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- MakaleAçık Erişim2024Investigation of the Relationship Between Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward and Beliefs About Individuals With Obesity, Their Empathy Level, and Body Image Flexibility
Tuncer, Gülsüm Zekiye; Tuncer, Metin; Duman, Zekiye Çetinkaya
Negative attitudes and beliefs leading to discrimination against individuals with obesity and to their exclusion can cause these individuals to experience various biological, psychological, and social problems. Nursing students constitute the group that will provide care, services, and counseling to individuals with obesity in the future. The present study was aimed at determining the relationship between nursing students’ attitudes toward and beliefs about individuals with obesity and their empathy and body image flexibility levels. This study that has a cross-sectional correlational research design was conducted with 445 students studying at Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Nursing between February 2023 and July 2023. The Sociodemographic Information Form, Beliefs About Obese Persons (BAOP) scale, Attitudes Toward Obese Persons (ATOP) scale, Body Image Flexibility Scale (BIFS), and Toronto Empathy Scale (TES) were used as data collection tools. In order to ensure explanatoriness in the analysis of the data, the multiple regression/ correlation analysis was performed to determine the relationship between the scores for the overall BAOP and ATOP scales, which were dependent variables, and BMI and the scores for the overall TES and BIFS, which were the independent variables. The mean scores that the students participating in this study obtained from the overall BAOP and ATOP were 23.89 ± 4.49 and 72.48 ± 11.19, respectively. The mean scores they obtained from the overall TES and BIFS were 51.61 ± 8.80 and 52.19 ± 15.28, respectively. The results demonstrated that higher levels of empathy and body image flexibility were significantly associated with lower levels of negative beliefs about individuals with obesity (B = −0.107, p =.026; B = 0.271, p <.001) and positive attitudes toward individuals with obesity (B = −0.143, p =.002; B = 0.343, p <.001). In the study, as the students’ empathy and body image flexibility levels increased so did their positive perceptions toward individuals with obesity. Nurses should acquire empathic skills during their education in order to demonstrate an equitable and inclusive approach to care and to provide positive health experiences to individuals with obesity. In order for young people studying at university to be more responsive to others, they should be encouraged to develop body image flexibility for their own and others’ bodies. It is also recommended that topics on combating stigma and discrimination to prevent negative attitudes toward and beliefs about individuals with obesity should be added to the curriculum of nursing students.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2024Investigation of nurses’ general attitudes toward artificial intelligence and their perceptions of ChatGPT usage and influencing factors
Tuncer, Gülsüm Zekiye; Tuncer, Metin
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate professional nurses’ general attitudes toward artificial intelligence, their knowledge and perceptions of ChatGPT usage, and the influencing factors. Methods: The population of the research consists of nurses who follow a social media platform account in Turkey. The sample of the study consisted of 288 nurses who participated in the study between December 2023 and March 2024. Data were collected through an account on a social media platform via Google Forms using the Information Identification Questionnaire for ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence Programs and the General Attitudes to Artificial Intelligence Scale (GAAIS). Results: The mean scores obtained from the overall GAAIS and its Positive Attitudes subscale from the participants in this study were 67.54 ± 13.14 and 41.89 ± 11.24, respectively. Of the participants, 48.3% knew about ChatGPT and artificial intelligence programs. Of the participants, 27.8% used ChatGPT and artificial intelligence programs. Their scores for the Positive Attitude subscale were higher than were the scores of those who did not use such programs. Of the participants, 84.4% thought that nurses should be made aware of ChatGPT and artificial intelligence programs, 67% thought that the use of these programs would contribute to nurses’ professional development, 42.4% thought that the use of these programs would not reduce nurses’ workload, and 58.3% thought that the use of these programs would positively affect patient care. Conclusion: In this study, it can be said that nurses in Turkey have positive attitudes toward integrating ChatGPT and AI programs to improve patient outcomes and add them to nursing practices. Implications for nursing practice: The present study in which nurses’ attitudes toward the implementation of ChatGPT and artificial intelligence programs were investigated is expected to provide information for healthcare institutions, policy makers and artificial intelligence developers on the integration of ChatGPT and artificial intelligence into nursing practice. It is necessary to create environments that use AI technologies that reduce the nursing workload of nurses in the clinical area and positively affect the quality of patient care.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2023Kan Basıncı Ölçümünde Gözden Kaçan Faktörler: Sırt, Ayak ve Kol Desteğinin Etkisi
Khorshid, Leyla; Tuncer, Metin
Kılavuzlarda hastanın sırtının desteklenmesi, kolun alt kısmının kalp hizasında desteklenmesi ve ayakların yere düz basması önerilmektedir. Ancak bu konuda yapılan çalışma sayısı sınırlı olduğundan, bu önerilerin dikkate alınmamasından kaynaklanan hataların etkileri bilinmemektedir. Bu çalışmada sağlıklı bireylerde kan basıncı ölçümü sırasında kol, sırt ve ayak desteğinin kan basıncı değerlerine etkisinin araştırılması amaçlandı. Araştırmaya 111 kişi dahil edildi. Katılımcıların ortalama yaşları 21.95±1.57 idi. Sistolik ve diyastolik kan basınçları, üçü hatalı ölçüm (desteksiz ayaklar, desteksiz sırt ve desteksiz kol) ve biri kılavuzların önerdiği standart prosedür olan dört ölçüm prosedürü kullanılarak ölçüldü. Prosedürler randomize edildi ve katılımcıların kan basınçları her prosedür için üç kez ölçüldü. Ayak desteği ve sırt desteği olmadan yapılan ölçümlerde belirlenen ortalama sistolik değerler, standart ölçümlerle belirlenenlerden daha yüksek olduğu belirlendi (sırasıyla t=-4.872, p<0.001 ve t=- 2.152, p=0.034). Ayrıca ayak desteği olmadan yapılan ölçümde belirlenen diyastolik değer, standart ölçüme göre yüksek bulundu (t=-5.635, p<0.001). Araştırma sonuçlarına göre ayaklar ve sırt desteksiz bırakıldığında ölçülen ortalama sistolik/diyastolik kan basıncı değerleri standart prosedürle ölçülenlerden daha yüksekti.