Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi / Faculty of Health Sciences

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    Challenges and needs of informal caregivers in elderly care: Qualitative research in four European countries, the TRACE project
    (2020) Akgun-Citak, Ebru; Attepe-Ozden, Seda; Kav, Sultan; Acar, Sema; Aksoydan, Emine; Altintas, Atahan; Aytar, Aydan; Baskici, Cigdem; Kiziltan, Gul; 0000-0003-0361-7498; 0000-0002-0484-4687; 31756568; V-9745-2019; ABD-7108-2020
    Background: Providing informal care may affects caregivers' life in different ways. Determining the needs of caregivers and supporting them can improve both the quality of life of the caregivers, as well as the elderly they take care of. Objective: To explore the experiences and needs of the informal caregivers in four countries. Design: Qualitative research method was used in the study. Methods: The qualitative data was collected through focus groups and individual interviews between December 2016-May 2017. In all countries interviews were conducted in the mother language of the informants. Informants of the qualitative research were adult people who take primary care of an individual with chronic diseases, aged 65 years or older. Data were collected from 72 informal caregivers from four European countries. Inductive content analysis was performed. Results: Informal caregivers identified 2 themes, 5 subthemes, 19 categories and 7 subtcategories. The themes highlighted two major issues: informal caregiver's challenges and needs related to the management of care of elderly and caregivers' personal needs. Conclusion: The important and charming results of the present study are, difficulties of managing caregiver's own life, and coping with emotions are common in four countries. Identifying challenges and needs of informal caregivers enable healthcare professionals to develop care strategies and plan interventions focused to support and help to reduce the burden of care for elderly with chronic diseases.
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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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    Investigation of Knowledge and Attitudes of African and Turkish Nursing Students Regarding the Older Adults; A Comparative Descriptive Study
    (2023) Erdemir, Firdevs; Atak, Nazli Turgut; Citak, Ebru Akgun; 0000-0002-0484-4687
    Objective: The aim of the study is to determine the attitudes and knowledge of African and Turkish Nursing Students with regard to the older adults.Materials and Methods: This comparative descriptive study was conducted in a private university in Northern Cyprus. A total of 455 African and Turkish nursing students participated in this study. Personal information form, Palmore's facts on aging quiz (FAQ) and Kogan attitudes towards older people scale (KAOPS) were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann-Whitney U tests and multivariate linear regression were used for data analysis.Results: The mean FAQ score of the Turkish students was determined to be 30.64 +/- 7.15 and the mean KAOPS score was 125.33 +/- 13.14, whereas the mean FAQ score of the African students was 26.33 +/- 7.82 and the mean KAOPS score was 122.97 +/- 10.30. No significant difference was found in the students' attitudes towards the elderly in terms of nationality. The Turkish students' knowledge about old age was 3.43 times higher than the African students' knowledge [R2=8.9%, odds ratio=3.43 (1.93-6.11)].Conclusion: It was determined that both the Turkish and African students had similar and positive attitudes towards the elderly; however, Turkish students had more knowledge about the elderly.