The Reliability and Validity Study of Turkish Version of the Death Depression Scale-Revised Among Nurses

The study aimed to establish the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Death Depression Scale-Revised (DDS-R) with a sample of 284 nurses. Cronbach’s coefficient for the whole scale was.909 and the sub-dimension values were calculated as.934,.798,.715, and.537. The test-retest reliability coefficient was found to be.880. The content validity index (CVI) of the scale was calculated as.86. The results of the exploratory factor analysis showed that 62.254% variance was explained in 4 sub-dimensions of the scale (existential vacuum, death emptiness, other death, death sadness). Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that a four-dimensional structure yielded a good fit (X2/df = 3.124, RMSEA =.087). TDDS-R was found to be a valid and reliable measurement tool in determining the death depression levels of nurses

Chronic Disease and Other Determinants in Deaths Due to Covid-19 from a Health Protection and Promotion Perspective: A Retrospective Analysis

© 2023 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.Aim: To examine the age, gender and chronic disease status of patients who died due to Covid-19 during the pandemic process and the effects of these diseases on their deaths. Material and Method: It was a retrospective retrospective analysis with 2715 patients. The statistics of the patients who met the research criteria were evaluated from the hospital database. Patients were evaluated in terms of age, gender, length of hospital stay, presence of chronic disease, and Modified Comorbidity Index Scores. Results: It was determined that the Modified Charlson Comorbidity Index (MCCI) score mean of the patients was 4.74±2.07 and MCCI scores of 56.9% were serious. There was a statistically significant difference in the length of hospital stay according to the number of diseases the patient had, age, and MCCI score. It was determined that there was a statistically significant, negative and high-level correlation between MCCI score and the length of hospital stay (r=-0.075: p=0.001). Conclusion and recommendations: Age, comorbidity score, and the number of comorbidities were found to affect the length of hospital stay, ie death. For this reason, it is recommended to use comorbidity indices in health protection and development studies, in the field, as well as in the clinics