Stress perceptions of nurses serving in home healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic:A qualitative research

Objective:To investigate the stress perceptions of nurses serving in home healthcare services during COVID-19.Methods:This study was qualitative research with a phenomenological design.Data were collected and recorded through in-depth interviews with 6 nurses working in MuşState Hospital,Home Healthcare Services Unit using a form consisting of 12 questions on an online platform between May 2021 and July 2021.The audio recordings were transcribed by the researcher and content analysis was performed by creating codes,categories,and themes.Results:The interviews yielded 10 categories and 59 sub-codes.These codes were addressed under the theme of"COVID-19 pandemic".Under this main theme,nurses expressed the problems they experienced in issues such as stress,support mechanisms,and family and social problems during COVID-19.They mentioned that they experienced high stress in this process,as well as social isolation and negative thoughts of society about them and that they could not spare time for themselves and their families.Conclusions:Nurses working in home healthcare services frequently express negativities such as high stress,isolation from society,and increased workload.Therefore,actions should be taken to raise awareness of society on these issues,increase the number of personnel,conduct more research,and share the results with the public.

Hospital-acquired insomnia scale:A validity and reliability study

BACKGROUND Sleep breathing,one of the basic human needs,is a physiological need that affects cardiac functions,body temperature,daily vitality,muscle tone,hormone secretion,blood pressure,and many more.In the international literature,studies reported that patients have had sleep problems in the hospital since the 1990s,but no measurement tool has been developed to determine the causes of hospitalacquired insomnia in individuals.These findings suggest that sleep remains in the background compared to activities such as nutrition and breathing.Although patients generally experience hospital-acquired sleep problems,there is no measurement tool to determine hospital-acquired sleep problems.These features show the originality of the research.AIM To develop a measurement tool to determine the sleep problems experienced by patients in the hospital.METHODS A personal information form,hospital-acquired insomnia scale(HAIS),and insomnia severity index(ISI)were used to collect research data.The study population consisted of patients hospitalized in the internal and surgical clinics of a research hospital in Turkey between December 2021 and March 2022.The sample consisted of 64 patients in the pilot application stage and 223 patients in the main application stage.Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis(CFA)analyses were performed using the SPSS 20 package program and the analysis of moment structure(AMOS)package program.Equivalent forms method used.RESULTS The HAIS consisted of 18 items and 5 subscales.The Cronbach alpha values of the subscales ranged between 0.672 and 0.842 and the Cronbach alpha value of the overall scale was 0.783.The scale explained 58.269%of the total variance.The items that constitute the factors were examined in terms of content integrity and named as physical environmental,psychological,safety,socioeconomic,and nutritional factors.CFA analysis of the 5-factor structure was performed in the AMOS package program.The fit indices of the obtained structure were examined.It was determined that the values obtained from the fit indices were sufficient.A significant correlation was determined between the HAIS and the ISI,which was used for the equivalent form method.CONCLUSION The HAIS is a valid and reliable measurement tool for determining patients’level of hospitalacquired insomnia.It is recommended to use this measurement tool to determine the insomnia problems of patients and to adapt it in other countries.

Are scorpion stings the new public health threat for southeast Turkey and northern Syria after the earthquakes?An emphasis on Leiurus quinquestriatus

In tropical countries,scorpion sting is a significant cause of disease,leading to severe localized cutaneous reactions,neurologic impairments,and respiratory distress,as well as myocarditis[1].The world’s most poisonous scorpion species,Leiurus quinquestriatus,is found in southern Turkey and is a threat to the public’s health in all of the provinces,particularly in Adiyaman and its surrounding areas,which were hit by the recent Turkey and Syria earthquake[1].

A public health perspective on dengue in Bangladesh in the twenty-first century

Infectious diseases have accompanied human history from time immemorial.In the 21st century,we have witnessed striking pandemics such as severe acute respiratory syndrome,middle east respiratory syndrome,malaria,and coronavirus disease 2019.Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease and is prevalent in tropical regions[1].

Imminence:Cryptocurrency addiction and public health

Investing in cryptocurrencies has become quite popular among investors as well as young people,students,and a large segment of society in recent years[1].The number of investors is increasing day by day,while its impact on daily life is becoming more and more visible[1,2].Cryptocurrency investments have become among the most popular discussion topics in any environment[2].The financial data has shown us that the number of such investors has exceeded 320 million,while the cryptocurrency market reached close to 4 trillion dollars in 2021.The leading cryptocurrency trading countries are the US with 46 million.

Optical recursional binormal optical visco Landau-Lifshitz electromagnetic optical density

In this manuscript,we study a new version of the optical recursional binormal microbeam model for a flexible binormal microscale beam in terms of a binormal normalized operator.Also,we give new explanations for the optical recursional visco Landau-Lifshitz binormal electromagnetic binormal microscale beam.Finally,we obtain an optical application for the normalized visco Landau-Lifshitz electromagnetic binormal optimistic density with an optical binormal resonator.