Browsing by Author "Karayurt, Ozgul"

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Exploration Into Donor-Recipient Relationship After Living-Donor Liver Transplantation Using Gift-Exchange Theory
(2021-06-18) Kilic, Murat; Karayurt, Ozgul; Taylor, Laura; Kul, Gülay Aksu; Ordin, Yaprak Sarıgöl
AIM: This qualitative study aimed to explore the donor-recipient relationships following living-donor liver transplantation.METHOD: A 1-time cross-sectional qualitative interview was conducted with liver transplant recipients (n = 17) and living liver donors (n = 11) post-transplant. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed manually by using thematic content analysis.RESULTS: The mean age of the recipients and the donors was 54.41 ± 8.0 (range 39–71) and 36.6 ± 7.69 (range 28–57) years, respectively.Followingtheinterviews,2overarchingthemesemerged:(1)Becamecareproviders,and(2)differentiationin relationships after transplantation. A total of 3 sub-themes were explained under “differentiation in relationships after transplantation;” feeling guilty, becoming closer and more intense owing to a feeling of indebtedness, and putting some distance owing to a feeling of indebtedness. CONCLUSION: The study focused on the reciprocation stage according to gift-exchange theory. During reciprocation, although recipients expressed positive feelings such as gratitude, closer relationships, and special bonds; they also reported negative feelings like guilt and indebtedness resulting in a purposeful distancing from their donors. Most donors understood what the recipients felt, but they wanted their relationship to return to normal. Married female donors had worse experiences, such as divorce or a weakened marital relationship after donati
Self-Care Practices, Patient Education in Women with Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema
(Turkish Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2021-05-25) Karayurt, Ozgul; Eyigor, Sibel; Deveci, Zeynep
Objectives: This study aims to evaluate self-care practices, sociodemographic and clinical factors that affect self-care and patient education among women with breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL). Patients and methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study included a total of 102 women with BCRL (median age: 59 years; range, 35 to 80 years) who received lymphedema (LE) treatment at least once between July 2014 and May 2016. A Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics Form and the Lymphedema Self-care Survey were used to collect data via face-to-face interviews. Results: The median LE self-care practices score for women was 10 (range, 5 to 14). A total of 39.1% of the women implemented regular self-care. A statistically significant relationship was found between the score for perceived benefit of LE self-care and the score for self-care practice. No statistically significant difference was found among the self-care scores of the women with LE in terms of sociodemographic and clinical factors, except for education status. A total of 90.2% of the women with LE received self-care education, mostly from a physical therapy specialist and a physiotherapist. There was a statistically significant difference among self-care scores between patients who were educated and uneducated about LE. Conclusion: It is recommended that healthcare professionals should educate patients diagnosed with breast cancer to reduce LE risk and promote the implementation of self-care practices following the breast cancer surgery. Interventions should be made to increase the perceived benefits and reduce the perceived barriers and burden towards self-care behaviors to prevent and manage LE.