Health Beliefs, Breast Cancer Awareness, and Prevention Behaviors of Turkish Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the relationship between nursing students' breast cancer (BC) awareness, health beliefs, and BC prevention behaviors. Methods: This study sample consisted of 256 female students. Descriptive Information Form, Breast Cancer Awareness Scale (B-CAS), the Factors Affecting Breast Cancer Prevention Behaviors of Women (FABCPB) Scale, and the Champion's Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS) were used to collect the data. Results: Breast self-examination was performed in 53.9% of the nursing students. The mean B-CAS score was 1.35 ± 0.58 and the mean FABCPB score was 102.84 ± 9.62. The mean scores of the sub-dimension scores of the CHBMS of nursing students were as sensitivity perception 7.93 ± 2.13, seriousness perception 22.58 ± 5.26, benefit perception 17.25 ± 3.17, obstacle perception 22.89 ± 6.24, confidence 37.71 ± 7.53, and health motivation 26.47 ± 4.41 points. A significant correlation was found between the scores of the nursing students on the B-CAS, FABCPB, and CHBMS scales. Conclusions: Nursing students' scores on the B-CAS and FABCPB were moderate, CHBMS sensitivity and obstacle perception sub-dimension scores were low, severity perception scores were moderate, and benefit perception, trust, and health motivation sub-dimension scores were high. As the BC awareness of nursing students increased, their cancer prevention behaviors and health beliefs increased.

[Evaluation of compliance and level of knowledge of patients with hypertension living in Karaman city center, Turkey]. / Karaman il merkezinde yasayan hipertansiyon hastalarinin ilaç kullanim durumlarinin ve bilgilerinin incelenmesi.

OBJECTIVES: This descriptive study was performed in hypertensive patients to determine their level of knowledge on, and attitudes to drug use. STUDY DESIGN: The study was carried out in 194 patients (144 women, 50 men) who had been on antihypertensive treatment for at least a year. The mean duration of hypertension was 6.3+/-5.7 years. Data were collected using a questionnaire on sociodemographic characteristics and level of knowledge on, and attitudes to drug use. RESULTS: Of the participants, 70.1% were at the age of 50 years or beyond. Fifty-six patients (28.9%) were found to have a poor compliance with drug use. Noncompliance showed a significant association with age and gender, being 43.1% and 22.8% in the age groups of or=50 years, and 34.7% and 12% in women and men, respectively. Compliance was significantly correlated with the delivery of information to the patients on the dose, the right time, and the properties of the drugs prescribed. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age