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Öğe The effects of sleep and touch therapy accompanied by music and aromatherapy on the impact level of fibromyalgia, fatigue and sleep quality in fibromyalgia patients(Gulhane Military Medical Academy, 2014) Demirba? B.C.; Erci B.AIM: The aim of this study is to determine the effects of sleep and touch therapy accompanied by music and aromatherapy on the impact level of fibromyalgia, fatigue and sleep quality in fibromyalgia patients. Although the literature on fibromiyalgia mentions that fatigue and sleep disorders are prevalent in fibromyalgia patients and that some alternative methods facilitate sleep and diminish the sensitivity to fatigue, there is no program used in the hospitals for the fibromiyalji patients in Turkey. METHOD: The study employed a pre-test post-test control group model. Data were collected by using a Personal Information Form, a Fatigue Severity Scale, a Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and a Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire Scale. During the theraphy used music and aroma. This study was carried out between September 2009 and March 2011, Trabzon, Turkey. Each groups were randomly selected. The therapy lasted for 6 weeks of two sessions a week for each patient, and each session lasted 30-35 minutes. The questionnaires that had been implemented at the last meeting were administered once again. RESULTS: The study found that there are positive changes on sleep quality, fibromyalgia impact level, and fatigue level between the pre-treatment and post-treatment(p<0.05). CONCLUSİONS: The use music and aromatheraphy were positive effective in many symptoms, sleep quality and fatigue of the patients.Öğe Health Effects of Tai Chi Qigong Practices and Its Reflections on Nursing Practices: Systematic Review(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2024) Kerkez M.; Okuyan C.B.; Erci B.This systematic review was conducted to examine the effects of Tai Chi Qigong (TCQi) practices on health and their reflections on nursing practices. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials for TCQi included quantitative English-language studies from 2012 to 2021 using 7 electronic databases (PubMed, CINAHL, Ebrary, Elsevier, Science Direct, Google Scholar, and Scopus). Seven studies were selected to review the effects of TCQi exercise applied by nurses in the presence of symptoms that worsen the general health status of individuals or develop secondary to chronic diseases: sleep disturbance, depression, fatigue symptoms, deterioration in the quality of life, worsening of self-care behaviors, and stress symptoms. Evidence on the use of the TCQi practices is limited, and the proof of its preferability over other integrative methods in care practices by nurses is not at the desired level. Therefore, this systematic review emphasizes further research on the risks and benefits of TCQi practices as with other integrative methods, so that TCQi practices, which are easier to apply than other mind-body practices, can be preferred by nurses. © Copyright 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.Öğe Symptom clusters of cancer patients(Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011) Erci B.Various symptoms are frequently reported by patients with cancer during or after treatment. Fatigue, pain, anxiety, dry mouth, nausea, depression and distress are among the most common symtoms. Fatigue was the most prevalent severe symptom, with more than half of the sample having experienced moderate-to-severe fatigue. The other severe symptoms sleep disturbance, pain, distress, and sadness were present in two-thirds of the patients. Cancer patients often experience multiple symptoms, and it has been reported that cancer patients were experience an average of 11-13 concurrent symptoms. Symptoms may be a result of the disease itself or of the associated treatment. They may considerably affect the patient's sense of wellbeing and his or her physical and social functions. A higher number of symptoms were associated with lower quality of life and increased anxious and depressed. The influence of cancer on long-term health outcomes, specifically, individuals with a history of cancer have been shown to have greater loss of productivity, be less able to work, have poorer health status, and have greater need for assistance with activities of daily living than those without a history of cancer. Cancer survivors were significantly more likely to have been diagnosed with lung or heart disease, arthritis, or diabetes; were more likely to experience frequent pain and urinary incontinence; and were more likely to have limitations in their daily activities. The control of symptoms is dependent on a comprehensive clinical assessment. Studies demonstrate a significant correlation among pain, depression, fatigue, and other symptoms commonly seen throughout the course of cancer. Therefore, multidimensional scales incorporating the most common symptoms would ensure systematic assessment. Currently available instruments that measure symptom clusters include the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale, the M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory, the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale, the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist, the Symptom Distress Scale, and others. Each of these tools has demonstrated utility in measuring symptom severity and quality of life. Value of symptom assessment is important. Interference ratings for multiple symptoms would help categorize levels of symptom distress. Assessment is essential to the prevention and management of symptoms common in people with cancer. Symptom research promotes evidence-based symptom management. Six complementary and alternative medicine therapies, used to control symptoms, were assessed, including herbs, tea, acupuncture, massage, meditation, and prayer. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use was greatest for difficulty breathing and pain, with prayer the most commonly used CAM for all symptoms. Some of the causal forces explaining the variations in, and relationships among, palliative care patients' symptoms changed over the final month of life. This illustrates how investigating the causal foundations of symptom correlation or clustering can provide more detailed understandings that may contribute to improved control of patient comfort, quality of life, and quality of death. Six major barriers to symptom management were identified: communication issues with the healthcare provider, medication concerns, difficult symptom management, lack of resources, physical or psychological distress, and fear of diagnostic or surgical procedures. The most common barrier to symptom management was communication issues with the healthcare provider. © 2011 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Öğe Transtheorethical Model-based education given for smoking cessation in higher school students(SEAMEO TROPMED Network, 2012) Güngörmüş Z.; Erci B.This study was carried out from 15 February 2007 to 02 January 2008 to evaluate the effect of Transtheoretical Model-based education given to high school students for smoking cessation. The population of the study consisted of 90 students who study at the 1st and 2nd years of a high school in Erzurum and who smoke. The sample of the study included 75 volunteer students:15 students in total are excluded from the study. The remaining 60 students were divided into the experimental (n=30) and control (n=30) groups using the simple random sampling method. The students in the experimental group were given Transtheoretical Model-based planned education, and students in the control group were not given any education. As a result of last tests of the experimental and the control groups, it was observed that there was a statistically significant difference between measurements of "Social interaction and habit strength" (p=0.003), which is a subscale of it and "Temptation scale total score" (p=0.004), "Being able to cope with the social environments and negative sense (p=0.03), "Being able to cope with the habit strength" (p=0.001), which are subscales of "Self-efficacy scale", "Processes of change scale" total score, and its subscales: "Conscious raising" (p=0.006), "Dramatic relief" (p=0.001), "Environmental réé valuation" (p=0.035), "Self-reevaluation" (p=0.007).
