Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age.

The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset - with data collected between 2020 and 2022 - to assess measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis indicated that full scalar invariance was upheld across all nations, languages, gender identities, and age groups, suggesting that the unidimensional BAS-2 model has widespread applicability. There were large differences across nations and languages in latent body appreciation, while differences across gender identities and age groups were negligible-to-small. Additionally, greater body appreciation was significantly associated with higher life satisfaction, being single (versus being married or in a committed relationship), and greater rurality (versus urbanicity). Across a subset of nations where nation-level data were available, greater body appreciation was also significantly associated with greater cultural distance from the United States and greater relative income inequality. These findings suggest that the BAS-2 likely captures a near-universal conceptualisation of the body appreciation construct, which should facilitate further cross-cultural research.

'Pregnant women voice their concerns and delivery method preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey'.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate pregnant women's voice their concerns and delivery method preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.Methods: A cross-sectional study is survey based using an online survey platform. Three hundred pregnant women were included between 16 May and 12 June 2020 in Turkey. Sociodemographic features, obstetric features, concerns about COVID-19, delivery method preferences, and Brief Measure of Worry Severity were evaluated. RESULTS: It was determined that the concerns of pregnant women about the pandemic were moderate (12.73 ± 6.838) and did not alter their delivery method preferences. However, the concerns of the pregnant women who planned to perform their delivery by caesarean section before COVID-19 and whose delivery method preferences changed during the pandemic process were higher (p < 0.05). Additionally, during the COVID-19 period, pregnant women often harbour concerns such as 'not knowing how it would affect my baby if I have to take medications for COVID-19 (90.3%)' 'getting infected by COVID-19 during my pregnancy (89.7%)' 'not having a healthy pregnancy until birth (89%)'. CONCLUSIONS: Delivery method preferences of pregnant women did not change in the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, COVID-19 pandemic is impacting on the pregnant women experiencing moderate concerns about their pregnancy, delivery, postpartum period, and their baby.

Homophobia levels of parents of nursing students and affecting factors.

PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to determine the homophobia levels of parents of students who receive nursing education and the factors affecting their homophobia levels. DESIGN AND METHODS: The study was carried out as a descriptive and cross-sectional study on the 375 parents of nursing students. FINDINGS: There was statistically significant difference between the case when parents know that there is a homosexual individual in their immediate environment and the mean The Hudson and Ricketts Homophobia Scale (HRHS) score, as well as between the case when parents know that a friend of theirs is homosexual and the mean HRHS score (p < 0.05). PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: It should be taken into account that parents' prejudices against homosexuals may also affect the way their children view homosexuals.

Attitudes of Married Muslim Women Regarding Family Planning Methods During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Western Turkey.

COVID-19 had negative effects upon family planning. Women cannot visit healthcare facilities because of a fear of curfew-related sanctions or exposure to COVID-19. It is seen that religious beliefs are influential especially in terms of family planning method preference and having abortions. This study was conducted to determine the attitudes of married Muslim women regarding family planning methods during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 611 married Muslim women who presented to the family planning outpatient clinic of a public hospital in Western Turkey between 1 September 2020 and 1 March 2021. The mean Family Planning Attitude Scale score of the women was found to be 137.53 ± 27.11. It was observed that, as the mean age of the women increased, their family planning attitudes were more positive, and as their number of pregnancies, abortions and living children increased, their attitudes were more negative (p < 0.05). Women do not want to get pregnant during the pandemic process. This is because the effects of COVID-19 on both themselves and the baby to be born are not known, which worries women. Therefore, in order to transform positive attitudes regarding family planning into behavior, it is recommended to provide effective training and consultancy services during the pandemic period.

Quality of sexual life and factors affecting it in married women undergoing depression treatment.

OBJECTIVE: This descriptive study was conducted to determine the factors affecting the quality of sexual life of married and sexually active women treated with medication due to depression. METHODS: Sample included 228 depressive patients on antidepressants for at least 1 month presenting to the Psychiatry Clinic of a hospital in the west side of Turkey, between April and June 2018. RESULTS: Women who were in the young age group, did not have any problems in sexual life before starting depression medication, had sexual intercourse 11 times or more per month, proposed to initiate a sexual intercourse together with their husbands were found to have higher Sexual Quality of Life-Female scores. There was a decrease in the women's frequency of sexual intercourse per month after the use of medication.

Intercultural awareness, communication, and empathy skills in nurses and midwives working in provinces with mass migration.

PURPOSE: The study was to evaluate the intercultural awareness, communication, and empathy skills of midwives and nurses (n = 479) DESIGN AND METHODS: The descriptive study data were collected using the Communication-Skills-Scale (CSS), the Basic-Empathy-Scale (BES), and the Intercultural-Awareness-Scale (IAS). FINDINGS: The total average scores of the CSS, BES, and IAS were found to be 100.07 ± 13.03, 70.70 ± 13.99, and 83.51 ± 14.24, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between age, education, position, experience and the BES and IAS; gender, providing care for Syrian patients and the CSS and BES; marital status and the BES (P %3C .05). PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Nurses and midwives have important responsibilities in terms of protecting and improving the health of migrant women.

Development and area adaptation of flow charts related to gynecologic oncology nursing practices.

AIM: This one group semi-experimental study was performed to develop and adapt flow charts of nursing practices applied to gynecologic oncology patients to the field. METHODS: The research was conducted between October 2008 and March 2009 in 6 hospitals in Istanbul (3 health ministry hospitals, 2 private hospitals and 1 university hospital) with effective programs. The scope of the study included 97 midwives/nurses who had been working as caregivers of gynecologic oncology patients in this unit at least for 6 months and who participated in this study voluntarily; 87 people composed the sample because of the absence of others on vacation or sick leave when the data were collected or who did not wish to participate. The data were in descriptive information form collected via "Forms to Determine the Efficiency of Flow Charts". Before data collection, risks related to gynecologic oncology problems were identified, a literature scanning was made for existing flow charts based on actual practices and the discovered charts were reviewed. As a result of the evaluations, it was decided to create 15 flow charts intended for risks, symptoms, operation processes and discharge. Questionnaires to determine activity were applied to participants before and after practice. RESULTS: As a result of the study, it was determined that the efficiency of the flow charts increased significantly (p <0.01) after practice of the participants, nosignificant relationships (p>0.01) being apparent with age group, education level, occupational period in the job and in the gynecologic oncology field and evaluations of the practice before and after it was applied. CONCLUSION: The results of the study revealed that nursing participants in university and private hospitals and who supported the existence of a flow chart in the field evaluated the flow charts positively.

Factors affecting the death anxiety levels of relatives of cancer patients undergoing treatment.

This descriptive study was performed to determine levels of the death anxiety levels of relatives of patients who being treated in a public hospital located in the Asian side of Istanbul and influencing factors. The sample was 106 patient relatives of patients from oncology or chemotherapy units of the hospital. Data were collected between May-June 2011 with the 15-item Death Anxiety Scale developed by Templer (1970) and adapted to Turkish by Senol (1989) and evaluated by number-percentage calculations, the Kruskal Wallis, Anova and t tests. Some 36.8% of the included group were aged 45 years and over, 57.5% were female and 65.1% were married. A statistically significant difference was found between the age groups, genders of the patient relatives, the period of cancer treatment regarding the death anxiety levels (p<0.05). The death anxiety levels of the patient relatives who were in the 17-39 age group, female and had a patient who was under treatment for less than 6 months were found to high as compared to others.

Knowledge and applications of the midwives and nurses at an educational hospital on the early diagnosis of cervix cancer.

This descriptive study was made to determine the knowledge levels and application situations of 96 midwives and nurses at an educational hospital in Istanbul. Data were collected with the survey form and evaluated using frequency distribution and chi-square significance tests. Almost two-thirds of the midwives and nurses included stated that they never go for routine gynaecological tests without any sysmptoms, over 50% stated that they did not see themselves as being under risk in the aspect of cervix cancer, and 18.7% had no information about risk factors. While 54.2% had experienced at least one pap smear test, 20.8% stated that they did not see having a pap smear test as mandatory. Over 90.0 about the HPV vaccine, mostly from visual and published media, and 78.1% wanted to have HPV vaccination. A statistically significant difference was found between the the knowledge levels and application situations of the midwives and nurses and their age groups, educational status, and marital status (p<0.05). Participants in the age group 32 and over, with undergraduate or more education, and who were married, had more knowledge and practical experience.

The effect of breast self-examination (Bse) education given to midwifery students on their knowledge and attitudes.

This study was conducted in a descriptive and half-experimental format in order to determine the effect of breast self-examination (BSE) education given to 103 midwifery students from Halic University Sciences of Health School Midwifery Department on their knowledge and attitudes. After legal permission was obtained from the institution and verbal participation consent from the students, data were obtained using demographic and knowledge surveys, applied twice before and after education by the researcher between May-June 2010 and evaluated with proportional calculations, Kruskal Wallis test, t-test and t-test for dependent groups. Mean age of the students is 20.2±1.52; 58.3% had no information about BSE and 73.8% were not doing BSE; 7.7% them stated that they had a family member with breast cancer. The knowledge level score was 43.2±10.6 before and 68.4±10.5 after the BSE education (p<0.05). A statistically significant difference persisted between the pre- and post-education scores taking knowledge, making BSE, and frequency of using BSE average scores of the students (p<0.05).