Perspectives in Psychiatric Care最新文献

Purpose: This study aims to describe non-European immigrants' perceptions toward mental health care in Finland and the factors that support their mental health.

Design and methods: Participants (N = 17) were interviewed through semistructured interviews, after which interview transcripts were analyzed using a six-phase thematic analysis process.

Findings: The participants reported that developing self-help strategies benefitted their mental health. The participants primarily preferred unprofessional help over professional mental health care. Several structural and cultural barriers to help-seeking were identified.

Practical implication: Health care staff working with immigrants need proper education and knowledge to provide sufficient, holistic care; for this reason, information about the cultural differences among immigrants and cultural sensitivity should be included in basic as well as post-graduate nursing education.

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the relationship between digital addiction, academic performance, and sleep disturbance among nursing students.

Design and methods: The study was a correlational and cross-sectional design. Four hundred twenty-nine nursing students were enrolled in this study.

Findings: There was a positive significant relationship between the mean Sleep Disturbance (SD) T-scores and Digital Addiction Scale (DAS) scores (r = 0.203, p < 0.01). Furthermore, a positive correlation was found between the mean SD T-scores and DAS subscale scores (p < 0.01) PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: This study demonstrated that digital addiction had an influence on sleep disturbance. It is recommended that nursing students be provided with training to inform them about negative effects of digital addiction.

Purpose: We examined the effectiveness of the "positive diary," in which family caregivers of people with dementia write down three good things that happened with reasons at the end of each day.

Design and methods: In this randomized controlled trial, the intervention group used the "positive diary," while the control group kept a record of each meal for 4 weeks.

Findings: The intervention group showed improvement on several measures of wellbeing including Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.

Practice implications: The "positive diary" is a useful self-care tool for caregivers of people with dementia.

Purpose: This review aims to describe the up-to-date knowledge of the prevalence of mental health disorders among Middle Eastern immigrants women living in the United States (U.S.) and the factors affecting mental health status.

Conclusion: High prevalence of mental health disorders and low utilization of mental health services among Middle Eastern immigrants were reported. The factors affecting mental health disorders included socio-demographics, immigration-related factors, and previous mental and physical health problems.

Practice implications: Further research is needed to understand the factors affecting mental health disorders and attitudes associated with the utilization of mental health services among Middle Eastern women in the U.S.

Purpose: The study aimed to investigate the predictive factors for quality of life among subjects with late-life depression.

Design and methods: Data including depressive symptoms assessed by the Hamilton Rating Scale of Depression (HAMD), geriatric depression scale (GDS), perceived stress scale (PSS), multidimensional scale for perceived social support, and the EQ-5D scale were collected at baseline and at 3-month follow-up from 264 participants.

Findings: After controlling for covariates, time, GDS, PSS, HAMD, and living alone were confirmed predictors for change of EQ-5D scores.

Practice implications: Perceived stress is important, and intervention to reduce stress especially in early treatment of depressive disorder should be encouraged.

Purpose: Although violence is a preventable phenomenon, whose negative effects may be reduced, it should be analyzed with a holistic approach to determine its possible effects on caring behaviors, which constitute the basis of the profession of nursing. This study aims to reveal the reflections of the tendency to violence among the nursing students on their caring behavior.

Materials and methods: A survey was conducted within a convenient sample of 292 nursing students. Personal Information Form, Tendency to Violence Scale, and the Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI-24) were used for data collection.

Findings: There was a negative and moderate relationship between the tendency to violence and the scores obtained from the CBI-24 and its subscales. Simple linear regression analysis revealed that tendency to violence explained 10% and had a significant effect on caring behaviors (β = -0.328, p < .001).

Practical implications: Tendency to violence among the nursing students might be determined before their graduation and the students with such tendencies might be closely monitored and supported to reduce these tendencies.

Purpose: The study was aimed at investigatting the changes in body image perception, self-esteem, and self-confidence of female-to-male transsexuals (FtM) after sex reassignment surgery (SRS).

Design and methods: The quasi-experimental study was conducted with the female individuals who undergo FtM SRS between May 2018 and May 2019. The study data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Body Image Scale, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory, and Self-Confidence Scale.

Findings: It was observed that the patients' postoperative body image perception, self-esteem, and self-confidence improved. As their postoperative body image perception was higher than was their preoperative body image perception, their postoperative self-esteem and self-confidence levels were also higher. In addition, as their self-esteem increased, so did their self-confidence.

Practice implications: It was found that the patients' postoperative body image perception, self-esteem, and self-confidence improved.

Aim: This study aims to evaluate the disability, insight and self-care agency of schizophrenia patients.

Design and method: This descriptive study was conducted with 100 patients in remission who had a diagnosis of schizophrenia at community mental health centers.

Results: The schizophrenia patients had poor insight and moderate self-care agency. The self-care agency of schizophrenia patients is a neglected issue in medicine, and is associated with positive and negative symptoms, insight and disability.

Implementation results: The results can guide community mental health center nurses to increase the quality of life of schizophrenia patients in remission and to help reintegrate them into society.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Stigma Questionnaire (ASQ-T).

Design: The study sample, in the methodological pattern, comprised 300 teachers.

Findings: Confirmatory factor analysis results of the ASQ-T indicated that the single-factor structure was compatible with Turkish culture. The overall Cronbach's alpha was 0.92. The item-total score correlation took a value between 0.466 and 0.725 (p < 0.05). The Test-retest result was determined as 0.480/p = 0.001.

Practice implications: This questionnaire can be used by psychiatric nurses to measure perceived stigma about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.