The effect of two different types of music played to cancer patients during chemotherapy on anxiety, nausea, and satisfaction levels.

PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of two different types of music on anxiety, nausea, and satisfaction levels in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy (CT) for the first time. METHODS: The study was conducted as a single-blind, pre-test, post-test, three-group randomized controlled trial in an outpatient CT unit between August 2022 and February 2023. A simple (computer-based) and stratified (age and gender) randomization method was used to assign 75 patients to the relaxing music group (RMG), Turkish classical music group (TCMG), and control group (CG) (n = 25 each). The primary outcome was the change in anxiety levels measured by Spielberger's State Anxiety Inventory before (T0) and after (T1) CT session. Secondary outcomes were the change in the severity of nausea from T0 to T1 and the level of satisfaction at T1. RESULTS: The groups were similar in terms of baseline sociodemographic and health-related characteristics. Anxiety levels were lower than the baseline in RMG and TCMG in comparison to CG, and repeated measures analysis showed a significant group × time interaction (p = 0.001, F = 210.221, η2 = 0.745). Nausea severity increased from T0 to T1 for CG but decreased for RMG and TCMG with a significant group × time interaction (p = 0.001, F = 100.785, η2 = 0.583). The satisfaction level was significantly higher in TCMG than in CG and RMG (8.64 ± 0.95 vs. 7.88 ± 0.72, and 7.00 ± 0.70, respectively). CONCLUSION: Music may be an effective non-pharmacologic option to relieve patients' anxiety and nausea during first-time CT. Larger, multicenter studies evaluating the long-term effect of music are needed to confirm these findings. TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05687838)/2022-13/18.

Medical device-related pressure injury knowledge assessment for nurses: development and psychometric validation of a multiple choice test.

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable test to measure nurses' knowledge of medical device-related pressure injuries (MDRPIs). METHODS: The data were collected between May and July 2022. An extensive literature review was performed to develop the instrument. Face and content validity were evaluated in a three-round e-Delphi procedure by an expert panel of 12, including: two wound care nurses; two medical professors; two academic professors/associate professors of nursing with at least 10 years of experience in pressure injuries (PIs) and their care in Turkey; two international professors/associate professors of nursing who have been involved in the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel and other wound care organisations; and nurses from each of four different fields. RESULTS: A sample of 155 nurses and 108 nursing students participated to enable evaluation of the validity of the multiple-choice test items (item difficulty, discriminating index), and to construct validity, internal consistency and stability of the instrument. A 16-item test reflecting six themes was developed to assess MDRPI knowledge (MDRPI-KAT). The item difficulty index of the questions ranged from 0.36-0.84, while values for item discrimination ranged from 0.31-0.68. The one-week test-retest intraclass correlation coefficient (stability) was 0.82. The overall internal consistency reliability was 0.77. Group scores of nurses with a (theoretically expected) high level of expertise were found to be statistically significantly higher than those of participants with (theoretically expected) less expertise (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The MDRPI-KAT showed acceptable psychometric properties, and can be used in research and practice to evaluate nurses' knowledge of MDRPIs.

The effect of music on delirium, pain, sedation and anxiety in patients receiving mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit.

OBJECTIVES: To examine the effects of music for patients under mechanical ventilation support in the intensive care unit on their delirium, pain, sedation, and anxiety. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY/DESIGN: A single-blind, randomized, controlled trial. SETTING: The study was conducted with delirium positive patients between August 2020 and September 2021 in the medical/surgical intensive care unit of a university hospital in Turkey. METHODS: The study sample was selected through a simple and stratified randomization method; patients who met the inclusion criteria were assigned to the music, noise reduction or control group. The data were collected by using a Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU), CAM-ICU-7, Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT), Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS), Facial Anxiety Scale (FAS), PRE-DELIRIC model, and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). The interventions were repeated twice a day for five days. RESULTS: A total of 36 patients were included, with 12 patients in each group. Significant decreases were found in the severity of delirium and pain and the level of sedation and anxiety in the music compared to the other groups (p < 0.05). The number of patients with delirium and the number of days with mechanical ventilation was found to be significantly lower in the music group compared to the other groups (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Music intervention may be used as a nursing intervention to control delirium, pain, need for sedation and anxiety in intensive care unit patients. However, additional studies with larger sample is needed to validate findings.

Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of pressure ulcer knowledge assessment tool-updated version (PUKAT 2.0).

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the measurement tool developed and updated by Manderlier et al. to evaluate the nurses' evidence-based knowledge about pressure ulcers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A methodological study design was used. The instrument was translated to Turkish and back-translated to English. A group of faculty members, including physicians and nurses who are experts in the subject area, evaluated the content validity of the tool with the Lawshe technique. A group of 240 nurses who met the inclusion criteria were reached, and then a pilot study was conducted with 35 nurses by using the test-retest method to determine the invariance of the tool over time. The nurses in the pilot study were excluded from the overall sample, and the evaluations were performed with 205 nurses. Item difficulty index and discrimination index were used for the validity of the items since they were multiple-choice items; Kuder-Richardson 20 analysis was used to determine the internal consistency. RESULTS: The translated and modified instrument demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties as follows: 1) overall content validity index was 0.90, 2) overall test-retest reliability was 0.83 (0.70-0.92 for the sub-themes), 3) item difficulty indexes were 35-75%, 4) discrimination indexes were 0.44-0.92, and 5) overall Cronbach's alfa for the internal consistency was 0.72. CONCLUSIONS: Similar to the earlier version, the Turkish version of PUKAT 2.0 was demonstrated to be a valid and reliable tool to evaluate the nurses' knowledge of evidence-based current information about pressure ulcers.

Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of modified Freedman questionnaire for sleep quality.

To investigate the psychometric characteristics of the modified Freedman Sleep Quality Questionnaire (mFSQQ) to assess sleep in Turkish intensive care unit (ICU) patients. This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2020 and August 2021 with patients older than 18 years, who stayed in the ICU for ≥ 24 h and were cooperative with a Glasgow Coma Scale score ≥ 10 in medical and surgical ICUs of a university hospital. During the adaptation of the items of the mFSQQ, language, content, and construct validity were examined, and the test-retest method and internal consistency were used to examine its reliability. The content validity index of the questionnaire was 0.82. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy was 0.71, which indicates adequate sampling; Bartlett's test of sphericity was χ2 = 2868.97, p < 0.001. The Turkish version had three subscales. The factor loadings of the items were above 0.30, and the factors explained 60.59% of the total variance. The test-retest reliability coefficient was 0.85, indicating high consistency. The Cronbach α reliability coefficient was 0.80, indicating high reliability. The item-total correlations were found to be sufficient (between 0.25 and 0.78). The Turkish version of the mFSQQ showed good psychometric characteristics and can be used as a routine evaluation instrument to determine sleep quality by the ICU team and to promote sleep. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41105-022-00389-2.