Investigation of the relationship between depression, cyberchondria levels and the quality of life of female students during the COVID-19 pandemic
This study aimed to explore the correlation between cyberchondria levels, depression risk, and the quality of life among female students amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was conducted with 534 female students enrolled in a public university. Participants were asked to complete a Personal Information Form, Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and "Short Form-36 (SF-36)" questionnaire. The findings from the multiple linear regression analysis revealed that the level of cyberchondria increased the depression risk by 0.06 times among students. Additionally, nonsmokers were found to hav...
Source: Women and Health - September 5, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Yasemin Ayd ın Kartal Leyla Kaya Handan Özcan Source Type: research
Examining and promoting women's health through a descriptive analysis of a novel health tool: the 'Circle of Health'
Women Health. 2023 Sep 1:1-10. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2023.2250873. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA comprehensive perspective of women's health increases healthy equity and broadens the spectrum of care for women. The Circle of Health, a holistic health assessment tool, was created by the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health (NCEWH). This initiative focuses on advancing women's health needs by empowering them to actively engage about their own health care. The tool includes surveys for seven distinct domains of health: physical, social, emotional, intellectual, environmental, financial, and spiritual. The presen...
Source: Women and Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Katelyn D O'Farrell Kwynn M Gonzalez-Pons Lisa H Gren Caren J Frost Source Type: research
Examining and promoting women's health through a descriptive analysis of a novel health tool: the 'Circle of Health'
Women Health. 2023 Sep 1:1-10. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2023.2250873. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA comprehensive perspective of women's health increases healthy equity and broadens the spectrum of care for women. The Circle of Health, a holistic health assessment tool, was created by the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health (NCEWH). This initiative focuses on advancing women's health needs by empowering them to actively engage about their own health care. The tool includes surveys for seven distinct domains of health: physical, social, emotional, intellectual, environmental, financial, and spiritual. The presen...
Source: Women and Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Katelyn D O'Farrell Kwynn M Gonzalez-Pons Lisa H Gren Caren J Frost Source Type: research
Examining and promoting women's health through a descriptive analysis of a novel health tool: the 'Circle of Health'
Women Health. 2023 Sep 1:1-10. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2023.2250873. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA comprehensive perspective of women's health increases healthy equity and broadens the spectrum of care for women. The Circle of Health, a holistic health assessment tool, was created by the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health (NCEWH). This initiative focuses on advancing women's health needs by empowering them to actively engage about their own health care. The tool includes surveys for seven distinct domains of health: physical, social, emotional, intellectual, environmental, financial, and spiritual. The presen...
Source: Women and Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Katelyn D O'Farrell Kwynn M Gonzalez-Pons Lisa H Gren Caren J Frost Source Type: research
Examining and promoting women's health through a descriptive analysis of a novel health tool: the 'Circle of Health'
Women Health. 2023 Sep 1:1-10. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2023.2250873. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA comprehensive perspective of women's health increases healthy equity and broadens the spectrum of care for women. The Circle of Health, a holistic health assessment tool, was created by the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health (NCEWH). This initiative focuses on advancing women's health needs by empowering them to actively engage about their own health care. The tool includes surveys for seven distinct domains of health: physical, social, emotional, intellectual, environmental, financial, and spiritual. The presen...
Source: Women and Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Katelyn D O'Farrell Kwynn M Gonzalez-Pons Lisa H Gren Caren J Frost Source Type: research
Investigation of the relationship between sexual and pelvic floor dysfunction in female patients with fibromyalgia syndrome
Women Health. 2023 Aug 30:1-8. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2023.2249128. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe aim of the study was to examine the relationship between pelvic floor functions and sexual functions in women with fibromyalgia. The study included 204 women with fibromyalgia, mean aged 43.43 ± 8.61 years. All patients who met the inclusion criteria and applied to the rheumatology outpatient clinic were included in the study. The study was conducted between September 2020 and June 2022. The Female Sexual Function Scale (FSFI) was used to evaluate sexual function, Pelvic Floor Distress Scale-20 (PFDI-20), Pelvic Floor Impa...
Source: Women and Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ayse Ayan Sebahat Yaprak Cetin Emine I Rem Sahin Alime Buyuk Source Type: research
Investigation of the relationship between sexual and pelvic floor dysfunction in female patients with fibromyalgia syndrome
Women Health. 2023 Aug 30:1-8. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2023.2249128. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe aim of the study was to examine the relationship between pelvic floor functions and sexual functions in women with fibromyalgia. The study included 204 women with fibromyalgia, mean aged 43.43 ± 8.61 years. All patients who met the inclusion criteria and applied to the rheumatology outpatient clinic were included in the study. The study was conducted between September 2020 and June 2022. The Female Sexual Function Scale (FSFI) was used to evaluate sexual function, Pelvic Floor Distress Scale-20 (PFDI-20), Pelvic Floor Impa...
Source: Women and Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ayse Ayan Sebahat Yaprak Cetin Emine I Rem Sahin Alime Buyuk Source Type: research
Does the immigration affect prenatal attachment levels?
This study aims to evaluate the prenatal attachment levels of Syrian refugee and Turkish mothers in Turkey and to determine the variables that affect these. This cross-sectional study conducted in the obstetric outpatient clinics with 397 pregnant women 197 Syrian and 200 native women. Inclusion criteria were a pregnancy of at least 20 weeks, no communication or mental disorders, no chronic diseases, no diagnosis of high-risk pregnancy, literacy in the pregnant Turkish women, Turkish language proficiency in the pregnant Syrian women, and residence in Turkey for at least three years. Data were collected using a Sociodemogra...
Source: Women and Health - August 29, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ezgi K übra Tekmen Handan Boztepe Cansu Akda ğ Topal Source Type: research
The effect of logotherapy-based, nurse-guided meaning attribution conversations on women diagnosed with gynecologic cancer: A Turkish pilot study
This study aimed to examine the effects of logotherapy-based, nurse-guided meaning attribution conversations (MACs) on traumatic stress symptoms, post-traumatic growth, spiritual well-being, and life meaning attribution in gynecological cancer patients. This single-blind, randomized controlled trial consisted of face-to-face interviews with 68 women with gynecological cancer who received chemotherapy at Karadeniz Technical University Health Application And Research Center Farabi Hospital in 2019. Women in the intervention group underwent seven MAC sessions, whereas women in the control group only received routine nursing c...
Source: Women and Health - August 29, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ruveyde Ayd ın Kamile Kabukcuo ğlu Source Type: research
Iranian mother's perspectives about aspects and determinants of disrespect and abuse during labor and delivery: a qualitative study
This study aimed to explain women's perception of determining aspects and determinants of disrespect and abuse (D&A) during childbirth. This study was carried out from October 2019 to February 2020 in Tabriz-Iran. A total of 12 postpartum women were enrolled in this qualitative study by purposive sampling. The data were collected through in-depth semi structured interviews and simultaneously analyzed with a conventional content analysis approach. Thirty eight sub-themes and 11 main themes extracted from data analysis. The main themes included: "physical abuse," "psychological violence," "discrimination," "violation of ...
Source: Women and Health - August 29, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Khadije Hajizadeh Maryam Vaezi Shahla Meedya Sakineh Mohammad Alizadeh Charandabi Mojgan Mirghafourvand Source Type: research
Does the immigration affect prenatal attachment levels?
This study aims to evaluate the prenatal attachment levels of Syrian refugee and Turkish mothers in Turkey and to determine the variables that affect these. This cross-sectional study conducted in the obstetric outpatient clinics with 397 pregnant women 197 Syrian and 200 native women. Inclusion criteria were a pregnancy of at least 20 weeks, no communication or mental disorders, no chronic diseases, no diagnosis of high-risk pregnancy, literacy in the pregnant Turkish women, Turkish language proficiency in the pregnant Syrian women, and residence in Turkey for at least three years. Data were collected using a Sociodemogra...
Source: Women and Health - August 29, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ezgi K übra Tekmen Handan Boztepe Cansu Akda ğ Topal Source Type: research
The effect of logotherapy-based, nurse-guided meaning attribution conversations on women diagnosed with gynecologic cancer: A Turkish pilot study
This study aimed to examine the effects of logotherapy-based, nurse-guided meaning attribution conversations (MACs) on traumatic stress symptoms, post-traumatic growth, spiritual well-being, and life meaning attribution in gynecological cancer patients. This single-blind, randomized controlled trial consisted of face-to-face interviews with 68 women with gynecological cancer who received chemotherapy at Karadeniz Technical University Health Application And Research Center Farabi Hospital in 2019. Women in the intervention group underwent seven MAC sessions, whereas women in the control group only received routine nursing c...
Source: Women and Health - August 29, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ruveyde Ayd ın Kamile Kabukcuo ğlu Source Type: research
Iranian mother's perspectives about aspects and determinants of disrespect and abuse during labor and delivery: a qualitative study
This study aimed to explain women's perception of determining aspects and determinants of disrespect and abuse (D&A) during childbirth. This study was carried out from October 2019 to February 2020 in Tabriz-Iran. A total of 12 postpartum women were enrolled in this qualitative study by purposive sampling. The data were collected through in-depth semi structured interviews and simultaneously analyzed with a conventional content analysis approach. Thirty eight sub-themes and 11 main themes extracted from data analysis. The main themes included: "physical abuse," "psychological violence," "discrimination," "violation of ...
Source: Women and Health - August 29, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Khadije Hajizadeh Maryam Vaezi Shahla Meedya Sakineh Mohammad Alizadeh Charandabi Mojgan Mirghafourvand Source Type: research
The development of pressure scale toward marriage and fertility in social structure
In conclusion, this study was important in developing a highly reliable and valid PSMF measurement tool to measure the pressure on women in terms of marriage and fertility. The widespread use of the scale in public health research will increase the sensitivity and awareness of the people about the pressure on single women. Moreover, this scale will contribute to the evaluation of the social and individual pressure differences in the research to be carried out on marriage and childbirth between societies.PMID:37605510 | DOI:10.1080/03630242.2023.2249119 (Source: Women and Health)
Source: Women and Health - August 22, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Özlem Güner Rusen Öztürk Source Type: research
The development of pressure scale toward marriage and fertility in social structure
In conclusion, this study was important in developing a highly reliable and valid PSMF measurement tool to measure the pressure on women in terms of marriage and fertility. The widespread use of the scale in public health research will increase the sensitivity and awareness of the people about the pressure on single women. Moreover, this scale will contribute to the evaluation of the social and individual pressure differences in the research to be carried out on marriage and childbirth between societies.PMID:37605510 | DOI:10.1080/03630242.2023.2249119 (Source: Women and Health)
Source: Women and Health - August 22, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Özlem Güner Rusen Öztürk Source Type: research
