Pub Date : 2023-04-01DOI: 10.53424/balikesirsbd.1140101
Fatma Zehra Genç, N. Bilgili
Amaç: Araştırmada huzurevinde yaşayan bireylerde kinezyofobi (hareket etme korkusu), nedenleri ve ilişkili faktörlerin değerlendirilmesi amaçlandı. Gereç ve Yöntem: Konya il merkezinde bulunan Huzurevi Yaşlı Bakım Rehabilitasyon Merkezi’nde yaşayan dâhil edilme kriterlerine uyan 86 yaşlı birey ile araştırma yürütüldü. Veriler kişisel bilgi formu, Tampa Kinezyofobi Ölçeği, Kinezyofobi Nedenleri Ölçeği, Berg Denge Ölçeği ve Otur Kalk Testi ile toplandı. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde Mann Whitney U testi, Kruskal Wallis testi ve Lineer regresyon modeli kullanıldı. Bulgular: Huzurevinde yaşayan yaşlı bireylerin ortalama Tampa Kinezyofobi ölçek puanı 43,72 olarak bulundu. Kinezyofobi nedenleri incelendiğinde biyolojik alandaki ölçek puanı daha yüksek bulundu. Regresyon analizi sonucunda ise kinezyofobi ile ilişkili faktörlerin hareket etmek için yardımcı araç kullanma, sürekli ilaç kullanma, günlük aktivitelerde denge sorunu yaşama durumu ve Otur Kalk Testi puanı olduğu belirlendi. Oluşturulan model tarafından bağımlı değişkeninin %53.4’lük kısmı açıklanabilmektedir. Huzurevinde yaşayan yaşlı bireylerde kinezyofobi yüksek bulundu. Sonuç: Yardımcı araç kullanan, sürekli ilaç kullanan, denge sorunu olan ve alt ekstremite gücü düşük olan bireylerde kinezyofobi daha yüksektir. Yaşlı bireylerin kapsamlı geriatrik değerlendirilmesinde kinezyofobiye de odaklanılmalı, kinezyofobinin önemi ve nedenleri hakkında bireyler bilgilendirmelidir.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-22DOI: 10.53424/balikesirsbd.1240449
Askeri Turken, H. Balsak, Fatma Ayhan
Depression Levels and Associated Factors in Individuals with Hereditary Neuromuscular Disease ABSTRACT Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine depression and anxiety levels in individuals diagnosed with Hereditary Neuromuscular Diseases (HNMDs) with differing degrees of ambulation, and the factors affecting those levels. Materials and Methods: The study population in this descriptive study consisted of patients under follow-up with diagnoses of HNMD at the Gazi Yaşargil Education and Research Hospital muscular diseases clinic. One hundred fifty-nine patients with varying degrees of ambulation were included. The study data were collected using a sociodemographic data form, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Functional Ambulation Classification (FAC). Results: The participants’ mean age was 21.03 ± 9.35 years, and 55.3% were male. Physical ambulation levels were nonfunctional in 24.5% of participants, dependent on supervision in 15.7%, and independent in 59.7%. A significant part of the participants had moderate or severe anxiety levels. The general BAI score was 20.44±10.25, and the general BDI score was 21.03±9.35. Mild and severe depressive symptoms were present in 76.1% of the participants. Advanced age (p
{"title":"Depression Levels and Associated Factors in Individuals with Hereditary Neuromuscular Disease","authors":"Askeri Turken, H. Balsak, Fatma Ayhan","doi":"10.53424/balikesirsbd.1240449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53424/balikesirsbd.1240449","url":null,"abstract":"Depression Levels and Associated Factors in Individuals with Hereditary Neuromuscular Disease \u0000ABSTRACT \u0000Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine depression and anxiety levels in individuals diagnosed with Hereditary Neuromuscular Diseases (HNMDs) with differing degrees of ambulation, and the factors affecting those levels. Materials and Methods: The study population in this descriptive study consisted of patients under follow-up with diagnoses of HNMD at the Gazi Yaşargil Education and Research Hospital muscular diseases clinic. One hundred fifty-nine patients with varying degrees of ambulation were included. The study data were collected using a sociodemographic data form, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Functional Ambulation Classification (FAC). Results: The participants’ mean age was 21.03 ± 9.35 years, and 55.3% were male. Physical ambulation levels were nonfunctional in 24.5% of participants, dependent on supervision in 15.7%, and independent in 59.7%. A significant part of the participants had moderate or severe anxiety levels. The general BAI score was 20.44±10.25, and the general BDI score was 21.03±9.35. Mild and severe depressive symptoms were present in 76.1% of the participants. Advanced age (p","PeriodicalId":247163,"journal":{"name":"Balıkesır Health Sciences Journal","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125600315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-17DOI: 10.53424/balikesirsbd.1212963
Eda Ünal, M. Aydin, Aysel A. Özdemir
ABSTRACT Objective:The aim of this study is to examine the experiences of intensive care nurses in the process of providing care to COVID-19 patients. Material and Methods:A qualitative descriptive design was used. Twenty intensive care nurses participated with the purposeful sampling method. The data was collected through semi-structured WhatsApp web video calls. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results:Two main themes were obtained: (1) psychological impact; (2) physical impact.Conclusion: The psychological and physical impacts of nurses who had to work during the COVID 19 pandemic affected patient care and personal lives. Keywords: COVID-19, Intensive Care, Nurse, Experience, Qualitative Study
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Pub Date : 2023-03-15DOI: 10.53424/balikesirsbd.1134501
Didem COŞKUN ŞİMŞEK, Ulviye Günay
Objective: This descriptive and cross sectional study was carried out to analyse the effective speaking skills and coping attitudes of pediatric nurses. Method: The population of the study consists of 251 nurses working in pediatric clinics of two hospitals in the eastern region of Turkey. The data in the study were collected with Descriptive Information Form, Effective Speech Skills Scale and Coping Attitudes Assessment Scale. Results: It was found that pediatric nurses had a mean effective speech scale total score of 50.96 ±16.92 and a mean coping scale total score of 157.75±26.69. Positive significant association was found between mean effective speech scale sub-dimension scores and total scores and between mean coping attitude scale sub-dimension scores and total scores. Conclusions: It was found that descriptive characteristics of pediatric nurses such as age, years of working as a nurse and weekly working hours were effective on their effective speech skills and coping attitudes. It was found that nurses used their coping attitudes effectively as their effective speech skills developed. Effective speech skills of pediatric nurses were moderate. When nurses are faced with stressful events, they use their coping attitudes effectively
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Pub Date : 2023-03-09DOI: 10.53424/balikesirsbd.1173346
Serap BULUT ÇÖBDEN, İ. Özcan, Mustafa Alkaya, A. Kaya, Yunus Kantekin
Background and Aim: Despite extensive research, the physiopathology and clinical course of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still not fully understood. It is not known why some COVID-19 patients develop pneumonia while others are asymptomatic or have only mild upper respiratory tract symptoms. The tonsils are an element of the immune system that provide first-line defense against microorganisms entering the body via the upper respiratory tract. This study aimed to evaluate the role of tonsils in preventing the development of COVID-19 pneumonia. Materials and Methods: The study included 198 patients aged 20-40 years who presented to the pandemic outpatient clinic, had confirmed COVID-19 infection, and had no comorbidities. The relationship between lung involvement and history of tonsillectomy was analyzed. Results: Of the 198 patients in the study, 108 were male, 90 were female, and the mean age was 34.7 years. Eighty-three (41.9%) of the patients did not have lung involvement and 115 (58.1%) had lung involvement. Twelve (10.4%) of the patients with lung involvement and 3 (3.6%) of the patients without lung involvement had a history of tonsillectomy. The prevalence of pneumonia did not differ statistically between the groups (p>0.05). Conclusion: Although there was no statistically significant relationship between COVID-19 pneumonia and tonsillectomy in this study, we observed that pneumonia developed in 80% of the 15 patients who underwent tonsillectomy. This suggests that greater caution in terms of lung involvement may be warranted for tonsillectomized patients with COVID-19.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.53424/balikesirsbd.1109630
A. Şahan, Ayla Açıkgöz, Selda Yörük, Döndü Güler
Amaç: Bu çalışmada COVID-19 pandemisi sırasında evde yaşayan 65 yaş ve üstü bireylerdeki yalnızlık algısı ve bunu etkileyen faktörlerin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Kesitsel tipte yapılan bu araştırmanın verileri Türkiye’nin Sakarya İlinde yaşayan, tabakalı örnekleme yöntemi ile belirlenen 1093 yaşlı bireyden toplanmıştır. Örnekleme ulaşma oranı ise %97.9 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Verilerin toplanmasında Tanımlayıcı Veri Kayıt Formu ve Yaşlılar İçin Yalnızlık Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırma sonucunda, yalnızlığın yaşlılar için önemli bir risk faktörü olduğu belirlenmiş, buna ek olarak katılımcıların medeni durumu, ikamet ettiği yer, eğitim, çalışma ve gelir durumları, birlikte yaşadığı kişiler, genel sağlık algısı, hobi varlığının yalnızlık duygusunda etkili olduğu saptanmıştır. Bu araştırmada elde edilen sonuçlar, Türkiye’de ve Dünya da sayısı gittikççe artan yaşlı nufüsun ruh sağlığına ve yaşam kalitesine olumsuz etkisi olan yalnızlığı ve bunu etkileyen faktörleri ortaya koyması bakımından önemlidir. Pandemi, sürecinde yaşlıların gereksinimlerine ve risk faktörlerine karşı duyarlı, uygulanabilir ve koruyucu politikalar benimsenmelidir. Bu dönemde yaşlıların ruh sağlığını korumaya yönelik multidisipliner bir ekiple evde bakım hizmetlerinin niteliği artırılabilir.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-28DOI: 10.53424/balikesirsbd.1080326
Maysoon FAYİZ ALMASHAYEKH, Niusha Eivazzadeh, M. Yeşiltaş
In an atmosphere of pressure, tension and division of work, Nurses’ performance is one of the most basic challenges that healthcare services face. The reason for this is that performance is linked to work satisfaction and stress on one hand, and management, funding, and organizational growth on the other. Furthermore, Nurse's performance is naturally connected to patient safety. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between job satisfaction impact on nursing performance and to find out how the job stress play as a moderate variable effect on the relationship between job Satisfaction and nursing performance. To obtain information regarding demographic data, job performance, job satisfaction and job stress from participants, a survey questionnaire was conducted to nurses in one of the public hospital, Marfa hospital, in the United Arab Emirates after taking the approval from hospital administration. The hospital administration sent a link to all nurses to fill in the survey questionnaire. 111 out of total 120 nurses participated to the survey. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Software, version 21, was used for data input and analysis. To test the hypothesis, two different statistical analyses were utilized, namely Pearsons correlation analysis and liner regression analysis. The study finds that there is a positive correlation between nurses’ job satisfaction and nursing performance. In addition, the job stress moderator negatively affected on the relationship between job satisfaction and nursing performance. This research useful to health care managements to develop and enhance polices and rules to increase satisfaction and decrease job stress to enhance the nursing performance.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-27DOI: 10.53424/balikesirsbd.1244214
M. Serbes, Sanem Nemmezi Karaca
Objective: Anaphylaxis is under-recognized and undertreated by physicians, indicating critical knowledge gaps. This study aimed to assess the knowledge levels of anaphylaxis among family physicians (FPs) as they are the primary first-line healthcare providers and identify the factors influencing their knowledge levels. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study using an internet-based Google Forms questionnaire was conducted among voluntary FPs in Sivas, Turkey. Demographic features, including age, years in practice, career position, and knowledge related to the diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis in children were assessed. Results: A total of 149 FPs participated in the survey (34 [24.3%] general practitioners [GPs], 20 [14.3%] contracted family physicians [CFPs], 74 [52.9%] residents in training [RITs], and 12 [8.6%] specialists). The number of participants who correctly answered all questions regarding diagnosis, acute treatment, and epinephrine auto-injector use was 11 (7.9%), 52 (37.4%), and 27 (19.3%), respectively. In diagnosing anaphylaxis, 100 (72.5%) participants were unaware that anaphylaxis can occur without skin manifestations, and only 48 (34.8%) identified gastrointestinal symptoms as a possible anaphylaxis presentation. RITs (11, 14.9%) and specialists (2, 16.7%) had better performance on the questionnaire, with higher proportions of participants who answered all questions correctly, compared to GPs (2, 5.9%) and CFPs (1, 5.0%). Attendance at an educational activity in the last year was the only independent factor associated with answering all questionnaire items correctly. Conclusion: There is a need to improve anaphylaxis recognition and management among all FPs regardless of their career position and work experience, underlining the importance of regular and updated educational interventions.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-22DOI: 10.53424/balikesirsbd.1243098
Emrah Özcan, Esma Deri̇nöz, B. Keyik, Ömür Karaca, Tuğba Gi̇rgi̇n, İ. Kuş, A. Vatansever
Objective: Occipital artery anatomy should be well known in order to minimize complications that may occur in the occipital artery, which is closely adjacent to this nerve, during greater occipital nerve blockade. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the morphometric relationship of the occipital artery with neighboring anatomical structures in order to prevent damage during clinical applications. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out using CTA images of the head and neck region of patients who applied to Balikesir University Medical Faculty Training and Research Hospital for various reasons between 2015 and 2021. In the study, CTA images of 85 individuals aged 35-63 years were evaluated morphometrically using Radiant DICOM viewer 64-bit computer software. The obtained data were transferred to SPSS Version 25 software and analyzed quantitatively. Results: According to the results obtained from the study, no significant difference was found between the variables and genders. As the age of the individual increased, it was observed that the left occipital artery was located more inferolateral to the external occipital protuberance. As a result of the data obtained, a negative correlation was observed between the closest distance between the right OA-ML and the right EOP-ML and the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra. Conclusion: In line with the average values obtained as a result, it is thought that an injection to the central point of the triangular area, which is formed as a result of combining the reference points in the posterior occiput, may be safer in order to protect the occipital artery.
目的:在大枕神经阻滞术中，应熟悉枕动脉解剖，以减少与该神经密切相邻的枕动脉可能发生的并发症。本研究旨在评估枕动脉与邻近解剖结构的形态计量关系，以防止在临床应用中造成损伤。材料与方法:本研究采用2015年至2021年间因各种原因向巴利克西尔大学医学院培训与研究医院申请的患者头颈部CTA图像进行。在研究中，使用64位计算机软件Radiant DICOM viewer对85例35-63岁个体的CTA图像进行形态计量学评估。将所得数据转入SPSS Version 25软件进行定量分析。结果:根据研究结果，各变量与性别之间无显著差异。随着个体年龄的增长，我们观察到左枕动脉位于枕骨外隆突的更外侧。根据所获得的数据，观察到右侧OA-ML和右侧op - ml之间的最近距离与第七颈椎棘突之间呈负相关。结论:根据结果得到的平均值，认为在枕后参考点结合形成的三角形区域中心点注射可能更安全，以保护枕动脉。
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Pub Date : 2023-02-20DOI: 10.53424/balikesirsbd.1215528
Y. Kanbay, H. Sarikaya, Aysun Akçam, Sevil Çınar Özbay, M. Fırat
Objective: This study aimed to develop a theoretical form based on Lawshe’s method in order to evaluate the presentations in the light of scientific and objective criteria in educational environments. Materials and Methods: In this respect, literature was reviewed and a items pool was created, then a draft form was created by taking expert opinion (n: 12), and finally the trial form was re-submitted to the expert assessment (n: 25). The form was finalized by calculating the content validity ratio (CVR), content validity index (CVI) and the Fleiss Kappa coefficient. Results: In Lawshe’s method, the content validity ratio (CVR) should be at the significance level (α) = 0.05 with a minimum value of 0.44, so that the findings obtained from 25 experts can be considered valid. For this reason, CVR was calculated for each item in the trial form and all items were found to be above the required level of 0.44. In the next step, CVI was computed for the obtained 20 items, and determined as 0.88. The content validity of the form was concluded to be statistically significant since the value of CVI (0.88) was observed to be higher than CVR (0.44). Concordance between experts was examined for the reliability of the form. To this end, Cohen kappa coefficient was calculated and found to be 0.84. Conclusion: As a result, Kanbay form which was developed to evaluate students’ presentations in educational programs in an objective and scientific way, was concluded to be statistically valid and reliable.
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