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    Associations between health literacy and preventive Skin Cancer Prevention Strategies among University Students
    (Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2020) Özpinar, Saliha; Çelik-Odabaşi, Nurcan; Akyol, Melih
    Background and Objective: A person’s putting every behavior into practice after they receive information on health may mean that the person can exhibit the appropriate health behavior and protect his health within the context of their level of health literacy. This study was aimed at determining university students’ health literacy levels and the effects of their health literacy on their knowledge of, and attitudes and behaviors towards skin cancer prevention strategies. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study included 800 university students in the Aegean Region of Turkey. The data were collected by the researchers between March 01, 2019 and March 30, 2019. The research data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Form including 3 parts (the Participants' Socio-Demographic Characteristics Questionnaire, Information-AttitudeBehavior Questionnaire, Risk Factors Questionnaire) and the "Turkish Health Literacy Scale". The association between the sociodemographic characteristics of the students and their scores for protective behavior, knowledge levels and risk factors and Health Literacy was analyzed using the linear regression model (the ‘Enter’ method). The relationship between health literacy and knowledge/ attitude / behavior scores was evaluated with the Pearson’s correlation. p<0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: The mean age of the participating students was 21.0 ± 1.8 (18-36) years. Of them, 63.8% were women. The study results demonstrated that the participating university students’ knowledge levels regarding the harmful effects of sunshine and skin cancer prevention were inadequate. There is a positive correlation between health literacy and sun protection attitudes and behaviors. Of the participating students, those whose health literacy levels were high and those who had high knowledge / attitude scores about sun protection displayed better sun protection behaviors (p<0.05). Conclusion: A significant result of the study was that health literacy should be improved in order to improve sun protection and skin cancer prevention strategies. © 2020, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.
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    Multidimensional assessment of interoceptive awareness (MAIA 2): psychometric properties of the Turkish version
    (2021) Özpınar, Saliha; Dünder, Emre; Demir, Yaşar; Akyol, Melih
    Aim: Interoception, defined as the perception of internal bodily changes. The aim of this study is to evaluate the Turkishvalidity and reliability study of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness-2 (MAIA 2) scale developed byWilliam Mehling et al. (2018).Material and Method: The research is methodological. Research data was collected between April 2020 and May 2020 (n=400).Forward and backward translation were used to translate the MAIA 2 into Turkish. We conducted exploratory factor analysis(EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to analyze the psychometrics of the MAIA 2 in a 70:30 split sample. Statisticalanalysis were done with R Project.Results: The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value (KMO=0.910) was acceptable, and there exists a significant correlation structure withBartlett’s test of sphericity (?2=5134.120, p<0.001). We observed six factors with Horn’s Parallel analysis. The Cronbach Alphasof these six factors were acceptable (?>0.60). Standardized loadings were positive and >0.40 with significant results (p<0.05)(r=0.71, p<0.05). The RMSEA is nearly zero and SRMR is extremely low.Conclusions: As a result, the Turkish version of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness Scale (MAIA 2)developed by Mehling et al. and originally in English is valid and reliable according to our results.
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    The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness-2 Scale: A Turkish Validity and Reliability Study in Patients Admitted to the Dermatology Outpatient Clinic
    (2022) Tosun, Mustafa; Yasak Güner, Rukiye; Demir Yurtseven, Ecem; Özpınar, Saliha; Akyol, Melih
    Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the Turkish validity and reliability study of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness-2 (MAIA-2) Scale for dermatology patients. Material and Methods: The MAIA-2 Scale is a 37-item developed originally in English. A total of 390 patients, 244 (62.5%) females and 146 (37.5%) males diagnosed with the various dermatological disease, admitted to the dermatology clinic between May 2021 and October 2021 were included in the study. The MAIA-2 has been translated into Turkish. In addition, we conducted exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis to analyze the MAIA-2. For reliability analyses, internal structure consistency and test-retest reliability were measured. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was calculated as an estimation of internal consistency. For test-retest reliability, the scale was administered to 30 patients twice, at the beginning and 2 weeks later. Test-retest reliability was statistically evaluated with the Pearson correlation test. Results: The mean age of the patients was found to be 33.50±15.04 (18-60) years in the study. The internal consistency of the scale (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient) was found to be 0.944. The correlation coefficient was calculated as r=0.884 in the test-retest reliability. The total MAIA-2 score was 105.34±30.05 (mean±standard deviation). Conclusion: The Turkish version of the MAIA-2 Scale was valid and reliable for Turkish dermatology patients.