Fisun Senuzun Aykar

Izmir Tınaztepe University · Faculty of Health Scienece

The epidemic caused by the Covid-19 virus released in December 2019 was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The rapid spread of the virus unexpectedly and causing high deaths has led to a difficult process in the field of health. Societies, which are a social and cultural phenomenon, have also been affected by this epidemic in...

Annotation This study aims to conduct a comprehensive review of the current literature on the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) applications on nursing interventions in kidney diseases, and to systematically analyze the data obtained from relevant studies. The findings of this research highlight the evolving role of artificial intelligence...

Introduction: Patients undergoing treatment in palliative care units often complain of symptoms such as nausea, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and pain. For individuals with life-threatening or limiting critical illnesses, effectively managing these symptoms is crucial to enhancing their quality of life, regardless of the remaining time. Due to the d...

Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate depression and perceived social support levels and affecting factors in hemodialysis patients Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross section study was conducted hemodialysis patients in two hemodialysis units. Patient identification forms representing the information, Beck Depression Inventory and...

Objectives: To examine the effects of music for patients under mechanical ventilation support in the intensive care unit on their delirium, pain, sedation, and anxiety. Research methodology/design: A single-blind, randomized, controlled trial. Setting: The study was conducted with delirium positive patients between August 2020 and September 2021...

People belong to a society and culture, which is the common language of these societies; it cannot be separated from other facts that a person has. In order to provide a holistic care, culture should also be included in care. Culture has an effect throughout life as well as at the end of life. No matter what culture it is, death has an important pl...

Introduction: The aim of this study is to determine the current situation and needs of social workers in order to develop an elderly health education program for social workers. Materials and methods: The research is of cross-sectional type; It was conducted with 1619 social workers. In the study, data was collected using the Geriatric Social Work...

Dispneyi rahat nefes alamamak olarak tanımlayan KOAH’lı hastalar, günlük yaşam aktivitelerini özgürce gerçekleştiremedikleri için konfor kaybından yakınmaktadırlar. Özellikle akut atak dönemlerinde artan dispnenin etkili yönetimi sağlanabilirse konfor düzeyide yükseltilebilir. Bu çalışmada konfor kuramı çerçevesinde akut atak dönemindeki KOAH olgus...

Background: This study aimed to evaluate mortality risk associated with readily accessible laboratory parameters and underlying conditions in hospitalized older adults. Methods: This retrospective study included geriatric patients admitted for inpatient care to the internal medicine wards of two major university hospitals in two different regions o...

Background: This study assessed the impact of Otago exercises on frailty and empowerment in older nursing home residents. Methods: This randomized controlled trial included 72 individuals aged over 65 years residing in a single nursing home in Izmir, Turkey. The participants were randomly assigned to the Otago exercise group (OEG) or control gro...

Hemşirelik mesleği, insan ve onun karmaşık süreci ile çalıştığı için insana yönelik yasaları formüle etmesi gerekmektedir. Bu durumda yapılabilecek en iyi yol insan davranışlarını teorilere başvurarak açıklamaya çalışmaktır. Bu amaçla çalışmamızda hemşireliğe öncülük etmiş hemşire kuramcılardan Virginia Henderson’ın Teorisini bir olgu çerçevesinde...

Introduction: The aim of this study is to examine the effect of frailty level on acceptance of illness in older people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. A descriptive and correlational design was used. Materials and Methods: The sample comprised 311 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients aged 65 years and older who applied to the...

Z Güçlendirme kelime anlamıyla otorite kazandırma, bir şeyi yapabilme yeterliliğine izin vermedir. Bireyin nörolojik fonksiyonlarının kalıcı ya da geçici kaybıyla sonuçlanan kronik bir hastalık olan inmenin evde bakımı son derece karmaşık ve zordur. İnme sonrasında, kayıp yaşanan enstrümental günlük yaşam aktivitelerinin yeniden kazanılmasında evde...

Objectives This study was conducted to assess the effect of therapeutic touch on stress, daytime sleepiness, sleep quality and fatigue among students of nursing and midwifery. Methods 96 students were randomized into three groups: the therapeutic touch (TT) group, the sham therapeutic touch (STT) group, and the control group. In this randomized sh...

Özet: Dünyada üçüncü ölüm nedeni haline gelen Kronik Obstruktif Akciğer Hastalığı (KOAH), tüm ölümlerin de %5.5’inden sorumludur. Türkiye’de ise solunum sistemi hastalıkları en sık görülen üçüncü ölüm nedenidir ve bu ölümlerin %61.5’i KOAH nedeniyledir. KOAH’ın tedavisinde semptomların giderilmesi ve hastanın rahatlatılması önceliktir. Hemşirelik k...

Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Otago exercises on falls, balance, and physical performance in old-aged adults with high fall risk living in a nursing home. Methods This randomized controlled trial included 72 individuals over 65 years of age residing in a single nursing home in Izmir, Turkey. The participants...

Giriş: ROHHAD (Rapid onset Obesity, Hypothalamic dysfunction, Hypoventilation and Autonomic Dysregulation); hipotalamik disfonksiyon, hipoventilasyon, otonomik disregülasyon ve hızlı başlangıçlı obezite ile karakterize nadir görülen bir sendromdur. Literatürde bugüne kadar yüzün altında vaka bildirilmiştir. Etyolojik faktörler net olmamakla birlikt...

Adaptation of Diabetic Empowerment Scale-Short Form to Older Individuals and to Turkish Language: Validity and Reliability Study Aim: The empowerment of old people is important in order for them to gain control over their own lives and to raise their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to adapt the Diabetes Empowerment Scale-Short Form...

Each of the theories or conceptual model represents a unique way directing nursing practice. Theories contribute to explain the meaning of scientific results and the emergence of new researches, as well as the use of information in a systematic way and the development and professionalization of the nursing profession. In this article, a 4-year-old...

ÖZET Amaç: Bu derlemenin amacı, hemşirelikte önemli bir yere sahip olan duyuşsal alan eğitimini Orlando’nun Etkileşim Kuramı perspektifinden incelemektir. Kuramsal Çerçeve: Derlemenin kuramsal çerçevesi, Orlando’nun Kuramı’nda yer alan “hastanın davranışı”, “hemşirenin tepkisi” ve “hemşirenin aktiviteleri” kavramlarına dayanmaktadır. Sonuç: Sonuç o...

ÖZET Amaç: Bu derlemenin amacı, hemşirelikte önemli bir yere sahip olan duyuşsal alan eğitimini Orlando’nun Etkileşim Kuramı perspektifinden incelemektir. Kuramsal Çerçeve: Derlemenin kuramsal çerçevesi, Orlando’nun Kuramı’nda yer alan “hastanın davranışı”, “hemşirenin tepkisi” ve “hemşirenin aktiviteleri” kavramlarına dayanmaktadır. Sonuç: Sonuç...

Self-care theory works on the assumption that all individuals need to take care of themselves. This choice creates partial relief in patients and gives control of their autonomy to others. The nurse plans and implements appropriate interventions to give this control back to the patient. In this case, it is emphasized that a patient who is physiolog...

ÖZ ‘Kuram ya da kavramsal modellerin her biri hemşirelik uygulamalarını yönlendiren özel bir yolu simgeler. Kuramlar bilimsel sonuçların anlamlanmasına ve yeni araştırmaların ortaya çıkmasına olanak sağlamanın yanı sıra bilgilerin sistematik halde kullanılması ve hemşirelik mesleğinin gelişimi ve profesyonelleşmesine katkı sağlar. Bu makalede; 4 y...

Özet Koroner arter hastalığı dünyada en önde gelen mortalite ve morbidite nedenidir. Koroner arter hastalığına sahip bireyler en çok akut koroner sendrom ile hastaneye başvururlar. Akut koroner sendromu olan hastalar; fiziksel, sosyal, psikolojik açıdan çok yönlü olarak etkilenmektedir. Hemşireler, hastalara uygun hemşirelik yönetimini planlarken,...

ZET Bu çalışma, hastanede yatan kanserli çocuğuna bakım veren bir annenin bakım yükünü hafifletmek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Olgu sunu-munda; hastanede yatan kanserli çocuğuna bakım veren bir annenin fiziksel ve psikososyal gereksinimleri Virginia Henderson Temel İhtiyaçlar Kuramı çerçevesinde incelenmiş ve karşılanmıştır. Bakım veren anneden elde edil...

Academic ethical values, having the well-deserved place by nursing and other scientific fields, and developing of the nursing science are proportionate to obeying the academic ethical values and internalizing those values. This study was carried out to determine the nurse academicians’ attitudes related to ethical values and related factors. The de...

ÖZET Hemşirelik kuramları; bireylerin sağlığının değerlendirilmesinde, hemşirelik bakımında elde edilen verilerin düzenlenip değerlendirilmesinde ve bu verilerin kanıta dayalı olarak açıklanmasında hemşirelere rehberlik etmektedir. Bu kuramlardan biri Wiedenbach’ın 1964 yılında ortaya koyduğu “Bir Yardım Sanatı Olarak Hemşirelik” kuramıdır. Wiedenb...

The objective of this study was to examine the effects of inhaler aromatherapy on the level of pain, comfort, anxiety, and cortisol during trigger point injection in individuals with myofascial pain syndrome. Lavender oil inhalation was found to reduce pain and anxiety during trigger point injection and to improve patient comfort, but it did not af...

Citation Berna Nilgun OZGURSOY URAN, Yasemin YILDIRIM, Fisun SENUZUN AYKAR, Belkıs UNSAL. The effect of web-based education on disease activity, symptom management and quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: randomized-controlled study. ABSTRACT Background/Aims: The aim of the study is to determine the effect of web-based educa...

Obezite, Dünya Sağlık Örgütü tarafından "Sağlığı bozacak ölçüde vücutta anormal veya aşırı yağ birikmesi" olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Son yıllarda tüm dünyada obezitenin görülme sıklığı giderek artmaktadır. Obez bireylerin genetik yapısını değiştirmek mümkün olmasa da yeme alışkanlığı fiziksel aktivite düzeyi değiştirilerek, sağlıklı yaşam davranışlar...

Yaşlanan bireyde farklı ihtiyaçlar ortaya çıkmaktadır. O nedenle sağlık personelinin yaşlıyı kapsamlı olarak değerlendirmesi gerekmektedir. Kapsamlı değerlendirme tıbbi, sosyal, çevresel, psikolojik değerlendirmeyi içerdiği için farklı meslek gruplarının ekip olarak bir arada eşgüdüm halinde çalışması önem kazanır. Bu temelde yaşlıya sağlık sunumu...

Kronik hastalığa sahip olmak bireyde fizyolojik, psikolojik ve sosyal açıdan çeşitli sorunlara yol açabilmektedir. Hemşirelikte bakım yönetiminde kavramsal modellerin kullanılması, kronik hastalığa sahip hastaya biyopsikoso-syal yaklaşımda bütüncül bir bakım geliştirecek bir araç sağlayabilmektedir. Hemşirelikte yaygın kullanılan mod-ellerden biri...

Nursing theory and models form a framework for systematizing nursing practices. The use of models in nursing provides nurses to focus on the essence of nursing and its applications rather than medical practice. Also, it helps patient care to be systematic, purposeful, controlled and effective. Watson’s theory of human caring which is the one of the...

Background/aim: This study was designed to develop a Behçet's disease (BD) symptom assessment scale based on the theory of unpleasant symptoms, which deals with understanding symptom experiences in a disease. Materials and methods: The BD Symptom Assessment Scale has two sections: the factors influencing symptoms and the situations influenced by sy...

Purpose: The purpose of this methodological study was to assess the validity and reliability of Turkish version of the "Edmonton Frail Scale" (EFS). Method: 130 individuals aged 65 and over residing at the Izmir Narlıdere Nursing Home between September 2011 - April 2012 who agreed to participate in the study constituted the sample for the resear...

Background In this study, it is aimed to determine the effect of web-based education on disease activity, symptom management and quality of life (QOL) in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Methods The study which is randomised controlled trial conducted in a gastroenterology clinic of an training and research hospital in Turkey. The sample of the...

Objective: To determine the symptoms experienced by patients diagnosed with Behcet's Disease and how they cope with them. Methods: The qualitative study was conducted from September 2013 to March 2014 at Ege University Medical Faculty Hospital, Turkey, comprising patients having all symptoms of Behcet's Disease. Data was collected through semi-s...

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the proportion of pediatric surgeons who committed medical malpractice (MM) while on duty in hospitals, whether this proportion changed according to age and experience, and if they reported MM or not, and to determine their level of knowledge related to the legal processes. Materials and Methods: A cross-s...

It is important that as a professional occupation, nursing should use theories as guidance in practice. The use of theory and guidance increases the quality of the profession by improving the informational plethora of the nurses. Peaceful end of life theory forms a conceptual framework for providing peaceful end of life by rendering guidance to nur...

Purpose: Malnutrition is one of the most important geriatric syndromes in the elderly. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between anemia and malnutrition in elderly nursing home residents. Materials and methods: Local nursing home residents over 60 years old in the Izmir were included in the study. Blood samples were taken...

İnflamatuar barsak hastalıkları (İBH) yaşam kalitesini ciddi düzeyde etkileyen, atak ve remisyonlarla seyreden kronik hastalıklar olup çoklu ilaç kullanımı ve sürekli izlem gerektirmektedir. Bu nedenle klinik açıdan yakın takip önem taşımaktadır. İngiltere, Amerika, Birleşik Krallık, Avustralya gibi gelişmiş ülkelerde İBH alanında uzman hemşireleri...

Sağlık bakım hizmetlerinin sunulması sırasında, kültürel özellikler genellikle ihmal edilebilmektedir. Kültürel yönden uygun bakım; kültürün boyutlarını anlamayı, bütüncül yaklaşıma yönelmeyi, bilgiyi arttırmayı, yaklaşımları değiştirme ve klinik becerileri geliştirme arayışlarını içermektedir. Bir toplumun yaşama biçimi olarak tanımlanabilecek ola...

Patient safety and medical errors are among the most discussed topics in recent years. Identifying and reporting medical errors is one of the most significant steps toward the adoption of measures to increase patient safety. The goal of this descriptive, cross-sectional study was to evaluate attitudes toward patient safety and the tendencies to med...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the pain and fatigue levels of elderly cancer patients and to examine whether pain is an independent variable in fatigue development. A total of 250 elderly cancer patients undergoing treatment in the outpatient chemotherapy units and internal medicine clinic at 2 hospitals were enrolled. A "Patient Information...

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the attitudes of nursing students towards elderly people. Methods: The study was carried out in a cross-sectional and descriptive design. The Turkish version of UCLA-GA Scale was used to evaluate attitudes towards older people among 931 students attending four schools of nursing located in Aegean, Medi...

The objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence and risk of pressure ulcers (PrUs) among hospitalized patients 65 years or older in a university hospital setting and to assess the potential for prevention and healing in that population. The retrospective study conducted at the general medicine departments of Ege University Hospital in I...

Electronic Health Records allows direct data entry and is an important factor for accurate diagnosis. However, two drawbacks of this system is the time needed to create them, which can reduce health care professional productivity, and the fact that it is error prone. It is important, therefore, to select the most appropriate methods and tools for d...

This paper describes how interactive videoconference can benefit the Electrocardiography (ECG) skills of undergraduate nursing students. We have implemented a learning system that interactively transfers the visual and practical aspects of ECG from a nursing skills lab into a classroom where the theoretical part of the course is taught. The student...

Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Social Support Scale in Chronic Diseases (SSCII) Scale Turkish version that was developed by Hilbert-McAllister. Methods This was planning a methodological study. Research group consists of 163 older persons that accepted to participate in this study and who ha...

The population of above 65 years of age is increasing fast in societies, as the life expectancy is increasing and it leads to high demands for health care service. Health care service for the elderly should be provided by trained team in this field. Success of health care service to be rendered is related to knowledge, skill and attitudes of team m...

Objectives: The objective of our study is to determine the prevalence of UI among the population who live in a nursing home and the effect of this significant problem on their quality of life. Methods: The sample of this cross-sectional research consisted of 211 elderly women who live in a nursing home in Izmir. Three forms - Information Form for t...

Aim: This study was planned in order to determine midwifery and nursing students’ overall knowledge about the European Union, their perspective about Turkey’s EU membership and their professional expectations. Methods: The study was planned as descriptive type. The data of the study were collected from 765 (81%) students studying at Ege University...

Patients with myocardial infarction (MI) may experience anxiety and depression. This study was designed to determine anxiety and depression levels in patients with MI. The study included 506 patients (199 women, 307 men; mean age 55.7+/-6.9 years) who were admitted to the cardiology department for MI. Data were collected using a questionnaire to id...

Breast self examination (BSE), screening mammography and Pap smear screening can significantly reduce mortality from breast and cervical cancer. In an effort to understand the factors that influence BSE, mammography, and Pap smear behavior of woman academicians, we here explored the relation between health promotion life-style and women's cancer sc...

Specificity in the self-efficacy construct requires that instruments assess domain-specific behaviors. The objectives of the study were to (1) reexamine and shorten the original 57-item Cholesterol-Lowering Diet Self-Efficacy Scale (CLDSES), (2) estimate reliability and validity of the short form CLDSES (CLDSES-SF), (3) examine the dimensionality o...

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation improves exercise capacity and reduces cardiac risk factors. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effects of a home-based cardiac exercise program (HBCEP) on exercise tolerance, serum lipids, and self-efficacy in coronary heart disease patients in Turkey. Self-efficacy theory provided the framewor...

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation improves exercise capacity and reduces cardiac risk factors. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effects of a home-based cardiac exercise program (HBCEP) on exercise tolerance, serum lipids, and self-efficacy in coronary heart disease patients in Turkey. Self-efficacy theory provided the framewor...

The aim of the study was to determine the quality of life (QOL) of nursing staff working in oncology units in Turkey. The study was a descriptive study and included 89 oncology nurses from 12 different cities in Turkey who participated in the course "Basic Chemotherapy Courses for Oncology Nurses" in Izmir. This course was organized by Ege Universi...

The purpose of this exploratory, secondary analysis was to compare the prevalence of symptoms attributable to breast cancer or its treatment and to identify and describe symptom clusters across 3 phases of the disease. A pooled analysis was conducted by combining existing symptom data collected at the baseline assessment from 3 independent studies...