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- MakaleAçık Erişim2026Scopus SJRQ1Predictive Value of Health Literacy on Health-Promoting and Protective Behaviours in Turkish Nurses and Allied Health Workers
Deniz Akan, Dilan; Yeşiltepe, Akgün
Aim: This study aims to investigate the extent to which Turkish nurses and allied health workers' levels of health literacy predict health-promoting and protective behaviours. Desing: A descriptive and cross-sectional study design was used. Methods: The study was conducted with 403 Turkish nurses and allied health workers working in different regions of Türkiye between January and May 2024. JASP 0.18.3.0, Jamovi 2.3.21, and SPSS 26 and AMOS26 programs were used for data analysis. Descriptive statistics and simple and multiple regression analysis were used in the analysis of the data. Results: A positive, moderately significant relationship was found between health literacy and health-promoting and protective behaviours (r = 0.460, p < 0.001). Regression analysis results showed that health literacy explained 21.1% (R2 = 21.1) of the change in health-promoting and protective behaviours and was a significant predictor of health-promoting and protective behaviours. Patient or Public Contribution: Understanding the predictive effect of health literacy and preventive health behaviours can guide practices and policies that will improve the level of health literacy and preventive health behaviours in healthcare workers. Improving their health literacy and preventive health behaviours can help patients and the general public increase their health literacy levels and gain positive health behaviours.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2025Scopus SJRQ1The effect of nursing services management efficiency on nurses’ professional commitment: A cross-sectional study
Arslan Seker, Sevda; Coskun Palaz, Simge
Aim: To determine the effect of nurses' perceptions of the effectiveness of nursing services management on their professional commitment. Background: Effective healthcare management is crucial for improving patient care quality. Understanding nurses' perspectives on nursing services management and their commitment provides valuable insights for management strategies, improving well-being and healthcare outcomes. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational study involved 265 state hospital nurses. Data were collected between November 2020 and June 2021 using descriptive characteristic form, Nursing Services Management Effectiveness Scale, and Nursing Professional Commitment Scale. This study adhered to the STROBE checklist. Results: Nurses' views on the effectiveness of nursing services management and their professional commitment were found to be influenced by age, professional experience, and institutional positions. The average scores for nursing services management perception and professional commitment were 2.65 ± 0.72 and 66.63 ± 12.40, respectively. A statistically significant positive and low-level correlation was observed between nurses' nursing services management perception and professional commitment scores. Nurses' positive perception of nursing services management explains 17.1% of the variance in nurses' professional commitment levels. Discussion and conclusion: This study outlines how nurses' views on effective nursing services management can enhance their professional commitment. Managers should contribute to increase nursing services management efficacy by eliminating deficiencies in management practices to make their institutions successful and to increase their employees’ professional commitment level. Implications for nursing and health policy: Assuming positive perceptions of nursing management increase nurses' professional commitment, developing policies to boost organizational support is vital. Managers should focus on improving nursing services management to increase organizational success, increase nurses' professional commitment, and achieve the best health outcomes by eliminating management deficiencies.
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İncele - MakaleAçık Erişim2024Scopus SJRQ1Work stress and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in nurses and office workers: a comparative study
Kuzu Durmaz, Ayşe; Çiçekoğlu Öztürk, Pınar; Çevik Durmaz, Yadigar
Objectives. This study aims to compare the work stress and obsessive-compulsive symptoms of nurses and office workers and to determine the relationship between work stress and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Methods. A total of 127 nurses and 127 office workers participated in the cross-sectional study and comparative study. Data were collected using the perceived work stress scale and the Maudsley obsessive-compulsive inventory. Results. Nurses had higher work stress scores (p = 0.003) in general than office workers. In particular, nurses with a low (p < 0.039) and average (p < 0.007) economic status, nurses who had been employed for 1–10 years (p < 0.001) and nurses working 40 h per week (p < 0.042) had higher work stress scores than office workers. There was no difference (p > 0.05) between obsessive-compulsive symptom scores. There was a positive significant relationship (p < 0.001) between work stress and obsessive-compulsive symptom scores of nurses and office workers. Work stress explains 6.1% of the obsessive-compulsive symptoms in nurses and 12.4% in office workers. Conclusion. The results of this study concluded that work stress of nurses is higher than that of office workers and work stress affects the obsessive-compulsive symptoms in both groups.
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Koç, Emine; Baltacı, Nazlı; Yüksekol, Özlem Doğan; Gürel, Reyyan; Ulucan, Mihriban
Introduction: During pregnancy, sexual distress is common, but its prevalence and underlying factors require elucidation. This study was performed to investigate sexual distress in pregnant women. Methods: This research was designed as a descriptive and multi-center study. The study included 2365 pregnant women from 6 geographical regions of Turkey between April 1, 2022, and February 1, 2023. Data was collected using the “Pregnant Information Form” and “Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised (FDS-R).” Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, analysis of variance, and the Pearson correlation test were used for data analysis. Results: Herein, 46.1% of pregnant women experienced sexual distress, and the mean FDS-R score of the study participants was 14.49. Participants who were dissatisfied with their sexual life before and during pregnancy (p < 0.001), those who did not have sexual intercourse during pregnancy (p < 0.001), those who experienced decreased sexual desire during pregnancy (p < 0.001), those who did not receive sexual education during pregnancy (p < 0.001), and those who experienced problems when engaging in sexual intercourse during pregnancy (p < 0.001) experienced more sexual distress. Sexual distress increased when the mean age and the number of pregnancies and children increased, whereas it decreased when the gestational week increased. Conclusions: Approximately half of the pregnant women included in the study experienced sexual distress. The findings highlight the importance of midwives and nurses encouraging pregnant women to discuss their sexuality. Policy implications: The findings of this study show that sexual distress during pregnancy is common and affected by some factors related to personal and sexual life during pregnancy. This result provides evidence of the need to develop culturally appropriate interventions and policies that include sexual partners in the context of improving pregnant women's sexual distress, sexual health, good family relationships and mental health.
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