Browsing by Author "Tayhan, A"

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    Attitudes and intentions of parents towards the COVID-19 vaccine for their children at a special moment of the pandemic
    Odaba, NÇ; Tayhan, A; Mermer, G
    Background. This research was conducted following the FDA's approval of the COVID19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. Our study aimed to evaluate parents' intentions regarding vaccinating their children in response to the pandemic situation. This period was crucial for understanding parents' initial reactions to health authority recommendations. Methods. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 940 parents. The data were obtained using the Personal Information Form, the COVID-19 Anxiety Scale, and the Scale of Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Vaccine. Descriptive data analysis involved calculating frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation values. We employed Student's t-test, one-way ANOVA tests for analysis. Additionally, various characteristics were analyzed using the two-way logistic regression method. Results. In the study, 85.1% of the parents reported having received the COVID-19 vaccine themselves. However, only 20% stated they would accept the COVID-19 vaccine for their children. The intention to vaccinate their children was influenced by factors such as the parent's age, level of COVID-19 anxiety, vaccination status, and knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccine. Conclusion. Despite the FDA's declaration, it was determined that more than twothirds of parents were hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccine for their children.
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    Nursing and Midwifery Students' COVID-19 Vaccine Regrets and Future Vaccination Intentions: A Mixed Methods Study
    Tayhan, A; Tayhan, EB; Büyük, DS
    Regret over COVID-19 vaccine decisions is a post-pandemic phenomenon that needs further research. This mixed-method research was conducted to examine nursing-midwifery students' COVID-19 vaccine decision regret and their intention to get vaccinated in the next pandemic. The research includes quantitative and qualitative research processes. In the first phase, a quantitative (cross-sectional) study was conducted, collecting data from 602 participants who met the inclusion criteria. In the second phase, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 participants. Data were collected using the Decision Regret Scale and semi-structured interview form. Data were analyzed using Student's t-test, one-way anova test, and inductive content analysis, and reported using Good Reporting of a Mixed Methods Study. In the study, it was determined that 96.3% of the participants had received the COVID-19 vaccine and 50.0% regretted getting vaccinated. As a result of the analysis of qualitative data, the following themes emerged that could reveal the reasons for vaccine regret; forced compliance, a strange pandemic, unknown effects, and vaccine hesitancy. Students' experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic have the potential to increase negative attitudes towards their vaccines.
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    Development and psychometric analysis: Fluoride varnish parent attitude, belief scale
    Tayhan, A; Çetinkaya, A
    Objective: To develop a scale to determine parents' attitudes and beliefs regarding fluoride varnish.Design and methods: This study had a cross-sectional design and was conducted between 2019 and 2021. A total of 810 parents were included in the study sample. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), discriminant validity, and convergent validity methods were used to estimate the scale validity. For reliability, the Cronbach alpha coefficient, item-total correlation coefficients, and test-retest method were used.Results: As a result of psychometric analysis, the scale was found to have a three-factor structure. The factor loads of the items were between 0.838 and 0.715. The three-factor construct showed a good fit in confirmatory factor analysis (X-2(41): 110.06, p <.001; RMSEA: 0.065; RMSR, 0.02; GFI, 0.95; and NFI, 0.94). Cronbach's alpha coefficient on the scale was 0.85. The item-total correlation of the scale was found to be between 0.355 and 0.626. The test-retest intra-class correlation coefficient of the scale was 0.72.Conclusions: This study suggests that the developed scale is a reliable tool to evaluate the attitudes and beliefs of parents toward fluoride varnish. It is thought that the scale will make a contribution to public health.
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    lRelationship between knowledge levels of men about prostate cancer screenings and their health literacy
    Tayhan, A; Özmen, D
    Purpose: Prostate cancer is one of the cancer types most frequently causing death throughout the world. Early diagnosis of prostate cancer is important. This study was directed towards examining the relation between knowledge levels of men aged over 40 about prostate cancer screenings and their health literacy. Materials and Methods: The study has a descriptive and cross-sectional design and included 501 men selected through proportional cluster sampling. Data were collected with Socio-Demographic Features Form, the Knowledge about Prostate Cancer Screening Questionnaire and Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire. Results: The mean score for the Knowledge about Prostate Cancer Screening Questionnaire was 3.85 +/- 2.05 and the mean score for Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire was 80.87 +/- 16.03. There was a significant, positive and moderate relation between the mean score for the Knowledge about Prostate Cancer Screening Questionnaire and that for Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire. The mean score for Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire accounted for 48% of the variance in the scores for the Knowledge about Prostate Cancer Screening Questionnaire. Conclusion: Knowledge levels of the participants about prostate cancer screenings were affected by their health literacy levels.
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    Relationship Between Primary School Teachers' COVID-19 Fear Levels and COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes After the Start of Face-to-face Education During the Pandemic Period: A School Health Study
    Tayhan, A; Isik, K
    Context Starting face-to-face education while the COVID-19 pandemic was ongoing was a risk for public health. Determining teachers' initial reactions to public health practices during this high-risk period may contribute to the redesign of public health and school nursing policies. Objective The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between primary school teachers' COVID-19 fear levels and COVID-19 vaccine attitudes. Design The research has a descriptive correlational design. The data were obtained from teachers working in primary schools (n = 430). Simple random sampling method was used in the data collection process. Data were obtained with the Scale of Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Vaccine and Fear of COVID-19 Scale. Results In the study, 50.5% of teachers reported that they were afraid of catching COVID-19, 41.9% said their risk of catching COVID-19 was high, and 87.7% reported that they voluntarily got the COVID-19 vaccine. Of the teachers, 4.6% (n = 20) stated that they regretted getting vaccinated. A positive and significant relationship was found between teachers' Fear of COVID-19 Scale and COVID-19 Vaccine Attitude Scale scores (r = 0.133, p < 0.001). Conclusions During the pandemic, it was observed that teachers' fear level of COVID-19 increased with the start of face-to-face education. In addition, it is seen that teachers started to have doubts about some public health practices. This may indicate that public health nurses should take a more active role in school health practices.
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    An Academic-Clinical Partnership Project: The Effects of a Scientific Research Skills Education Program
    Çetinkaya, A; Büyük, DS; Özmen, D; Tayhan, A; Uyar, F
    Objective: The present study aims to reveal the effects of the education program provided to nurses on their perceived obstacles to conducting scientific research and attitude for scientific research. Materials and Methods: This interventional study in the pre-test post-test model was carried out between February 2018 and August 2018. The universe of this study consisted of nurses working in three maior public hospitals in Manisa (N= 1023). The sample was composed of nurses who worked in these hospitals and agreed to participate in this research (n= 106). The sociodemographic questionnaire, the nurse and presentation subscales of the barriers to research utilization scale and the attitude scale for scientific research were used in data collection. The scientific research skills education program was presented to the nurses participating in this research. Results: There was a significant difference between pre and post scores of the participants in the reluctance to help researchers, negative attitude towards research and positive attitude towards researchers subscales of attitude towards scientific research scale (p<0.05), but there was no significant difference between the pre and post scores of the participants in the subscales of the barriers to research utilization scale and positive attitude towards research subscale of attitude towards scientific research scale (p>0.05). Conclusion: After the educational program, the findings showed that the participants' reluctance to help the researchers and their negative attitudes towards research decreased, and a positive attitude towards researchers increased. As a result, while education intervention affected nurses' attitudes towards research, it had no effect on their perceptions of an obstacle to scientific research.
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    Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Individual-Level Abortion Stigma Scale: a methodological study
    Cetinkaya, A; Özmen, D; Uyar, F; Tayhan, A
    Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Individual-Level Abortion Stigma Scale. Setting Three hospitals affiliated to Public Hospitals Union General Secretariat in Manisa, a city located in Western Turkey. Design This was a methodological study. Participants A total of 230 women aged 22-49 years who previously underwent abortion and volunteered to participate in the study. Primary and secondary outcome measures Data analysis was performed using the SPSS and LISREL software. The Content Validity Index was calculated based on the values obtained from expert opinions. In the reliability analysis, Cronbach's alpha values were calculated for the overall scale and its subscales. To test the stability of the scale over time, the scale was readministered to 30 women in the study 15 days later and the test-retest values (Pearson's correlation coefficients) were determined. In the validity analysis, the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed. In the exploratory factor analysis, the principal component analysis was performed using the varimax rotation and the factor loading of the scale was examined. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to investigate the item-factor construct of the scale. Results The Content Validity Index was calculated as 0.86. The Cronbach's alpha values ranged between 0.83 and 0.94. The item-total correlation coefficients ranged between 0.36 and 0.72, and the test-retest reliability was 0.96 for the overall scale and its subscales (p<0.05). The total variance revealed by five factors was 75%. Confirmatory factor analysis of the scale revealed an acceptable compliance level (root mean square error of approximation=0.092, chi(2)/df=2.91, Goodness of Fit Index=0.831, Comparative Fit Index=0.928, p<0.001). Conclusions The results suggest that this scale has the potential for use in research and clinical settings to measure abortion stigma among women.