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    Evaluation of the knowledge and behavior of patients at a university hospital outpatient clinic regarding blood donation
    (2017) Pirincci, Edibe; Tuncez, Ayse
    Aim: This study aims to determine the knowledge, and behavior of patients at a university hospital’s family practice outpatient clinic regarding blood donation. Material and method: In this cross-sectional study, the authors administered a questionnaire to patients (400 people) at the university hospital’s family practice outpatient clinic for three months. The study data were entered into the SPSS package program, and the author performed the statistical analyses using this program. Results: The mean age of the participants was 28.70±10.81. Of them, 86% knew their blood type, and 53.8% had a document showing their blood type. Only 21.8% of the participants had previously donated blood. Blood donation was evaluated according to gender; men had offered to donate blood more than women; when evaluated according to marital status those who were married were found to donate blood more than singles. 63.3% of the participants who donated blood said they did so to help other people. Of those who did not donate blood before, 29.1% now consider donating?? In response to the question, how much a person is supposed to weigh in order to donate blood, 47.0% said a person should weigh at least 50 kilograms. When asked how often you could donate blood, 23.8% said every three months. Conclusion: The participants’ attitudes and behavior regarding blood donation were positive. Knowledge of participants is not enough. They are moderately well informed about this issue. People should be continuously provided with training about blood donation to increase their awareness.
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    Nursing department students’ knowledge and use of complementary and alternative medicine methods
    (2018) Pirincci, Edibe; Cengizhan, Sultan; Onal, Fulya
    Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, use and views of health school nursing students about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, the questionnaire was distributed to every student who was studying on the days when the research was applied. The study was conducted with 489 volunteer students who agreed to fill out the questionnaire. The obtained data were recorded in SPSS packaged software and statistical analyzes were done through this software. Results: The CAM methods that are most known by the students who participated in the research are respectively, (82.6%) exercise, (79.6%) vitamins, (74.0%) diet, (73.0%) vegetable products and (71.3%) massage. The frequency of using CAM was found to be 51.3%. CAM usage rate in males is higher than females (p<0.05). In this study, when the causes of using CAM were examined, 51.1% of the students stated that they used CAM methods to solve their health problems, 50.1% of them used CAM to reduce stress and 44.4% of them used CAM for hair and facial treatment. The rate of recommending CAM methods to others is 52.6%. The students were informed about CAM methods firstly from the internet, secondly from the family and thirdly from the friends. Conclusions: Students of the nursing department have a lack of knowledge in this regard. Nevertheless, more than half of the students have used alternative treatment methods and recommended them to others.