Browsing by Author "Okuyan Y.C."

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    Impact of Perceived Social Support and Depression in Married Turkish Women on the Sexual Quality of Life: An Online Survey
    (Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023) Gök C.; Yücel U.; Okuyan Y.C.; Akmeşe Z.B.
    Background: Sexual life is very important for people's physical health, psychological health, and reproductive health. Depression and social support are among the factors that affect the quality of sexual life. Aim: The present study aimed to determine the impact of perceived social support on the sexual quality of life and depression in married women between the ages of 18 and 49. Materials and Methods: A total of 976 married women aged 18 to 49 were included in this cross-sectional study in which an online data collection method was used Sexual Life Quality Scale, Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale, and Beck Depression Scale, which were used as data collection tools. Statistical analysis used: Analyses were performed using SPSS version 26.0. Descriptive statistics were used for number, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, as well as independent group t-test, correlation, and regression analysis. The 'Enter' model was used in the logistic regression analysis. Results: It was established that nearly one-third of married women aged 18-49 had low levels of perceived social support and sexual quality of life, and almost half of them experienced symptoms of depression. The quality of sexual life was 3.6 times (P = 0.001) lower in those with low social support and 1.6 times (P = 0.024) lower in those with depression. Conclusion: Considering the fact that women's sexual problems, low social support and depression are important predictors of sexual quality of life, special attention should be paid to increasing social support to women, handling women's sexual problems more carefully, and detecting and treating such problems. © 2023 Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice.
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    Exploring birth experience of mothers, based on comfort theory
    (Pakistan Medical Association, 2024) Okuyan Y.C.; Bolsoy N.; Cetinkaya A.
    Objective: To analyse the phenomenon of "giving birth" on the basis of the lived experiences of women and midwives. Method: The qualitative study was conducted in the delivery room of a mother-friendly hospital in western Turkey from March 1 to December 30, 2019, and comprised primiparous women aged 18-35 years having a spontaneous vaginal birth, and midwives who delivered the babies. Data was collected through indepth interviews that were audio-recorded. Additionally, women’s written birth stories and researcher’s observation regarding the participants were used. Data was subjected to content analysis using NVIVO 12 Pro software. Results: Of the 28 subjects 15(53.6%) were lay women with mean age 24.2±3.87 years (range: 18-30 years), and 13(46.4%) were midwives with mean age 42.61±4.50 years (range: 37-50 years). The most referred conceptual themes in Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort were “enhanced comfort”, “mother-friendly hospital policy”, and “midwives’ comforting interventions.” Under the theme of "Increasing Comfort", women cared about psychological and environmental comfort. Women had the most psychospiritual comfort and environmental comfort as well as physical and sociocultural comfort. Women cared about psychological and environmental comfort that facilitated birth. Conclusion: The mother-friendly hospital policy increased and contributed to the support and comfort provided to women. Kolcaba's Comfort Theory was an appropriate and working theory for birth and midwifery care, indicating that women's comfort should be ensured in the psychospiritual, environmental, physical and sociocultural contexts. © 2024 Pakistan Medical Association. All rights reserved.