Evaluation of the Media Usage Status and Mental Status of Women.

Autor: Firat, Meryem, Gokmen, Burcu Demir, Cengiz, Mine, Bilgin, Sonay, Baysal, Hasret Yalcinoz
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Zdroj: International Journal of Caring Sciences; May-Aug2020, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p1023-1030, 8p, 3 Charts
Abstrakt: Aim: This study was aimed to examine the media use status and mental status of women and their relationship with each other. Material and Method: This study was made as sectional on the date between 01.01.2016-01.12.2016. The research's universe consists of women ages ranged from 15 to 49 years that apply to the five different Family Health Center in Erzurum province in Turkey. The all population was taken by sampling and the research was completed with 747 women. The personal questionnaire form, which was formed after searching the literature by the authors and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)-12 and were used collecting tool. Results: It was occurred women scored average 1.87±2.39 from GHQ-12 and the %41.6 of women took ≥2 points that means their mental health is risky. It has been determined that situations such as low income, living in fragmented families, not following the news, and not keeping up to current events adequately affect women's mental health (p<0.05). Some approaches should be made to protect and develop the mental health of women by nurses for mental illnesses in the family health centers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index