Cyprus Mental Health Institute Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology 1302-7840 2667-8225 6 1 Turkish 6 N N Y 2024 03 25 Full Length Paper Investigation of Nurse's Knowledge and Practices to Assess the Metabolic Syndrome Risks of Patients Treated in Psychiatry Clinics> Turkish Y 51 61 Elçin Babaoğlu Turkish Uskudar University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Istanbul Turkey elcin.babaoglu@uskudar.edu.tr N 0000-0002-0952-2652 Yeşim Ayar Turkish Turkey yesimayr92@gmail.com Y 0000-0002-7248-5946 10.35365/ctjpp.24.1.06 This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the knowledge and clinical practices of nurses working in psychiatry clinics to assess metabolic syndrome risks. The study carried out with 164 nurses working in adult clinics in a public psychiatric hospital in Istanbul and agreeing to participate in the research. Data were collected with descriptive features, metabolic risk assessment information and implication forms created by the researchers by scanning the literature. In the study Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney U tests was used for comparisons. The significance level was accepted as p<0.05 in all statistical calculations. The mean score of the nurses in the Metabolic Syndrome Information Form, with a maximum score of 30 for metabolic syndrome risk assessment, was 17.83 ± 6.36; In the Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Practices Form with a maximum score of 28, the mean score was found to be 18.70±5.67. It was determined that there were significant differences in the mean information scores of the nurses in terms of age, marital status, education level, professional experience, psychiatry clinic experience, the type of clinic they worked in, and the number of patients they care for (p<0.05). It was determined that there were differences in clinical practices related to metabolic syndrome in terms of educational status (p<0.05). It is recommended to increase the information and clinical practices of nurses working in psychiatry clinics on metabolic syndrome risk assessments of patients. It is recommended to organize trainings to improve the metabolic health of patients receiving psychiatric treatment and to organize research to investigate the obstacles to metabolic risk assessment. English Metabolic syndrome, Metabolic syndrome risk assessment, Nursing, Psychiatric patients, Psychotrop treatments https://www.ktppdergisi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/6.makale_Investigation-of-Nurses-Knowledge-and-Practices-to-Assess-the-Metabolic-Syndrome-Risks-of-Patients-Treated-in-Psychiatry-Clinics.pdf https://www.ktppdergisi.com/investigation-of-nurses-knowledge-and-practices-to-assess-the-metabolic-syndrome-risks-of-patients-treated-in-psychiatry-clinics_abstract/?lang=en https://www.ktppdergisi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/6.makale_Investigation-of-Nurses-Knowledge-and-Practices-to-Assess-the-Metabolic-Syndrome-Risks-of-Patients-Treated-in-Psychiatry-Clinics.pdf Turkish References 51 61