Researcher: Topçu, Serpil Akkuş
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Publication Metadata only Awareness of coronary heart disease risk factors among undergraduate nursing students(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013) Tekkas, Kader; N/A; Badır, Aysel; Topçu, Serpil Akkuş; Faculty Member; Teaching Faculty; School of Nursing; School of Nursing; N/A; 106103N/APublication Metadata only Research on the life quality of patients having stroke and effects of social support into life quality(Türk Medline, 2012) Bölüktaş, Rukiye Pınar; N/A; Topçu, Serpil Akkuş; Teaching Faculty; School of Nursing; 106103Research on the life quality of patients having stroke and effects of social support into life quality Objective: This study was made descriptive and analytically in order to search life quality of the patients having stroke and the effects of social support into life quality. The purpose of our study is to consider life quality of the persons who passed at least 6 months with stroke when the sickness gets accepted better and to search the effects of social support into life quality. Material and Methods: The data in this study is obtained by means of an questionnaire having 39 questions. (app.1) Questionnaire was prepared by the researcher with the accompaniment of literature and counselor. SF36 Life Quality Scale and Social Support Scale were used in the questionnaire. Results: The average age is 63±11, most of them female (56%), married (60%), primary school educated (35%) and housewife (47%). The life quality of the facts (49,3 %) and Social support state of facts(63,2%) are higher than average. Conclusion: The following cases have high life quality: Males, high education, married, middle level of financial possibility, having any job. The following cases decrease life quality: having stroke more than once, not to use any part of body after having stroke, having a chronic illness. Social support state of facts is above the average. It has been understood that, this situation is effective in some part of life quality. / Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı hastalığın daha iyi bir şekilde kabullenildiği, inme olayı ile karşılaşmanın üzerinden en az altı ay geçirmiş olan bireylerde yaşam kalitesinin ölçülmesi ve sosyal desteğin yaşam kalitesi üzerine etkilerini incelemektir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Veriler literatür ve danışman eşliğinde hazırlanan, 39 sorudan oluşan Genel Bilgi Formu (GBF), SF-36 Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği (SF-36) ve Çok Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği (ÇBASDÖ) aracı- lığı ile toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Yaş ortalaması 63±11 yıl olan olguların çoğunluğu kadın (%56), evli (%60), ilköğrenim mezunu (%35), ve ev hanımıdır (%47). Yaşam kalitesi ve sosyal desteğin incelendiği çalışmada, olguların yaşam kalitesi (%49,3), sosyal destek puanı ise (%63,2) olarak belirlenmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda her iki değerin de ortalamanın üzerinde olduğu görülmüştür. Sonuç: İnmeli hastalarda yaşam kalitesi ve sosyal desteğin incelendiği çalışmada; erkek bireylerde, evli, yüksek eğitim seviyesine sahip, çalışan ve orta düzeyde gelire sahip kişilerde yaşam kalitesi daha yüksek bulunmuştur. İnmeli bireylerin çoğunluğu kronik bir hastalığa sahiptir. Birden fazla kez inme geçiren, inme sonrası vücudunun herhangi bir yerini kullanamayan ve bu durumun uzun süre devam ettiği bireylerde yaşam kalitesi düşük bulunmuştur. Sosyal desteğin yüksek bulunmasının yaşam kalitesinin yüksek bulunmasında pozitif yönde etkisi olduğu saptanmıştır.Publication Metadata only Using high-fidelity simulation as a learning strategy in an undergraduate intensive care course(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015) N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A; Badır, Aysel; Zeybekoğlu, Zuhal; Karaçay, Pelin; Göktepe, Nilgün; Topçu, Serpil Akkuş; Yalçın, Begüm; Kebapçı, Ayda; Dikeç, Gül; Faculty Member; Other; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Teaching Faculty; Teaching Faculty; Faculty Member; Teaching Faculty; School of Nursing; N/A; School of Nursing; School of Nursing; School of Nursing; School of Nursing; School of Nursing; School of Nursing; N/A; N/A; 179331; 106155; 106103; N/A; 203808; 45171Using high-fidelity simulations to facilitate student learning is an uncommon practice in Turkish nursing programs. The aim of the present study was to understand students' perceptions of the use of simulation in nursing courses. Subjects included 36 senior nursing students taking an intensive care course. This study revealed that high-fidelity simulation is an ideal method of promoting learning by helping students transfer theory into practice, build confidence and teamwork, and raise professional awareness.Publication Metadata only Translation and validation study for the stroke self‐efficacy questionnaire in stroke survivors(Wiley, 2018) Oguz, Sidika; N/A; Topçu, Serpil Akkuş; Teaching Faculty; School of Nursing; 106103Background: Self-efficacy has been shown to play an important role in rehabilitation outcomes of stroke patients. Aim: This study aimed to determine the validity and reliability of a Turkish translation of the Stroke Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. Methods: This methodological study was conducted in a private acute stroke unit in Istanbul, Turkey. After obtaining the Institutional Review Board's approval and site consent, a translated version of the 13-item Likert-type scaled questions was tested for language and content validity. A pilot study with 10 patients was followed by recruitment of 130 stroke patient participants, with 50 patients retested after 3 weeks. Results: The Stroke Self-Efficacy Questionnaire-Turkish had excellent content validity index and face validity index scores. Confirmatory factor analysis findings revealed a single factor structure that offered good model suitability. Cronbach alpha was 0.93 for the scale and its subgroups. There was no statistically significant difference between the items according to test-retest scores (P > 0.05), and a reliability index was over 0.80. Conclusion: The Turkish version of the Stroke Self-Efficacy Questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool. recommended for use in clinical rehabilitation and stroke self-management/selfefficacy interventions.Publication Metadata only Knowledge of cardiovascular disease in turkish undergraduate nursing students(Oxford Univ Press, 2015) Tekkas, Kader; N/A; Badır, Aysel; Topçu, Serpil Akkuş; Faculty Member; Teaching Faculty; School of Nursing; School of Nursing; N/A; 106103Background: Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death worldwide. However, there is not enough data exploring student nurses' understanding, knowledge, and awareness of cardiovascular disease. Aims: To investigate knowledge of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among undergraduate nursing students, with an emphasis on understanding of cardiovascular disease as the primary cause of mortality and morbidity, both in Turkey and worldwide. Methods: This cross-sectional survey assessed 1138 nursing students enrolled in nursing schools in Istanbul, Turkey. Data were collected using the Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Knowledge Level (CARRF-KL) scale and questions from the Individual Characteristics Form about students' gender, age, level of education, and family cardiovascular health history, as well as smoking and exercise habits. Results: Respondents demonstrated a high level of knowledge about cardiovascular disease, with years of education (p < 0.001), gender (p < 0.001), and high school type (p < 0.05) all significantly associated with CARRF-KL scores. However, more than half of the students were not aware that cardiovascular disease is the primary cause of mortality and morbidity in Turkey and worldwide. The majority of the respondents' body mass index (87%) and waist circumference values (females: 90.3%, males: 94.7%) were in the normal range and most were non-smokers (83.7%). However, more than half of the students did not exercise regularly and had inadequate dietary habits. Conclusions: Although students were knowledgeable about cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors, there were significant gaps in their knowledge; these should be addressed through improved nursing curricula. While students were generally healthy, they could improve their practice of health-promoting behaviors.Publication Metadata only İnterrater reliability in pupillary assessment among intensive care nurses(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2020) N/A; N/A; Kebapçı, Ayda; Topçu, Serpil Akkuş; Faculty Member; Teaching Faculty; School of Nursing; School of Nursing; 203808; 106103Background: Pupillary abnormalities are a common and reliable finding of brain herniation, ischaemia, and acute brain injury in critically ill patients. Reliable pupil assessment is a vital evaluation in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for neurocritical patients. aim: To evaluate inter-rater reliability of pupillary assessment among intensive care. Methods: in this prospective, blind observational study, intensive care nurses and two researchers evaluated the pupil size, reactivity and symmetry of 200 patients with neurosurgery or neurological diseases. a total of 200 pupillary measurement sets were completed independently and blindly. Results: Three observers -two researchers and the nurse- found fair-to-good and excellent agreements in initial pupil size evaluations of right and left pupils, respectively (ICC = 0.70, 95%; ICC = 0.75, 95%). in patients with pupil size >= 4 mm, the observers found fair-to-good agreements in both right and left pupil initial size measurements (ICC = 0.52; ICC = 0.65). agreement in pupil symmetry was moderated (K = 0.58), and reactivity was near perfect (K = 0.89) between the three observers. Conclusion: although the two researchers found near perfect agreement in pupil size, symmetry and reactivity assessment, two researchers and the nurse found moderate agreement in pupil symmetry and fair-to-good agreement in pre- and post-light stimulation pupil size. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. .Publication Open Access Interobserver reliability of Glasgow Coma Scale scores for intensive care unit patients(American Association of Critical Care Nurses, 2020) Dikeç, Gül; Kebapçı, Ayda; Topçu, Serpil Akkuş; Faculty Member; School of Nursing; 203808; N/ABackground: intensive care units frequently use the Glasgow Coma Scale to objectively assess patients’ levels of consciousness. Interobserver reliability of Glasgow Coma Scale scores is critical in determining the degree of impairment. Objective: to evaluate interobserver reliability of intensive care unit patients’ Glasgow Coma Scale scores. Methods: this prospective observational study evaluated Glasgow Coma Scale scoring agreement among 21 intensive care unit nurses and 2 independent researchers who assessed 202 patients with neurosurgi-cal or neurological diseases. Each assessment was completed independently and within 1 minute. Partici-pants had no knowledge of the others’ assessments. Results: agreement between Glasgow Coma Scale component and sum scores recorded by the 2 researchers ranged from 89.5% to 95.9% (P = .001). Significant agreement among nurses and the 2 researchers was found for eye response (73.8%), motor response (75.0%), verbal response (68.1%), and sum scores (62.4%) (all P = .001). Significant agreement among nurses and the 2 researchers (55.2%) was also found for sum scores of patients with sum scores of 10 or less (P = .03). Conclusions: although the study showed near-perfect agreement between the 2 researchers’ Glasgow Coma Scale scores, agreement among nurses and the 2 researchers was moderate (not near perfect) for sub-component and sum scores. Accurate Glasgow Coma Scale evaluation requires that intensive care unit nurses have adequate knowledge and skills. Educational strategies such as simulations or orientation practice with a preceptor nurse can help develop such skills.