Ayse Ergun

• Professor
• Marmara University

Abstract Aim: This study aims to determine nursing students' attitudes toward the public health nursing course and their professional image, as well as to examine the relationship between these two attitudes. Methods: This descriptive-relational study was conducted with 49 nursing students from a university. Data were collected online via self-repo...

Objective: Mental health problems are among the most common health problems today. This study was a randomized controlled trial in order to determine the effect of nurse-led mental health first aid training (MHFA) on mental health and mental health literacy (MHL) of office workers in Turkey. Methods: The study was performed with 88 employees in the...

In Muslim societies, issues related to sexual and reproductive health are rarely discussed and considered sensitive subjects. This study was conducted to assess the acceptability and effectiveness of a sexual health education program in Turkey, a Muslim country. The study was conducted using a one-group quasi-experimental design. The sexual health...

Okul sağlığı ve okul sağlığı hemşireliği tarihi ülkemiz tarihi kadar eskidir. Cumhuriyet’in ilk yıllarından itibaren okul sağlığı adına yapılan girişimleri görmek mümkündür. Okul sağlığı hemşireliği adına atılmış en güncel ve en umut verici gelişme ise Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı Okul Sağlığı Hemşirelerinin Çalışma Usul ve Esasları Hakkında Yönergesidir...

Objective: The main purpose of this study was to adapt the adolescent Healthy Habits Questionnaire (HHQ) to the Turkish language and to test its validity and reliability. The study was also examined the diet, physical activity, screen time, and sleep habits of adolescents. Methods: This study is a methodological and descriptive design. The sample o...

Amaç: Ailelerin beslenme alışkanlıklarının çocukluk obezitesine katkısının olduğu gösterilmiştir. Bu nedenle çocuklar ve ebeveynlerinin yeme davranışlarının birlikte incelenmesi önemlidir. Çalışma çocuklar açısından ev ortamındaki obezojenik faktörleri ve ebeveynler ile çocuğun yeme alışkanlıkları arasındaki ilişkiyi belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı. Ge...

Amaç: Bu çalışma, Adolesanlar için Fiziksel Aktivite Ölçeği (AFAÖ)’nin Türkçe versiyonunun oluşturularak, psikometrik özelliklerinin ve faktör yapısının incelenmesi amacıyla yapıldı. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışma 750 (16,35±1,06 yaş) lise (9-12.sınıf) öğrencisi ile yapıldı. Ölçeğin geçerlilik analizinde içerik ve yapı geçerliliği incelendi. İçerik ge...

Objective: Dysmenorrhea is a common health problem that negatively affects daily life and academic skills when not managed well. This study was conducted to examine the Turkish validity and reliability of the Adolescent Dysmenorrhea Self-Care Scale. Methods: This methodological study was conducted in 7 high schools in Bursa, Turkey. The research wa...

Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı ebeveynlerin çocukluk çağı aşıları ile COVID-19 aşısına yönelik tutumları arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı-ilişkisel türde yapılan çalışmanın örneklemini, araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden ve online soru formunu dolduran öğrenci ebeveynlerinden biri (n=191; %88 anne, % 9.9 baba, % 2.1 diğer) ol...

Objective: Insomnia is an important health problem affecting physical, spiritual and social well-being of individuals negatively and it should be early diagnosed as well. The purpose is to appraise the psychometric features of the Turkish version of the Bergen Insomnia Scale (BIS) for adults. Methods: A total of 495 adults were included in the meth...

Aile içindeki bireylerin birbirleriyle etkileşimini düzenleyen kurallar, aile sistemini oluşturmaktadır. Bu sistem, sağlığı koruma ve geliştirme davranışlarını etkilemektedir. Bu kitap 2010 yılında Hemşirelik Yönetmenliğindeki hemşirelik hizmet kapsamı; hemşirenin görev, yetki ve sorumlulukları ve 2011 yılındaki Hemşirelik Yönetmeliğinde Değişiklik...

Objective: For healthy sexuality and effective sexual health education, it is important to know the sexual health perception of individuals, their sexual education needs, and the affecting factors. The purpose of this research is to learn in-depth the perceptions of young men about sexual health and sexual education. Methods: This study was carried...

College women are at more risk in terms of sexual behavior than male students. This study was carried out to determine the effect of the transtheoretical model-based Healthy Youth Program on college women's sexual health knowledge and behaviors. The sample of the study, which was conducted with a one-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design...

Objective. This study aimed to investigate the effects of physical activity and ergonomy programme (PAEIP) on employees’ musculoskeletal pain. Methods. The sampling group included 120 employees met the criteria and were randomly assigned to the intervention group (N = 57) and the control group (N = 63). Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Nordic Musculoskel...

Behavioral problems are seen in one out of four school-age children. There are difficulties in evaluating children’s behavior in Turkish culture and therefore a valid and reliable measuring tool is needed for assessing behavioral problems in this age group. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of...

Objective: This research was carried out to determine the relationship between college women's transtheoretical model stages of change and their sexual health knowledge, decisional balance, and self-efficacy towards sexual abstinence behavior. Methods: The sample of this descriptive study consisted of 559 college women. Data were collected using th...

Purpose: The study aims to examine the effect of peer education on the decision to quit smoking, factors that encourage smoking, self-efficacy, addiction, and behavior change in students who apply to the Youth Friendly Center to quit smoking. Participants and methods: This research is a Randomized Controlled Trials study. The experimental group...

The aim of this study is to make Turkish adaptation and psychometric analysis of the Decisional Balance Scale for Sexual Abstinence (DBSSA) and Self-Efficacy Scale for Sexual Abstinence (SESSA) developed in line with the Transtheoretical Model (TTM). DBSSA and SESSA were administered to total of 482 students, and 50 students were retested two weeks...

Objective:This study aimed to determine the relationship between sleep quality and emotional-behaviour problems in adolescents.Materials and Methods:The study data were collected in the Gebze district of Kocaeli between February and May 2018. The study population consisted of 23,184 students from secondary schools in the Gebze district. A total of...

Aim This study evaluated the effects of a nurse‐led hypertension management program on quality of life, medication adherence and hypertension management in older adults. Methods A total of 74 hypertensive older adults residing in two different nursing homes were randomized to the intervention group (n = 37) or control group (n = 37). The intervent...

COVID-19 salgını, dünya çapında benzeri görülmemiş bir halk sağlığı krizine yol açmıştır ve hızla yayılması okul ve toplum sağlığı için ciddi bir tehdit oluşturmaktadır. Birçok ülke, bulaşmayı ya- vaşlatmak ve sağlık sistemleri üzerindeki yükü hafifletmek için fiziksel uzaklaştırma politikasının bir par- çası olarak okulları kapatmaya karar vermişt...

Problem: Sleeplessness and inadequate sleep may cause an adolescent to experience reduced self-control and behavioral problems that include anger and an inclination toward crime. This study aimed to examine the relationship between insomnia and trait anger and anger expression among adolescents. Methods: The study was conducted with 749 students...

Objective: The aim of this research was to examine validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Bergen Insomnia Scale (BIS) in adolescents. Methods: The scale was applied to a total of 1293 adolescents and 110 students were retested four weeks later. While content and construct validity analyses were carried out for validity of the scale,...

Backgrounds Over-weight and negative body perception that may develop during adolescence period cause many slimming experiences, especially the diet and as the state of discontent increases, the methods used are more unhealthy and dangerous. This study was conducted to determine the weight control practices and the factors related to over-weight-ob...

Objective:The aim of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Sleep and Lifestyle Questionnaire for adolescents.Materials and Methods:The Sleep and Lifestyle Questionnaire consists of 12 questions developed to assess sleep, television, and computer habits of adolescents. The questionnaire was applied...

Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of a Transtheoretical Model-based programme titled 'Fruit & Vegetable-Friendly' on the fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption of adolescents. Design: A quasi-experimental study. The 'Fruit & Vegetable-Friendly', a multicomponent intervention based on the Transtheoretical Model, was complet...

Background: Many health problems encountered in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood periods arise from problematic eating behavior, an unhealthy dietary approach, and inactive lifestyles. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the Diet and Physical Activity Program for Health, under the leadership of a nurse, on the dietary and phy...

Purpose: The principal aim of this study was to adapt the FaMM into the Turkish language and test its validity and reliability. Design and methods: Data were collected from a total of 395 parents of children with chronic disease. The FaMM was translated using the translation and back-translation method. The reliability analysis of the FaMM was p...

Background/aim: The Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) is one of the most frequently used questionnaires for evaluating moderate to vigorous levels of physical activity in children. However, a Turkish version of the questionnaire was not available. This study aimed to create a Turkish version of the PAQ-C and examine its ps...

Objective The aim of this study was to construct a consensus on the undergraduate learning objectives and topics for public health nursing (PHN) in Turkey. Design A three‐round e‐mail‐based Delphi study was conducted between May and July 2015 with a national sample. Sample Ninety‐one academics from 54 universities were invited as experts to parti...

Objectives This quasi‐experimental study with a pretest‐posttest control group was conducted to determine the effects of the “Aggressive Behavior Prevention Program (ABPP)” on kindergarten students. The program was based on Social Cognitive Theory. Design and Sample The study was carried out with 90 children (intervention group = 45, control group...

Background: The incidence of skin cancers is steadily increasing. In particular, because children and adolescents tend to be outdoors during the hours of most intensive sunlight, schools play an important role in establishing sun protection behavior among students. Purpose: The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of a Sun Protection...

Abstract Objectives:To determine the effects of a school-based nutritional program (SBNP) designed for adolescents in high school, who are for various reasons unable to eat a midday meal, on their anthropometric measurements, blood test results and eating habits. Patients and Methods:The research used one group and was of a pretestposttest design....

Nail-biting is one of the most common behavioral problems in children. This study aimed to examine factors affecting nail-biting among adolescents and the effects of psychological state and social support on nail-biting. This cross-sectional study was conducted between January and May of 2014 in seven schools in Istanbul (N = 724). Data were collec...

OZET Fibromiyalji; hassas noktalar, kronik yaygin kas iskelet agrilari ile karakterize, uyku bozuklugu, kas zayifligi, anksiyete gibi bircok semptomun eslik ettigi, etiyolojisi kesin olarak bilinmeyen bir sendromdur. Yapilan calismalarda fibromiyalji hastalarinda D vitamini seviyesinin dusuklugunun yaygin oldugu belirtilmektedir. D vitamini immun s...

Background: This study was conducted to adapt the ageism survey to the Turkish language and culture and to determine the frequency of occurrence of ageism. Methods: The study population consisted of 236 individuals aged 50–95 years. The cultural adaptation of the ageism survey was carried out through the method of translation/back-translation and t...

Home health care is an important field of health care services in homeland and abroad as well. Nowadays, social, epidemiological, demographic, politic, scientific and technologic developments have prioritized for health care services(1). The necessity for home care services has a tendency to increase in every passing day. The purpose of this articl...

Divorce leads to the structural, emotional, and psychological separation of the family and in turn, refers to the beginning of a new status for all family members and for children in particular. Therefore, children are mostly affected from this negative situation. Following divorce, children or adolescents may exhibit various psychosocial problems...

Aim: Transtheoretical Model (TTM), which encompasses sensitive instruments that measure an individual's cognitive and behavioral processes, that individual’s self-confidence with respect to making a change, the perception of the decision to change, and the factors that make change difficult. The aim of the present study was investigated in an ado...

Purpose: The aim of this research was to adapt the Sun Protection Behavior Scale (SPBS) to Turkish and to perform validity and reliability analyses. Methods: The scale was administered to a total of 900 adolescents, the retest to 91 adolescents. The construct validity of the scale was evaluated using exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analys...

The age of starting the habit of smoking, one of the top causes of many illnesses, is usually in the period of adolescence. This study was conducted to determine students' smoking status and to explore their desire to quit and their experiences during the cessation process. This descriptive study was performed with 934 adolescents between the ages...

Purpose The purpose of this research was to examine the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the situational self-efficacy scale for vegetable and fruit consumption in adolescents. Design This was a methodological study. Setting The study was conducted in four public secondary schools in Istanbul, Turkey. Subjects Subjects were 1586...

Objective: This study was cross-sectional study in order to determine aggressive behavior at kindergarten students and some factors that effects this behavior. Material and Methods: This study was conducted with 270 kindergarten students. Data were collected with Personal Information Form, Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (subscale of Agresiveness),...

Background: Sun protection is important for skin cancer prevention, but many adolescents do not protect themselves from the sun. Instrumentation derived from the transtheoretical model (TTM) can be used to study the process of change in health behaviors like sun protection. Objective: The purpose of this study was to translate and adapt TTM-base...

This study was conducted to examine the effect of a healthy nails program on nail-biting in Turkish schoolchildren. This quasi-experimental study was of pretest-posttest control group design. A total of 50 students of a primary school formed the intervention group, while 53 students from the same school formed the control group. Data were collected...

Introduction: This study investigated the reliability and validity of the Physical Activity Self-Efficacy Scale (PASES) in Turkish children. Material and Methods: Analyzed were internal reliability among 437 children in the 4th-8th grades and test-retest stability among 69 children. The PASES consists of 5 items regarding physical activity self-eff...

Background and aims The aim of this study was to compare psychological symptoms of adolescents with and without chronic illnesses. Methods A total of 380 students (255 healthy and 85 with chronic illnesses) were recruited for the study. Data were gathered by using the general information form and the brief symptom inventory (BSI) for adolescent. Ma...

Background and aims The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of Turkish version of the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) developed by Kowalski et al. The PAQ-C is a validated self-report measure of physical activity widely used to assess physical activity in children (8–14 years of age). Methods This...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Children's Somatization Inventory (CSI) in Turkish schoolchildren and adolescents. Methods The CSI was translated using translation and back-translation. The participants were 813 schoolchildren, adolescents and their parents (n = 453). Content and construct validi...

Accessible summary There are few studies reported in the literature on the psychosocial health of adolescents with visual impairment. The results of this study will be a beneficial addition to the literature about the visually impaired and programmes that will be prepared. Despite the studies in the literature show a relationship between many psych...

Objective: In the literature is important for mothers to problem solving related with taking care of their newborns. Purpose of this study was to assess and compares the problem solving skills related with baby care of mothers who have normal or premature newborns. Methodology: This study is a descriptive and comparative study. The research to plac...

Background and aims: The aims of this study were to adapt the CFQ culturally and to assess its psychometric properties. The Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) is a self-report measure to assess parental beliefs, attitudes and practices regarding child-feeding.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the mental health problems of a Turkish primary care sample aged 15 years and over in Dudullu-Istanbul. Method This study was cross-suctional study. Population included 972 community-dwelling people in Dudulu- Istanbul of Turkey. Data were collected by interviewing in the November of 2007. The 28-item...

Introduction: In this study was designed to investigate pain and depression status, relation between pain and depression, and influential factors in the elderly residing in a nursing home. Materials and Method: This investigation was performed in a nursing home that is linked to Social Services and Society for the Protection of Children between the...