{"title":"Determining the Relationship Between the Frequency of Urinary Incontinence, Depression, Anxiety and Stress in Menopausal Women","authors":"Arzu Abiç, Sinem Dağ Canatan, Ahu Aksoy Can","doi":"10.4274/mnm.2023.23156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mnm.2023.23156","url":null,"abstract":". Abstract Objective: Though urinary incontinence (UI) is not a life-threatening health problem, it may have significant physical and psychological effects on women’s social and family life. Most women delay seeking help since they are embarrassed or do not consider UI a health problem, causing a gradual increase in the symptoms of UI. This study aims to determine the relationship between the frequency of UI, depression, anxiety, stress and quality of life in menopause women. Method: The sample of this descriptive study comprised 112 participants from Northern Cyprus between October and December 2022. Personal information form, urogenital distress inventory (UDI-6), incontinence impact questionnaire (IIQ-7) and depression, anxiety, stress scale-21 (DASS-21) were used for data collection. The non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test was used for two-group comparison. Spearman’s correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between two continuous variables. Number, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used as descriptive statistics. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05. Results: The mean scores obtained by the participants with UI from all scales and their subscales were significantly higher than the participants without UI (p<0.05). There was a positive, moderate and statistically significant relationship between the UDI-6, IIQ-7 and the depression, anxiety and stress subscales of DASS-21 (r=0.634, p<0.001; r=0.449, p<0.001; r=0.609, p<0.001; r=0.449, p<0.001, r=0.492 p<0.001, respectively). In addition, it was also found a positive, moderate and statistically significant relationship between the IIQ-7 and the depression, anxiety and stress subscales of DASS-21 (r=0.517, p<0.001; r=0.591, p<0.001; r=0.619, p<0.001, respectively). Conclusion: This study found that a higher frequency of UI in menopausal women reduced the quality of life and increased the levels of depression, anxiety and stress.","PeriodicalId":473333,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Nursing and Midwifery","volume":" January","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138610861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of Basic Human Values to Readiness for Interprofessional Learning: A Cross-sectional Survey Among Pre-graduate Health Professions Students","authors":"Esin Çetinkaya Uslusoy, Eylem Paslı Gürdoğan, Ergün Kaplan","doi":"10.4274/mnm.2023.22135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mnm.2023.22135","url":null,"abstract":"Effect of","PeriodicalId":473333,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Nursing and Midwifery","volume":"117 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138622509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. O. Ojo, O. Oyediran, Esther K Afolabi, A. Olaogun, P. Adejumo
{"title":"Making Nurses and Nursing Care Visible in Nigeria. A Review of Standardized Nursing Care Plan from the Nurse Len","authors":"I. O. Ojo, O. Oyediran, Esther K Afolabi, A. Olaogun, P. Adejumo","doi":"10.4274/mnm.2023.22106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mnm.2023.22106","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":473333,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Nursing and Midwifery","volume":" 35","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138618497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ayşe Didem Çakır, Seda Cevheroğlu, Funda Büyükyılmaz
{"title":"Analyzing the Relationship Between Hand Hygiene Beliefs and Practices and Adherence to Isolation Precautions in Dialysis Professionals","authors":"Ayşe Didem Çakır, Seda Cevheroğlu, Funda Büyükyılmaz","doi":"10.4274/mnm.2023.23148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mnm.2023.23148","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This study aims to evaluate the relationship between the hand hygiene beliefs and practices of dialysis professionals and their adherence to isolation precautions. Method: Healthcare professionals working in dialysis units in Turkey and Northern Cyprus constituted the population. Snowball sampling technique was used to determine the sample, which included 127 nurses and hemodialysis technicians that could be accessed online after obtaining the approval of ethical committee. Descriptive information form, Compliance with isolation precautions scale (CIPS), hand hygiene beliefs scale (HHBS) and hand hygiene practices inventory (HHPI) were used for data collection. Results: Participants were predominantly female (92.1%), 47.2% had an associate degree or below, 51.2% were nurses, and 33.1% worked at a state hospital. Besides, 55.1% received in-house education on isolation precautions, and 96.9% reported the existence of visual orders about hand hygiene and isolation precautions in the unit. The mean scores obtained from the HHBS, HHPI and CCIPS were 96.19±8.1, 62.72±5.29 and 74.72±12.57, respectively. There was a positive and statistically significant correlation between the HHBS, HHPI and CIPS scores (p<0.05). Conclusion: The study found that health professionals working in dialysis units had positive hand hygiene beliefs and high levels of hand hygiene practice and adherence to isolation precautions. Besides, the participants with positive hand hygiene beliefs had also high level of adherence to isolation precautions. Similarly, hand hygiene practice was positively associated with adherence to isolation precautions. Therefore, further observational studies in different clinical centers may be conducted to contribute to the literature.","PeriodicalId":473333,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Nursing and Midwifery","volume":"108 52","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138607670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sexual and Reproductive Health in Nursing Undergraduate Program Curriculums in Turkey: A Cross-sectional Study","authors":"Fatma Uslu Şahan, Sevda Yıldırım Hamurcu","doi":"10.4274/mnm.2023.23163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mnm.2023.23163","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":473333,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Nursing and Midwifery","volume":"107 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138608804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of Prenatal, Perinatal, and Postnatal Knowledge Levels of Pregnant Women and Their Distress Conditions","authors":"Dzhevriye Emir, Hatice Sütçü","doi":"10.4274/mnm.2023.23142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mnm.2023.23142","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":473333,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Nursing and Midwifery","volume":"15 1‐2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138626242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}