Browsing by Author "Akyol, T"

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    Effects of Attitudes of Patients with Epilepsy Towards Their Disease on Mental Health and Quality of Life
    Akyol, T; Nehir, S
    Objective: The study investigates the effects of attitudes displayed by patients with epilepsy toward their disease on their mental health and quality of life. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the neurology outpatient clinic at Hafsa Sultan Hospital, Manisa Celal Bayar University between April 2015 and April 2016. The study sample comprised 182 patients. The study data were collected using the Personal Information Form for Patients with Epilepsy, Impact of Epilepsy Scale, Epilepsy Knowledge Scale, Epilepsy Attitude Scale, Short Form-36 (Quality of Life Scale), and Brief Symptom Inventory. In the analysis of the data, the t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's post-hoc test, and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used. Results: In the Epilepsy Attitude Scale, the participants obtained a mean score of 48.66 +/- 13.13, suggesting that they displayed negative attitudes toward epilepsy. In the subscales of the Short Form-36 (Quality of Life Scale), the participants' scores were low. Of the participants with epilepsy, those with a significantly positive attitude toward epilepsy had a high quality of life perception. Psychological symptoms decreased in patients with epilepsy who have a positive attitude toward their disease. Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrated that the participants' attitudes toward epilepsy was significantly correlated to their psychological symptoms and quality of life. The fact that the negative attitudes of patients with epilepsy are related to their psychological symptoms and quality of life indicates the importance of recognizing and understanding patients' attitudes toward their disease.
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    A Determination of Hopelessness and the Perception of Illness in Cancer
    Nehir, S; Tavsanli, NG; Özdemir, Ç; Akyol, T
    This study was performed with the objective of determining hopelessness and perception of illness in cancer patients. This was a descriptive and regressional study. The study was performed between January and June 2014 on 105 outpatients at the oncology clinic of Manisa Government Hospital in Turkey's western. A patient information form, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, and the illness perception questionnaire were used to collect data, and data analysis was performed using the program Statistical Package for Social Sciences 15.0. Percentages, t test, Kruskal-Wallis, one-way analysis of variance, and Pearson correlation were used in the evaluation of research data. The hopelessness levels of cancer patients participating in the study were at a medium level. As patients' scores on the hopelessness scale and its subscales increase, so their illness perception scores also increase. The hopelessness levels of patients whose illness perception was good were lower; that is, as patients' hopelessness levels fell, their illness perceptions and view of their illness were affected in a positive way.