This study was conducted to determine the relationship between various attitudes and hope levels of cancer patients. The study was conducted in an observational and cross-sectional design with 106 cancer patients who were followed in the oncology clinic of a hospital. In the study, it was found that women had lower hope levels than men, and as age decreased, hope levels increased and as educational level increased, hope levels increased. It was found that the patients who said “I have fear/worry/anxiety and think about my family as they will be left behind” had lower total scores and subscale scores of hope. The results of the study showed that individuals with cancer had relatively higher hope levels. It was determined that the patients’ thoughts about death affected their hope both directly and indirectly.

Bu araştırma, doğuma hazırlık kursuna katılmak için başvuran gebelerin doğum korkusu ve doğum şekline karar verme durumlarının belirlenmesi amacı ile yapılmıştır. Tanımlayıcı olan bu araştırma Nisan 2013-Şubat 2014 tarihleri arasında Acıbadem Hastanesi Doğuma Hazırlık Kursuna gelen 85 gebe ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Verilerin istatistiksel değerlendirilmesinde sayı, yüzde ve pearson korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Kadınların yaş ortalamasının 28.1±3.3, %69.4’ünün lise mezunu olduğu belirlenmiştir. Sezaryen ile doğumu tercih eden gebelerin %28.6’sının doğum korkusu nedeniyle bu doğumu tercih ettikleri belirlenmiştir. Wijma Doğum Beklentisi/Deneyimi Ölçeği’ne göre çalışmaya kapsamındaki kadınların %38.8’inin doğuma ilişkin şiddetli korku, %8.2’sinin ise klinik düzeyde korku yaşadığı belirlenmiştir. Gebelerin W-DEQ-A korku düzeyi toplam puanı arttıkça karar verme ölçeğinin alt ölçeklerinden kaçıngan, erteleyici ve panik karar verme arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu saptanmıştır (p<0.05). Doğum korkusu kadının gerek gebelik sürecini gerekse doğum sürecini olumsuz yönde etkileyen ciddi bir sorundur. Kadınların tutum ve inançlarının dikkate alınarak antenatal bakım verilmesi ve normal doğum konusunda cesaretlendirilmeleri oldukça önemlidir.

Çalışma hemşirelik öğrencilerinin sağlık algılarını belirlemek amacıyla tanımlayıcı türde yapılmıştır. Çalışma 198 hemşirelik öğrencisi ile yürütülmüştür. Çalışmada veriler literatüre dayalı olarak hazırlanan Kişisel Bilgi Formu ve Sağlık Algısı Ölçeği ile toplanmıştır. İstatistiksel analizlerde t-testi ve OneWay ANOVA testleri kullanılmış ve p

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey and around the world has had a profound impact on the families of terminally ill patients. In this challenging period, investigating the spiritual care perceptions and religious coping methods of patients' relatives is an essential step towards understanding the experiences in this process with the additional challenges brought by the pandemic and developing appropriate support services. This study aims to determine the spiritual care perceptions and the use of religious coping methods among the relatives of terminally ill patients in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The sample of this descriptive and correlational study consisted of the relatives of terminally ill patients (n = 147) who were receiving treatment in the Anesthesiology and Reanimation Intensive Care Unit of a state hospital in Turkey. Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale and the Religious Coping Scale to them using face-to-face interviews. Mann–Whitney U test, Kruskal–Wallis test, and Spearman's correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. Results: The mean age of the participants was 38.84 ± 11.19 years. Also, 63.3% of them were employed. The participant's total score on the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale was 57.16 ± 6.41, and it was determined that the participants' level of perception of spirituality and spiritual care concepts was close to good. When the Religious Coping Scale scores of the participants were examined, it was found that both Positive Religious Coping levels (23.11 ± 2.34) and Negative Religious Coping levels (9.48 ± 1.47) were close to high. There was no correlation between the scores of RCOPE and SSCRS (p > 0.05). Conclusion: As a result, it was determined that the level of perception of spirituality and spiritual care concepts of the relatives of terminally ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic was close to sound, and their Positive Religious Coping levels were high. Epidemics are a reality of the world, and it is essential to learn lessons from this process and take precautions for the future. We offer a perspective to realize the coping power of religion and spirituality, which are integral parts of life. The needs of terminally ill patients' relatives, a sensitive group, become visible.