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Objective: This systematic review was conducted to determine the effects of laughter therapy on physical and mental health in individuals with different health conditions. Materials and Methods: The PICOS format was used to determine eligibility criteria in this systematic review. The PRISMA checklist was used for data summarization and result reporting. In this systematic review assessed randomized controlled trials published in Turkish and English in the EBSCO, Web of Science, Wiley Online Library, PubMed, National Thesis Center, National Academic Network and Ulakbim databases from January 2005 to November 2020. The keywords "laughter therapy OR laughter yoga" were used for the search. The quality assessment of the included studies was performed with the Critical Appraisal Checklist tool prepared by The Joanna Briggs Institute. This study was completed with 16 randomized controlled trials meeting the research criteria. Results: At the end of the study, the laughter therapy was found to be effective in reducing pain, depression, stress, and anxiety in individuals and increasing sleep quality. There was limited evidence for the effect of therapy on somatization, blood glucose, blood pressure, endorphin, and cortisol levels. Conclusion and recommendations: It was determined that laughter therapy can be considered as an appropriate approach for public health nurses to improve the physical and mental health of individuals and its effectiveness can be tested. Laughter therapy can be recommended by healthcare professionals working in hospitals or community centers as a non-pharmacological, simple, inexpensive and therapeutic method that they can benefit from in care., Objective: Laughter yoga/therapy is a non-humorous laughter inducing exercise consisting of breathing techniques and positively changes the mood. This systematic review was conducted to determine the effects of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) regarding laughter therapy on physical and mental health in individuals with different health conditions.Methods: The PICOS format was used in this systematic review. The PRISMA checklist was used for data summarization and result reporting. In this systematic review assessed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in Turkish and English in the EBSCO, Web of Science, Wiley Online Library, PubMed, National Thesis Center, National Academic Network and Ulakbim data sources from January 2005 to November 2020.Results: This study was completed with 16 RCTs meeting the research criteria. At the end of the study, the laughter therapy was found to be effective in reducing pain, depression, stress and anxiety in individuals and increasing sleep quality. There was limited evidence for the effect of therapy on somatization, blood glucose, blood pressure, endorphin and cortisol levels.Conclusion: It was determined that laughter therapy can be considered as an appropriate approach for public health nurses to improve the physical and mental health of individuals and its effectiveness can be tested. Laughter therapy can be recommended by healthcare professionals working in hospitals or community centers as a non-pharmacological, simple, inexpensive and therapeutic method that they can benefit from in care.

Objective: The study aimed to examine the effect of group reminiscence therapy among elderly people who living nursing homes. Methods: This randomized controlled trial was performed in two nursing homes in Turkey. A total of 76 elderly recruited the intervention group (n= 37) and the control group (n=39). The intervention group received reminiscence therapy in the form of group sessions lasting 30-45 minutes once a week for six weeks. The control group had no application. Data were collected using a socio-demographic form, the Loneliness Scale, Beck Depression Scale, and Life Satisfaction Scale. Results: After reminiscence therapy, Beck Depression Scale and Life Satisfaction Scale mean scores increased in elderly in the intervention group (p0.05). Conclusion: At the end of the study, reminiscence therapy was found to be a useful method for reducing depression and increasing life satisfaction in elderly.

The aim of this study was to investigate the use of school toilets and the effect factors in primary school students. The population of the study consisted of primary school students who were educated between January and May 2017 in six primary schools in Kadıköy district of İstanbul (N=706). School toilet questionnaire form was used as a data collection tool. Descriptive statistics (number, percentage, mean) and chi-square test were used for data analysis. 51.3% of the students were male and 91.7% were between the ages of 8-11. 56.4% of students use school toilets and 95.4% wash their hands after toilet use. 73.5% of the students stated that school toilets were smelly, dirty and messy, 70.4% stated that there were no paper towels to dry hands, 66.7% stated that there were no toilet paper, and 59.5% said that the toilet doors were not locked. The presence of water in the toilets, the lock on the doors and the siphon working status were among the factors affecting students' use of the school toilet (p, Bu çalışmanın amacıilköğretim öğrencilerinin okul tuvaletlerini kullanma durumu ve etkileyenfaktörleri belirlemektir. Tanımlayıcıbir çalışma olan araştırmanın evrenini İstanbul İli Kadıköy İlçesindebulunan altı ilköğretim okulunda Ocak-Mayıs 2017 tarihleri arasında öğrenim gören, ilköğretim öğrencileri oluşturdu (N=706).Veri toplama aracı olarak araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen okul tuvaletisoru formu kullanıldı. Veri analizindetanımlayıcı istatistikler (sayı, yüzde, ortalama) ve ki kare testi kullanıldı. Öğrencilerin %51.3’ü erkek, %91.7’si 8-11 yaşaralığındadır. Öğrencilerin %56.4’ü okul tuvaletlerini kullanmakta, %95.4’ütuvalet kullanımı sonrası ellerini yıkamaktadır. Öğrencilerin %73.5’i okultuvaletlerinin kötü kokulu, kirli ve dağınık olduğunu, %70.4’ü el kurulamakiçin kağıt havlu olmadığını, %66.7’si tuvalet kağıdı olmadığını, %59.5’ituvalet kapılarının kilitlenmediğini belirtti. Tuvaletlerde su olması, kapılardakilit olması ve sifon çalışma durumu öğrencilerin okul tuvaletini kullanımınıetkileyen faktörler arasındadır (p

Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to summarize evidence for the effectiveness of text message-based randomized controlled studies for the health of pregnant women. Methods: We searched the following databases from 2005 and 2015, using databases Google Scholar, Pubmed, Ovid, Cochrane Library. The question of this systematic review what are results of text message-based interventions on the health of pregnant women? Total of 15 articles was received that met the inclusion criteria for the study. After each full article was read, fifteen articles were included in this review. Results: Text message were effective on smoking cessation, weight control, diabetes management, motherhood readiness, developing negative attitudes towards alcohol consumption. Conclusion: This systematic review suggests use of text message is more practical and cost-effective method for promoting the health of pregnant women and they had a positive effect on health practices of pregnant women.

Aim: The aim of the study was to examine carpal tunnelsyndrome symptoms and functional status in office workers. Material and Method: This study is a descriptive research. Thepopulation of this research is comprised of people working in two differentbuildings private institutions in the city of Istanbul. The research wasconducted between the dates of November 2015-May 2016. The population iscomprised of 700 workers. It is aimed to reach whole population withoutsampling, but office workers intense worked and they didn’t want toparticipate, so this research was completed by contacting with 153 workers whoare voluntary for this research. Individuals were informed about the researchand verbal consents were obtained for the research. Socio-DemographicQuestionnaire and Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire were used as datacollection tools. Results: Theaverage age of the participants was 33.62±8.22, 51.6% were woman, 50.3% were marriage,12.4% were diagnosed with hand and wrist disorders. The mean score of the Symptom Severity Scaleof Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire was 1.34±4.46 (min=1, max=3) andthe mean score of Functional Status Scale was 1.24±0.40 (min=1, max=3.5). 62.1%of the workers stated that they did not have difficulty in their functions and33.3% stated that they were slightly difficult. When examined in terms ofsymptoms; it was found that 42.5% of the workers did not have signs for carpaltunnel syndrome, 47% were mild, and 9.8% were medium. There was a significantpositive correlation between the symptom severity scale and the functionalstatus scale scores (r=.67, p=0.00). As carpal tunnel symptoms increased,functional capacity insufficient increased., Amaç: Bu çalışma ofisçalışanlarında karpal tünelsendromu semptomları ve fonksiyoneldurumu belirlemek amacıyla tanımlayıcı olarak planlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem:Bu tanımlayıcı araştırmanın evrenini İstanbul ilinde bulunan özel bir şirketiniki ayrı binasında Kasım 2015-Mayıs 2016 tarihleri arasında çalışan 700 ofisçalışanı oluşturmuş, örneklem seçimi yapılmamış tüm evrene ulaşmakhedeflenmiştir. Ofis çalışanlarının yoğun iş temposu ve çalışmaya katılmakistememeleri nedeniyle, katılmaya gönüllü olan 153 bireye ulaşılmıştır. Bireyleraraştırma hakkında bilgilendirilmiş ve araştırma için sözlü onamlarıalınmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak Sosyo-Demografik Soru Formu veBoston Karpal Tünel Sendromu Anketi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılançalışanların yaş ortalaması 33.62±8.22, %51.6’sıkadın, %50.3’ü evli, %12.4’ünün el ve bilek rahatsızlıkları için tanı konmuş hastalığı bulunmaktadır. Çalışanların Boston Karpal Tünel SendromuAnketi Semptom Şiddeti Skalası puan ortalaması 1.34±4.46,Fonksiyonel Durum Skalası puan ortalaması 1.24±0.40bulunmuştur. Çalışanların %62.1’i fonksiyonlarında zorluk çekmediğini, %33.3’ühafif derece zorlandığını belirtmiştir. Semptomlar açısından incelendiğinde; çalışanların%42.5’inde karpal tünel sendromuna yönelik belirti olmadığı, %47’sinde hafifderecede, %9.8’inde ise orta derecede belirtiler olduğu bulunmuştur. ÇalışanlarınSemptom şiddeti skalası ile fonksiyonel durum skalası puan ortalamalarıarasında pozitif yönde, orta düzeyde anlamlı ilişki bulunmuştur (r=.67;p=0.00). Buna göre çalışanlarda karpal tünel sendromu semptomları attıkçafonksiyonel durum kapasitesinde yetersizlik artmaktadır.