Gülendam Hakverdioğlu Yönt

Hakverdioğlu Yönt G. & Khorshid L. (2012) Turkish version of the Stroke‐Specific Quality of Life Scale. International Nursing Review59, 274–280Aim:  To test the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Stroke‐Specific Quality of Life Scale (SS‐QOL).Background:  Stroke is a leading cause of activity limitation and participation restriction that negatively affect health‐related quality of life. The assessment of SS‐QOL in stroke patients has not been validated in Turkey.Methods:  Cross‐sectional and methodological research design was used. Five hundred stroke survivors who had been diagnosed with stroke at least 6 months previously were included in this cross‐sectional study. The reliability of the SS‐QOL was based on internal consistency, item correlation. Construct validity was evaluated by Exploratory Factor Analysis. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated for the total score of the SS‐QOL to establish the internal consistency of the instrument. Construct validity was assessed by comparing patients' scores on the SS‐QOL with those obtained by other test methods: SF‐36 Health Survey and Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living.Findings:  In the process of adaptation to the Turkish population, the scale was converted to 48 items. The correlation coefficient for the test‐retest scores of the SS‐QOL was calculated as 0.81. Internal consistency for the scale showed Cronbach's alpha = 0.97. As a result of applying factor analysis to the scale, eight factors were obtained, which accounted for 77.47% of the scale's total variance.Conclusion:  SS‐QOL is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring self‐reported health‐related quality of life at group level among people with stroke who are diagnosed with stroke at least 6 months previously in the Turkish population.

PURPOSE.  This study was planned as a descriptive study for the purpose of determining what nursing diagnoses are used by nursing students and their opinions about nursing diagnoses. METHODS.  The response rate was 70% ( n = 346). Research data about the nursing diagnoses students used and their opinions about them were collected on a semi‐structured questionnaire developed by the researchers after reviewing related information in the literature. FINDINGS.  Of the students, 76.9% knew what nursing diagnosis was, but 31.5% had difficulty stating patient care needs as nursing diagnoses. CONCLUSIONS.  The majority of students in this study agreed that nursing diagnoses are a priority subject in the nursing profession, that nursing diagnoses needed to be used on the wards, and that nursing diagnoses needed to be documented in medical records on the wards. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE.  It is recommended that nursing diagnoses be given more concentration in the nursing curriculum and that courses about nursing diagnoses be prepared for the purpose of giving students more detailed information. AMAÇ.  Bu çalışma hemşirelik öğrencilerinin kullandıkları hemşirelik tanılarının ve hemşirelik tanıları ile ilgili görüşlerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla tanımlayıcı olarak planlanmıştır. YÖNTEM.  Cevaplanma oranı %70 ( n = 346) dir. Araştırmanın verileri, araştırmacılar tarafından öğrencilerin kullandıkları hemşirelik tanılarını ve öğrencilerin hemşirelik tanıları ile ilgili görüşlerini belirlemek amacıyla ilgili literatür taranarak (Carpenito, 1997; NANDA, 2003 ) oluşturulan yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu kullanılarak toplanmıştır. BULGULAR.  Öğrencilerin %76.9'u hemşirelik tanısının ne olduğunu bildiğini, fakat %31.5'i hastanın bakım gereksinimini hemşirelik tanısı olarak ifade etmekte sıkıntı yaşadığını belirtmiştir. SONUÇ.  Öğrencilerin büyük bir çoğunluğu hemşirelik tanılarının hemşirelik mesleğinde öncelikli bir konu olduğunu, kliniklerde hemşirelik tanılarının kullanılması gerektiğini, kliniklerde hemşirelik tanılarının kayıtlarda yazılması gerektiğini belirtmişlerdir. HEMŞIRELIK UYGULAMALARI IÇIN ÖNERILER.  Hemşirelik eğitim müfredatlarında hemşirelik tanılarına daha fazla yer verilmesi ve öğrencilere daha detaylı bilgi verebilmek amacıyla hemşirelik tanıları ile ilgili kurs programlarının düzenlenmesi önerilmektedir. ANAHTAR KELIMELER.  Hemşirelik tanıları, hemşirelik öğrencisi, hemşirelik eğitimi, NANDA‐International