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The effect of counselling on nausea and vomiting in pregnancy in Turkey
Get PDFObjectives: The aim of this study was to assess the effects of follow-up counselling on the duration and severity of nausea and vomiting in pregnant women. Study design: This study is quasi-experimental and included 62 pregnant women with nausea and vomiting. The group that received counselling was considered to be the experimental group, and the group that received a standard outpatient clinic service was the control group. Data were collected with a demographic data form, that is, the Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy Instrument and Pregnancy Unique Quantification of Emesis and Nausea. Significance tests of the differences between two mean values, the Mann-Whitney U test and survival analyses were used to test the hypotheses. Results: In pregnant women with mild or moderate nausea and vomiting, nausea and vomiting terminated in a significantly shorter time in the experimental group than in the control group (p 0.05). In addition, the number of weekly telephone follow-ups in the experimental group was significantly smaller (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Counselling effectively reduced the duration and severity of mild or moderate nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. However, it did not affect the duration of severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
The Turkish version of perceived support and control in birth scale
Get PDFObjective: This is a methodological study carried out to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Support and Control in Birth Scale (SCIB). Methods: This study included 339 post-partum women. The validity of the Turkish version of the scale was assessed in terms of content and construct validity. Reliability was evaluated using the internal consistency coefficient, the test-retest correlation coefficient and the item correlation between the subscales. Results: The internal consistency coefficient of the scale was 0.84 (p<0.01). There were significant correlations between sub-scales (rho = 0.122, 0.129, 0.263, p<0.05), and the test-retest correlation coefficient of the scale was also significant (rho = 0.86, alpha = 0.000). As in the original scale, a three-factor structure was examined, which explained 42.85% of the total variance. The model was verified by a confirmatory factor analysis. Conclusion: The Turkish version of the SCIB is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring the perceived support and control during birth among Turkish women
Being overweight or obese during pregnancy: a qualitative study
No full textObjective The objectice of this study was to reveal difficulties, coping and expectations of overweight/obese women during pregnancy. Methods A descriptive, phenomenological approach was used. Fourteen pregnant women having a body mass index of 25 or over 25. Results The findings were presented under three themes: difficulties experienced, coping and expectations. The women had physical difficulties and their daily life was affected negatively. They experienced stigmatization, humiliation and uncertainty about how much they had to eat during pregnancy. Therefore, they were upset and unhappy. Some women denied that they were overweight and some women considered being overweight as normal due to pregnancy. Social support plays an important part in coping with difficulties; however, some women could not get sufficient social support. The women also expected to be treated tolerantly. Conclusion Overweight/obese women try to overcome many physical and psychological problems due to their weight during pregnancy, but they do not receive adequate support
Using a Nursing Theory or a Model in Nursing PhD Dissertations: A Qualitative Study From Turkey
Get PDFPurposeThe aim of this study was to reveal experiences of nursing students and their advisors using theories and models in their PhD dissertations. MethodsThe study adopted a descriptive qualitative approach. This study was performed with 10 PhD candidates and their five advisors from nursing faculty. ResultsThe results of the study were categorized into four. These are reasons for using a theory/model in a PhD dissertation, reasons for preferring a given model, causes of difficulties in using models in PhD dissertations, and facilitating factors of using theories and models in PhD of dissertations. ConclusionsIt was also reported to contribute to the methodology of research and professional development of the students and advisors. AmacHemirelik alannda model veya teori kullanlarak yaplan doktora tezlerinde yaanlan deneyimleri belirlemek amacyla yaplmtr. YontemKalitatif yontem kullanlarak yaplan tanmlayc bir aratrmadr. Aratrmann orneklemini hemirelik alannda doktora yapan on orenci ile onlarn danman olan be oretim uyesi oluturmaktadr. BulgularSonuclar dort kategoride toplanmtr; doktora tezinde model/teori kullanma nedenleri, secilen model/teoriyi tercih etme nedenleri, doktora tezinde model/teori kullanmnda yaanlan guclukler, doktora tezinde model/teori kullnmn kolaylatrc faktorler. SonuclarDoktora tezinde model kullanmak aratrmann metodolojisine ve orenci ve danmann profesyonel geliimine katk salamtr
The effects of antenatal education on fear of childbirth, maternal self-efficacy and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms following childbirth: an experimental study
Get PDFBackground: Fear of birth and low childbirth self-efficacy is predictive of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following childbirth. The efficacy of antenatal education classes on fear of birth and childbirth self-efficacy has been supported; however, the effectiveness of antenatal classes on post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms after childbirth has received relatively little research attention. Purpose: This study examined the effects of antenatal education on fear of childbirth, maternal self-efficacy and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following childbirth. Design: Quasi-experimental study. Methods: The study was conducted in a city located in the Middle Anatolia region of Turkey and data were collected between December 2013 and May 2015. Two groups of women were compared an antenatal education intervention group (n = 44), and a routine prenatal care control group (n = 46). The Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire, Version A and B, Childbirth Self-efficacy Inventory and Impact of Event Scale-Revised was used to assess fear of childbirth, maternal self-efficacy and PTSD symptoms following childbirth. Results: Compared to the control group, women who attended antenatal education had greater childbirth self efficacy, greater perceived support and control in birth, and less fear of birth and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following childbirth (all comparisons, p < 0.05). Conclusions: Antenatal education appears to alleviate post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms after childbirth. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Evaluation of labour and birth education by midwifery educators: A qualitative study from Turkey
Get PDFBackground: Midwifery students’ education regarding labor and birth is crucial because it directly affects the quality of care provided to women in labor.
Aims: Exploring educators’ experiences of delivering labor and birth education to midwifery students and evaluating the circumstances that affect the quality of labor and birth education
Methods: This was a qualitative study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 educators teaching midwifery in 16 midwifery departments at universities in Turkey. Inductive thematic analysis was conducted. All transcripts were evaluated by two researchers, and codes were created. The codes formed the subthemes in terms of similarities and differences; themes were created based on combining subthemes.
Findings: Three themes were identified. The first— “impacts of global changes on labor and birth education”—shows how labor and birth is affected by changing policies, philosophies, individuals, and cultures. The second theme— “opportunities/obstacles in labor and birth education”—shows how sources of information, as well as individual and systemic factors, create opportunities or obstacles for the quality of labor and birth education. The final theme - “recommendations for quality labor and birth education”—presents participants’ suggestions for the effective integration of courses, use of sources of information, and updating of curriculum.
Discussion: Changing policies, philosophies, individuals, and cultures affect labor and birth education. Individual and systemic factors and information sources create opportunities or barriers for the quality of labor and birth education.
Conclusion: A positive childbirth experience is a basic human right for both women and newborns. This can be made possible by professionals who have received quality labor and birth education. Thus, investment in midwifery education is an important cost-effective approach to improving health outcomes
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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