A collection of Turkish poetry : manuscript, undated

Title supplied by cataloger.

Semerat ül-fuad fi 'l-mebde ve 'l-me'ad

li-şarih il-Mesnevi Abdullah Efendi.

Münşeat-i Rıfat Efendi

Each section has separate caption title.

Dîvân-ı Yusuf Nâbî : manuscript, 1749

Title from caption.

Menâkıb-ı Mevlânâ : manuscript, [1827]

Legends about Jalāladdīn Rūmī. One lengthy story narrates a conversation the author had with Rūmī in his dream.

Nasihat-nâme-yi Muhyî : manuscript, [1572]

Written in two columns, 15 lines per page, in black with punctuation in red.

Rûz-nâme : manuscript, [1438]

Poetry on astrological significance of each day depending on positions of stars and times of day when various stars exert their influence. Arranged according to days and hours of appearance of each star.

H̲arābāt.

Preceded by a Turkish introduction by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Sāmi, and 25 p. of poetry by Ziya Paşa.

Nedim divanı.

Mode of access: Internet.

Geschichte der osmanischen dichtkunst bis auf unsere zeit.

Mode of access: Internet.

A collection of Turkish and Persian poetry : manuscript, undated

Cream laid paper with watermarks. 19.9 x 14.3 cm.

A history of Ottoman poetry,

v. 6 contains the Turkish originals.

Psychometric properties of the parents' fever management scale in a Turkish population

Aim: This paper reports a study designed to assess the psychometric properties (validity and reliability) of a Turkish version of the Australian Parents’ Fever Management Scale (PFMS). Background: Little is known about childhood fever management among Turkish parents. No scales to measure parents’ fever management practices in Turkey are available. Design: This is a methodological study. Methods: Eighty parents, of febrile children aged six months to five years, were randomly selected from the paedaitric hospital and two community family health centers in Sakarya, Turkey. The PFMS was back translated; language equivalence and content validity were validated. PFMS and socio-demographic data were collected in 2009. Means and standard deviations were calculated for interval level data and p values greater than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Unrotated principal component analysis was used to determine construct validity and Cronbach’s coefficient alpha determined the internal consistency reliability. Results: The PFMS was psychometrically sound in this population. Construct validity, confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis [KMO 0.812, Bartlett’s Specificity (χ² = 182.799, df=28, P < 0·001)] revealed the Turkish version to be comprised of the eight original PFMS items. Internal consistency reliability coefficient was 0.80 and the scale’s total-item correlation coefficients ranged from 0.15 to 0.66 and were significant (p<0.001). Interestingly parents reported high scores on the PFMS 34.52±4.60 (range 8-40 with 40 indicating a high burden of care for febrile children). Conclusion: The PFMS was as psychometrically robust in a Turkish population as in an Australian population and is, therefore, a useful tool for health professionals to identify parents’ practices, provide targeted education thereby in reducing the unnecessary burden of care they place on themselves when caring for a febrile child. Relevance to clinical practice. Testing in different populations, cultures and healthcare systems will further assist in reporting the PFMS usefulness in clinical practice and research.