Browsing by Author "Toruner, Ebru Kilicarslan"

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    Efficacy of a School-Based Healthy Life Program in Turkey
    (2015) Toruner, Ebru Kilicarslan; Ayaz, Sultan; Altay, Naime; Citak, Ebru Akgun; Sahin, Sinem; 0000-0002-0484-4687
    The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based healthy life program, and a pretest-posttest control group design was used. Five hundred and thirty-seven students formed the intervention group and 568 students formed the control group in 4 elementary schools. Both the control and intervention groups were tested for their knowledge levels before and after the training, and their body mass indexes (BMIs) and blood pressures were measured. The results show that the intervention group's self-reported daily exercise duration increased at the end of the training. This study provides evidence for the benefits of using school-based healthy life programs beginning in elementary school.
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    Reliability and Validity of a Turkish Language Version of the Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool
    (2014) Karahan, Azize; Toruner, Ebru Kilicarslan; Ceylan, Aysun; Abbasoglu, Aysel; Tekindal, Agah; Buyukgonenc, Lale; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6698-2121; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4060-7048; 24988512; B-8478-2015
    PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate content and construct validity of a Turkish language version of the Bates Wound Assessment Tool (BWAT) as well as its internal consistency and interrater reliability. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: The study was conducted in 13 intensive care units that included patients with pressure ulcers; the units were located in a university hospital in Central Anatolia, Turkey. The sample comprised 70 nurses and 20 patients who have stage II, III, and IV pressure ulcers. METHODS: Data were collected between January and April 2011. Content validity was measured using the Davis Technique. The BWAT was scored by 2 groups, nurses with expertise in wound care and staff nurses. An expert nurse and a ward nurse conducted pressure ulcer evaluation on the same patient consecutively in order to determine interrater reliability. We also measured internal consistency via the Cronbach a. RESULTS: The content validity agreement rate was 0.82. The interrater reliability of the instrument was 0.82; its internal consistency calculated via the Cronbach alpha was 0.85. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study support the Turkish language version of the BWAT as possessing content validity, interrater reliability and internal consistency.