Browsing by Author "Beydag, Kerime Derya"

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Attitudes of Married Muslim Women Regarding Family Planning Methods During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Western Turkey
(Springer, 2021) Dal, Nursel Alp; Beydag, Kerime Derya
COVID-19 had negative effects upon family planning. Women cannot visit healthcare facilities because of a fear of curfew-related sanctions or exposure to COVID-19. It is seen that religious beliefs are influential especially in terms of family planning method preference and having abortions. This study was conducted to determine the attitudes of married Muslim women regarding family planning methods during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 611 married Muslim women who presented to the family planning outpatient clinic of a public hospital in Western Turkey between 1 September 2020 and 1 March 2021. The mean Family Planning Attitude Scale score of the women was found to be 137.53 +/- 27.11. It was observed that, as the mean age of the women increased, their family planning attitudes were more positive, and as their number of pregnancies, abortions and living children increased, their attitudes were more negative (p < 0.05). Women do not want to get pregnant during the pandemic process. This is because the effects of COVID-19 on both themselves and the baby to be born are not known, which worries women. Therefore, in order to transform positive attitudes regarding family planning into behavior, it is recommended to provide effective training and consultancy services during the pandemic period.
Compliance with diabetic patients with diabetes and requirements of taking education
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2014) Eroglu, Safiye Coban; Sensoy, Funda; Beydag, Kerime Derya; Kiyak, Mithat
Diabetes mellitus is a condition having negative effects on life quality and is getting more common worldwide. So, patient education becomes greater importance due to its positive effects on life quality and patients' adaptive behavior. This study was performed to define patients' adaptive response to condition and their intentions for subjects of education after a patient education session by cross sectional method. Data was collected by a questionnaire including 38 multi choice questions built up by essay the related literature. The study population was composed by patients consulted in endocrinology and internal diseases policlinics and their inpatients. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS (R) 16.0) was used as statistical analyzer. Most of studied patients are female, married, graduated elementary school and housewives and their age distribution was between 53 and 70 years. All of them have a balanced budget and, nearly almost, they were covered by social insurance. The most common morbidity of patients was hypertension and their condition controlled by a physician. Most of them were recommended a specific dietary regime related to their condition by an expert- nearly half are physicians- and the majority of patients were putting the recommend regime into practice. The majority of diabetic patients hadn't had any education on their actual condition and had an intention to take part in an educational activity. The most intended subject was activities for prevention of complications. We defined a statistically significant relation between type and size of family, duration of condition, membership to any related association and publication, and having intention for education. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Development and Area Adaptation of Flow Charts Related to Gynecologic Oncology Nursing Practices
(Asian Pacific Organization Cancer Prevention, 2012) Beydag, Kerime Derya; Komurcu, Nuran
Aim: This one group semi-experimental study was performed to develop and adapt flow charts of nursing practices applied to gynecologic oncology patients to the field. Methods: The research was conducted between October 2008 and March 2009 in 6 hospitals in Istanbul (3 health ministry hospitals, 2 private hospitals and 1 university hospital) with effective programs. The scope of the study included 97 midwives/nurses who had been working as caregivers of gynecologic oncology patients in this unit at least for 6 months and who participated in this study voluntarily; 87 people composed the sample because of the absence of others on vacation or sick leave when the data were collected or who did not wish to participate. The data were in descriptive information form collected via "Forms to Determine the Efficiency of Flow Charts". Before data collection, risks related to gynecologic oncology problems were identified, a literature scanning was made for existing flow charts based on actual practices and the discovered charts were reviewed. As a result of the evaluations, it was decided to create 15 flow charts intended for risks, symptoms, operation processes and discharge. Questionnaires to determine activity were applied to participants before and after practice. Results: As a result of the study, it was determined that the efficiency of the flow charts increased significantly (p<0.01) after practice of the participants, nosignificant relationships (p>0.01) being apparent with age group, education level, occupational period in the job and in the gynecologic oncology field and evaluations of the practice before and after it was applied. Conclusion: The results of the study revealed that nursing participants in university and private hospitals and who supported the existence of a flow chart in the field evaluated the flow charts positively.
The effects of mobbing (bullying) on health employes
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2014) Gorgulu, Neriman; Beydag, Kerime Derya; Sensoy, Funda; Kiyak, Mithat
The research was made as cross-sectional and descriptive in order to examine the effects of mobbing (bulling) on health employees in Ataturk State Hospital in Balikesir city. Preliminary of the study was completed in December 2012 - January 2013, collecting data was made on January 28-2013 and March 28-2013 and between April, May and June 2013 data entry, analyses and writing of thesis was made. Research universe is 911 people who work as actively in Atatiirk State Hospital in Balikesir city. The sample of research consists 238 health employees who were obtained by using sample costing formula on situations in which the universe is definite. While collecting the data, socio-demographic properties of health personnel, public survey which is consisted 3 section in order to define the effects between mobbing behavior and encountering situations. The data obtained after the research was analyzed with SPSS 19,0 Windows program (Statistical Package fort he Social Sciences). While assessing the data, number-percentage counting and chi-square importance test was used. In the study, it was determined that health employees were exposed to mobbing behaviors in different frequencies and had effects of mobbing from time to time. It was determined that the jobs of health of employees, their genders, marital status, sections they work, the situation of being happy while working at the time being and properties of personality are effective on the situation of being exposed to mobbing behavior (p<0,05) It was defined that nurse and midwife, women, married ones, employees in operating room, intense care, emergency services, the ones who are happy to work at the time being, 'ambitious and hardworking' and emotional ones were exposed to mobbing behavior. As a result, mobbing is a topic which should be think and seen frequently in health sector. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
The effects of women's satisfaction with their birth experience on breastfeeding sufficiency
(E D P Sciences, 2017) Gokbulut, Nilay; Beydag, Kerime Derya
Postpartum is the period when the family cares and creates a safe environment for the baby, communicates with the baby, adopts new roles, develops family awareness and copes with the problems of the baby. This study has been performed to define how the mothers assessed their birth experience and as a descriptive with intent to reveal the effects of this experience on the postnatal breastfeeding period. The sample of study was composed of 281 mothers who were in the postnatal clinic of Istanbul Okmeydam Research and Training Hospital and agreed to participate the study between January-May 2015, literate and able to talk and understand Turkish, and also gave birth vaginally or by cesarean section. The survey form included the descriptive features of women and "The Scale Of Satisfaction" and The Scale of Breastfeeding Sufficiency" have been used for gathering data. SPSS 22.0 program was used to analyze the data. As a consequence, the mothers' satisfaction with their birth experience scale has been varied according to the delivery methods and the elapsed time after birth experience. Relatedly when the satisfaction level of them was varied, the breastfeeding sufficiency of them was also varied, too.
Factors Affecting the Death Anxiety Levels of Relatives of Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment
(Asian Pacific Organization Cancer Prevention, 2012) Beydag, Kerime Derya
This descriptive study was performed to determine levels of the death anxiety levels of relatives of patients who being treated in a public hospital located in the Asian side of Istanbul and influencing factors. The sample was 106 patient relatives of patients from oncology or chemotherapy units of the hospital. Data were collected between May-June 2011 with the 15-item Death Anxiety Scale developed by Templer (1970) and adapted to Turkish by Senol (1989) and evaluated by number-percentage calculations, the Kruskal Wallis, Anova and t tests. Some 36.8% of the included group were aged 45 years and over, 57.5% were female and 65.1% were married. A statistically significant difference was found between the age groups, genders of the patient relatives, the period of cancer treatment regarding the death anxiety levels (p<0.05). The death anxiety levels of the patient relatives who were in the 17-39 age group, female and had a patient who was under treatment for less than 6 months were found to high as compared to others.
Factors affecting the knowledge levels of a group of university students about the protection ways against breast and testicle cancer
(Drunpp-sarajevo, 2012) Beydag, Kerime Derya
This study was made as a descriptive study to determine the factors affecting the knowledge levels of a group of university students about the protection ways against breast and testicle cancer. The universe of the study was formed by 256 students who were getting education in a private college located in the Asian side of Istanbul and taking a selective health and life class in this institution. Before the selection of the sample the universe of the study was studied on, but due to the fact that some students did not want to participate in the study, 177 (%69.1) students were included in the study sample. Data were obtained by the demographic data survey and "breast and testicle cancer and protection ways survey". Study surveys were applied between February-May 2011 and verbal participation consent was taken from the students. Data were evaluated by percentage calculations, Kruskal Wallis test and t-test. %66.7 of the students were in the 18-20 age group and %53.7 of them were male. %95.5 of the students stated that they have heard of breast cancer before and %68.4 of them stated that they have heard of testicle cancer before. %24.9 of the students stated that they have a family member with breast cancer, %30.5 of them stated that they were informed about the breast self-examination (BSE) and testicle examination (TE) and %57.1 of them stated that they have no information about the application of BSE and TE. %74 of the students stated that they have never done BSE and TE before and %68.4 of them stated that they wanted to learn about BSE/TE. Breast and testicle cancer and protection ways survey mean score of the students was found as 38.08 +/- 19.97. There is statistically significant difference was found between the genders, having a family member with breast cancer status, being informed about BSE and TE status, doing BSE and TE status and the knowledge level mean score of the students (p<0.05).
Homophobia levels of parents of nursing students and affecting factors
(Wiley, 2022) Beydag, Kerime Derya; Alp Dal, Nursel
Purpose The aim of this study is to determine the homophobia levels of parents of students who receive nursing education and the factors affecting their homophobia levels. Design and Methods The study was carried out as a descriptive and cross-sectional study on the 375 parents of nursing students. Findings There was statistically significant difference between the case when parents know that there is a homosexual individual in their immediate environment and the mean The Hudson and Ricketts Homophobia Scale (HRHS) score, as well as between the case when parents know that a friend of theirs is homosexual and the mean HRHS score (p < 0.05). Practice Implications It should be taken into account that parents' prejudices against homosexuals may also affect the way their children view homosexuals.
Illness Impact on Marriage and Level of Loneliness for Women Diagnosed with Gynecologic Cancer
(Springer, 2015) Komurcu, Nuran; Beydag, Kerime Derya; Merih, Yeliz Dogan
This study is conducted to determine the illness impact on marriage and level of loneliness for women diagnosed with gynecologic cancer. All of the patients (n:95) who have been admitted to the gynecologic oncology clinic of a private education-research hospital, which is located in Istanbul in Turkey, between June 2012 and June 2013 were included in the study. Permission from the institution's ethic board and consent from the patients were taken prior to the application. Data were collected by the socio-demographic data survey and the UCLA-LS Loneliness Scale whose validity and reliability studies were made by Demir (1989) in Turkey. Data were evaluated by the numerical percentage calculations and Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests. The mean age of the patients 51.2 +/- A 12.4 and the mean duration of their marriage 27.4 +/- A 13.1 years. 41.1 % of the patients have ovarian cancer and 50.5 % of them being treated for ovarian cancer for < 1 year. It was determined that 47.7 % of the patients were undergoing chemotherapy treatment for < 6 months and 44.2 % of them had 1-6 cycles of chemotherapy. 47.4 % of the patients stated that they have seen no change in the attitude of their husbands towards them. 13.7 % of the patients think that their husbands want to leave them, 29.5 % of them think that their husbands spend more time their businesses, 25.3 % of them think that their husbands are drifting away from their homes and 12.6 % of them think that their husbands start to come home late than before. 78.9 % of the patients stated that their sexual lives changed after the diagnosis and 47.4 % of them stated that they felt lonely. 57.9 % of the patients stated that their husbands were less supportive during the illness and 54.7 % of them stated that they need psychological support. It was determined that the loneliness level of the patients who were in the young age group, who had more than seven cycles of chemotherapy, who stated that their sexual lives changed after the diagnosis and who were thinking that their husbands drifted away from them and their homes during the illness is higher than the other patients (p < 0.05).
Integration of health service with electronic nursery care process
(E D P Sciences, 2017) Merih, Yeliz Dogan; Beydag, Kerime Derya
You This study aims to provide to integrate the health service with electronic nursery care process and so do create lingua franca. This research has been done between April 2010 and January 2012 in a teaching and research hospital where is specialized on obstetrician and gynecology. 280 nurse are the sample of the study. The datas are collected by using a survey with 22 questions. After the observations and evaluations, in case of standards 40 nursery care process about most experienced problems in gynecology, obstetrician and pediatry clinics is formed and its infrastructure for integrating these flow diagrams to the data processing system is prepared. For working the new system, instructive sessions is done. After the applications, the using of process approach in nursery care service and the pleasure of the nurses are analysed. The datas are analysed by using percentage calculation, t-test and variant analysis test in case of SPSS programme. In this study, 3 different application for the usage of process approach is used. These applications are done in different 15 bedded clinics and in differrent times. In the first application, empty forms which have standard format, are given to the nurses to complete.In the second application, the forms which special nursery activity has been wrritten on, are given to the nurses to sign their own activity and in the third application, the standard process approach which has been integrated to electronic system and which is special to patient, is requested to use. After all aplications, according to analysation of the results, the usage of the process' method rates are; 10% is for first method, 40% is for second method and 90% is for third method. Especially, the nursery process approach which has been integrated to electronic system is used more desirous. According to the nurses' opinion, this system increases the creation of lingua franca, data security and effective time management. It is determined that their pleasure is much more than the other methods and their belief to this system increases (p<0.01)
Intercultural awareness, communication, and empathy skills in nurses and midwives working in provinces with mass migration
(Wiley, 2021) Gumussoy, Sureyya; Dal, Nursel Alp; Beydag, Kerime Derya; Toker, Eylem
Purpose The study was to evaluate the intercultural awareness, communication, and empathy skills of midwives and nurses (n = 479) Design and Methods The descriptive study data were collected using the Communication-Skills-Scale (CSS), the Basic-Empathy-Scale (BES), and the Intercultural-Awareness-Scale (IAS). Findings The total average scores of the CSS, BES, and IAS were found to be 100.07 +/- 13.03, 70.70 +/- 13.99, and 83.51 +/- 14.24, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between age, education, position, experience and the BES and IAS; gender, providing care for Syrian patients and the CSS and BES; marital status and the BES (P < .05). Practice Implications Nurses and midwives have important responsibilities in terms of protecting and improving the health of migrant women.
Pregnant women voice their concerns and delivery method preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2022) Calik, Kiymet Yesilcicek; Kucuk, Ebru; Beydag, Kerime Derya
Objective: To evaluate pregnant women's voice their concerns and delivery method preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Methods: A cross-sectional study is survey based using an online survey platform. Three hundred pregnant women were included between 16 May and 12 June 2020 in Turkey. Sociodemographic features, obstetric features, concerns about COVID-19, delivery method preferences, and Brief Measure of Worry Severity were evaluated. Results: It was determined that the concerns of pregnant women about the pandemic were moderate (12.73 +/- 6.838) and did not alter their delivery method preferences. However, the concerns of the pregnant women who planned to perform their delivery by caesarean section before COVID-19 and whose delivery method preferences changed during the pandemic process were higher (p < 0.05). Additionally, during the COVID-19 period, pregnant women often harbour concerns such as 'not knowing how it would affect my baby if I have to take medications for COVID-19 (90.3%)' 'getting infected by COVID-19 during my pregnancy (89.7%)' 'not having a healthy pregnancy until birth (89%)'. Conclusions: Delivery method preferences of pregnant women did not change in the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, COVID-19 pandemic is impacting on the pregnant women experiencing moderate concerns about their pregnancy, delivery, postpartum period, and their baby.
Quality of sexual life and factors affecting it in married women undergoing depression treatment
(Wiley, 2021) Ekemen, Alev; Beydag, Kerime Derya
Objective This descriptive study was conducted to determine the factors affecting the quality of sexual life of married and sexually active women treated with medication due to depression. Methods Sample included 228 depressive patients on antidepressants for at least 1 month presenting to the Psychiatry Clinic of a hospital in the west side of Turkey, between April and June 2018. Results Women who were in the young age group, did not have any problems in sexual life before starting depression medication, had sexual intercourse 11 times or more per month, proposed to initiate a sexual intercourse together with their husbands were found to have higher Sexual Quality of Life-Female scores. There was a decrease in the women's frequency of sexual intercourse per month after the use of medication.
Relationship between perceived stress level and self-perception level of women who had three or more pregnancies
(Kare Publ, 2020) Alkin, Esra Demir; Beydag, Kerime Derya
Objectives: The present study determined the relationship between the perceived stress level of women who had three or more pregnancies and their self-perception levels. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out with 230 pregnant women who had three or more pregnancies and visited the Gynecology and Obstetrics Polyclinics of Kocaeli University Research and Application Hospital between May and October 2018. The data collection was performed using the personal information form, Self-Perception Scale for Pregnant Women and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). In analyzing the data obtained, the percentages, t-test, ANOVA test, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Spearman's Correlation Analysis were used. Results: The mean score of the pregnant women on the PSS was 42.62 +/- 5.01 and the mean scores on the "Perception of Motherhood during Pregnancy" (PMDP) and "Perception of Body during Pregnancy" (PBDP) subscales were 19.54 +/- 5.07 and 13.16 +/- 3.96, respectively. A weak negative relationship was found between PSS and PMDP (p<0.05), whereas no relationship was found for PBDP (p>0.05). PMDP and PBDP had a weak negative relationship (p<0.05). Conclusion: The perceived stress level of women having a history of three or more pregnancies affected their motherhood perception but not their body perception.
Stress and stress management in health institutions
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2014) Boyaci, Kismet; Sensoy, Funda; Beydag, Kerime Derya; Kiyak, Mithat
The purpose of this research was to determine main stress factors that health workers face with and ways of coping with this stress. To this end, data were obtained by face to face questionnaire from 103 health care workers employed in Merzifon Asker Hastanesi. These data were analyzed with SPSS 16.0 package program. At the end of the study, 83 % of the participants stated that they have various stress factors. in the studied sample, disvaluation of work by others, inequitable distribution of tasks, common workplace gossip, relations with managers, injustice in performance evaluation as well as patient dissatisfaction and fear of complaints were found as leading stress factors. When methods for coping with stress were questioned, most common answers were; 'I repress', 'I fret', I try to solve by myself, and 21will share with my close friends and my family2. it was found that stress factors and coping methods differ based on occupation, sex, and business life time. Considering that services in health sector should be carried out with the least error possible, its obvious that personnel satisfaction has a key role. Therefore, there is an urgent need for effective studies about individual and corporate stress management are needed in our health corporation for the reduction of stress factors. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.