Examination of the Relationship Between Elective Surgical Patients' Methods for Coping With Stress and Sleeping Status the Night Before an Operation.

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to examine the relationship between elective surgical patients' methods for coping with stress and sleeping status the night before an operation. DESIGN: This research was a descriptive and correlational study. METHODS: The study was conducted between November 2016 and February 2017 with 132 patients who were waiting to undergo elective surgery in the surgery clinics of a university hospital. The data were collected using a personal information form, the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ), and the Ways of Coping Inventory (WOC). FINDINGS: This study indicated that the mean RCSQ score of the male patients and patients who were hospitalized at a cardiology clinic and experienced no situation that interrupted sleep the night before the operation was higher, and the difference was statistically significant (P < .05). Patients obtained a mean score of 46.31 ± 32.21 on the RCSQ. A positive significant relationship was found between the mean scores of the self-confident approach, optimistic approach, and receiving social support, which are subscales of the WOC, and the total mean score on the RCSQ (P < .01). A negative significant relationship was found between the mean scores of the helpless approach and the submissive approach subscales of the WOC, and the total mean score on the RCSQ (P < .01). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study showed that the approaches that the patients waiting for elective surgery used to cope with stress affected their nocturnal sleep status.

The Correlation Between Schizophrenic Patients' Level of Internalized Stigma and Their Level of Hope.

AIM: The aim of this study is to determine the correlation between schizophrenic patients' level of internalized stigma and their level of hope. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The population of the study consisted of patients who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and also met the study inclusion criteria. The study sample selection from the population was not further divided; the study was conducted with 76 patients. The data of the study were collected using a personal information form, the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) Scale, and Herth Hope Scale. FINDINGS: The patients' mean score on the Internalized Stigma Scale was 72.78±16.05. Their score on the Hope Scale is 50.36±11.91. A significant negative correlation was found between the total mean scores of ISMI and the Herth Hope Scale (r=-0.360, p<0.01). A significant positive correlation was found between the stigma resistance subscale mean score of ISMI and the total mean score of the Herth Hope Scale (r=0.510, p<0.01). CONCLUSION: The internalized stigma levels of schizophrenic patients were found to be high, whereas their hope levels were found to be moderate. A significant negative correlation was found between internalized stigma and hope. This study also found a significant positive correlation between the stigma resistance of patients and their hope levels.