Karadağ, Ezgi; İnkaya Vardar, Bahar; Kunduraci, Ersin

Aim: The study was performed to explore therelationship between the status of disability and thelevel of depression among the patients with ChronicObstructive Pulmonary Disease. Method: The sample of the study consisted of 100patients. The data were collected using aquestionnaire on socio-demographic factors anddisease symptoms, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)and Brief Disability Questionnaire (BDQ). KruskallWallis Analysis of Variance, t-test, Mann Whitney-Utest, Pearson's Correlation and Cronbach's alphainternal consistency test were used to analyse data. Findings: When the BDI scores of the patients wereexamined, it was seen that 19% of the patientsexperienced minimal level of depression; 40% hadmild, 33% had moderate and 8% had severedepression. The distribution of the BDQ scale scoresshowed that 10.0% of the patients had no disabilitywhereas the severity of the disability among thepatients was mild, moderate and severe in 5.0%,23.0% and 62.0%, respectively. Higher levels ofdisability were found in male patients. The disabilityand depression scores of the patients who statedthat COPD didn't affect their mental health werehigher compared to those of others expressing thatCOPD had an effect on their mental health.Conclusion: It was found that there was anextremely significant positive correlation betweenthe level of depression and disability in the patientswith COPD and as the level of depression increasedso did the disability. Therefore, the nurses providinghealthcare for patients with COPD should notignore their psychological problems and shouldassess the patients' mental states routinely.

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Kunduraci, Ersin; Bozoğlu, Ömer; Akay, Mehmet; Aybek, Hasan; Karatay, Gülnaz; Gürarslan Baş, Nazan

Aim: The aim of the research was to evaluate the interventions of the nurses working in a state hospital for postoperative pain. Material and Methods: The data of this descriptive study was collected between March 9-13th, 2015. The sample of the study consisted of 99 nurses working in a state hospital. “The Pain Management in Postoperative Period Questionnaire” consisting of 24 questions was used for data collection. Data was analyzed by using SPSS database with numbers, percentages, and chi-square tests. Results: Less than half of the nurses (44.4%) had undergraduate level of education, 89.0% of them stated that nurses had responsibility in pain management, and 84.0% of them reported that they assessed the pain. The assessment of facial expression (39.3%), asking patients (27.4%), and pain scale applications (26.2%) were preferred mostly by nurses among pain assessment methods. Analgesic administration (50.5%), informing the physician (21.2%), and giving position (14.1%) were mostly preferred pain management methods respectively. Also, 96.0% of the nurses reported that the institution they work for did not have a pain management policy. Conclusion: According to the findings, the nurses employed in this state hospital did not have a standard practice for pain management

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