This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the correlation between the coping styles and depression, anxiety, and stress levels of individuals living in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was conducted using an online questionnaire (Socio-demographic Form; Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21; Coping Styles Scale) and it included 483 individuals. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Independent Samples t-test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Hosmer-Lemeshow and Scheffe tests, Pearson Correlation, and Binary Logistic Regression analyzes were used to analyze the data. There was a negative correlation between the participants’ self-confident and optimistic coping styles mean scores and their depression, anxiety, and stress mean scores. There was a positive correlation between the participant...
BACKGROUND/AIMS It is important to determine the relationship between depression and the sexual functions of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). MATERIAL and METHODS This research is a descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational study that consisted of 104 patients with COPD who were referred to the Chest Diseases Polyclinic of the Medical Faculty Hospital of one university between October 2016 and April 2017. The data of the study were collected using 3 data collection tools: the Personal Information Form, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale (ASEX). RESULTS The results show that 20.2% of patients with COPD had severe depression. Furthermore, women with chronic obstructive lung disease were found to have more sexual probl...