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Akbiyik, Derya Iren; Sumbuloglu, Vildan; Guney, Zafer; Armutlu, Kadriye; Korkmaz, Nilufer; Keser, Ilke; Yuksel, Muazzez Merve; Karabudak, Rana – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2009
The aim of the study was to translate and test the reliability and validity of the Leeds Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life Scale (LMSQoL) in Turkish patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Demographic data of MS patients who had a registration in and followed up by a university hospital were recorded. The LMSQoL and Turkish Quality of Life…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality of Life, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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Tasci, Sultan; Baser, Muruvvet; Mucuk, Salime; Bayat, Meral; Zincir, Handan; Sungur, Gonul – Behavioral Medicine, 2008
The authors' goal in this study was to assess differences in knowledge about AIDS between students of natural science (NS) and social science (SS). The authors surveyed 542 students at Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey, regarding their knowledge of AIDS. Some differences in knowledge about AIDS (eg, regarding the virus that causes AIDS, the…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Sciences, Diagnostic Tests, Natural Sciences
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Ozakinci, Gozde; Weinman, John A. – Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children & Youth, 2006
The assumptions of two social cognition models, the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1991) and the Health Belief Model (Rosenstock, 1974) are examined in 2 samples of Turkish university students: sexually active and sexually inactive. For sexually inactive participants, perceived benefits of condom use and self-efficacy beliefs regarding condom…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Promotion, Self Efficacy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases