were found to be valid and reliable.</p

Comparison Of Hıgh Fıdelıty And Low-Fıdelıty Simulator Traıning Methods In Basic Life Support Educatıon: A Randomızed Controlled Study

Objective: Inthisstudyouraimwas to comparetheof HighFidelity (HF) simulatorsandLow-Fidelity (LF) simulatorson BLS training.Design: Thisstudywasdesigned as a randomizedcontrolledexperimentalresearch.Setting: One-hundred 2nd year nursing students werer an domly allocatedintot wo groups to participate in eitherHF or LF simulated BLS courses.Methods: Subjective (question naires) and objective (performance statistics) metrics were analysed. Socio-demographic characteri stics of each group wereid entified before the courses. Pre-courseand post-course questionnaires were conducted to evaluate their basic knowlede and application skills on BLS.Results: Therewas not any statistically significant difference between theme an total scores of the HF and LFgroupsfor BLS knowledge levels in pre- coursetests (p = 0.474). However, in the post course tests the mean totalscores of HF group were significant lyhigherthan the LF group (p = 0.018). From BLS application skills point ofview, we could not find any statistical difference between two groups in thepre- course tests; but in the post-coursetests the mean total scores of the HF group were significantly higher than the LF group (p &lt; 0.001).Conclusions: We have determined that the education given with HF methods has a moderate effect on theknowledge level of BLS whileit hada highlevel of effect on theability to apply BLS skills.KEYWORDS:Basic cardiac life support, simulationtraining, highfi delity training, low-fidelity training,teaching methods, public health nursing.</p

Covıd-19 pandemisinin ekonomik etkileri

Covid-19, Aralık 2019'da Çin'de ortaya çıkan ve kısa sürede tüm dünyaya yayılarak pandemi haline gelen bulaşıcı bir hastalıktır. Hastalığın bulaşıcılık özelliği, dünya genelinde hayatın her alanını temelden etkilemiş, pek çok değişikliğe sebep olmuştur. İnsanların sosyal yaşamları kısıtlanmış, eğitim ve çalışma hayatı da online ortama taşınmıştır. Bütün bu değişiklikler elbette pek çok ekonomik değişime eşlik etmiştir. Covid-19'un ekonomi üzerinde yarattığı etkiler çok sayıda çalışmaya konu olmuştur, oldukça güncel bir konu olmasına rağmen sayısız araştırmada ele alınmıştır. Bu çalışma Covid-19'un ekonomik etkilerini değerlendiren araştırmaların incelenmesi, dünya genelinde söz konusu etkiler kapsamında uygulanan politikaların değerlendirilmesi amacıyla hazırlanmıştır. Çalışma, üç bölümden oluşmaktadır. Birinci bölümde, pandemi kavramı ve Covid-19 genel olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Pandeminin tanımı, bir salgının pandemi sayılma kriterleri, geçmişten günümüze pandemilere genel bakış, Covid-19'un ortaya çıkışı ve Türkiye'de yayılması, Covid-19'un toplumsal, ekonomik ve siyasi etkileri genel çerçevede ele alınmıştır. İkinci bölümde, pandeminin ekonomik etkileri detaylı biçimde ele alınmıştır. Öncelikle daha önce yapılan yurt içi ve yurt dışı çalışmalara yer verilmiştir. Ardından pandeminin gelir dağılımı, istihdam, işgücü, devlet bütçeleri, e-ticaret, dış ticaret ve yatırımlar üzerindeki etkileri incelenmiştir. Üçüncü bölümde, Covid-19 pandemisinin ekonomik etkileri kapsamında dünya genelinde, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nde, Avrupa Birliği ülkelerinde, Ortadoğu ülkelerinde, Afrika ülkelerinde ve Türkiye'de alınan önlemler açıklanarak, çalışma tamamlanmıştır