Pub Date : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.33880/ejfm.2022110404
E. Baltaci, N. Ozveren, Sinem Batur Kara
Aim: This study aimed to investigate various risk factors for early childhood caries in a paediatric population in Edirne, Turkey. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 1197 children aged 4–47 months old who visited family health centres for routine control. Questionnaires were used to collect data on parental- and pediatric-related variables potentially associated with early childhood caries. Oral hygiene was scored using the Visual Plaque Index, and decayed teeth, missing teeth, filled surfaces and carious teeth were recorded. We evaluated risk factors for early childhood caries using a hierarchical regression analysis model. Results: Of the 1197 children, 219 (18.3%) had dental caries. The mean age of the children in the caries group was 33±7 months old, and the mean filled surfaces and carious teeth values were 4.84±3.49 and 8.50±8.30, respectively. Younger age at the time of first tooth eruption, current height percentile higher than 96, poor oral hygiene, older age, having siblings, and paternal age younger than 30 years old at the time of the child’s birth were associated with an increased risk of early childhood caries. Conclusion: Prevention policies on caries among young children should focus on the first years of a child's life. Non-dental healthcare professionals may play an important role in being the first contact with parents in the healthcare system for anticipatory guidance. Keywords: oral health, dental caries, preschool children, risk factors, preventive care
{"title":"Social and Behavioural Risk Factors of Early Childhood Caries Among Children Aged 4–47 Months: A Cross-Sectional Study","authors":"E. Baltaci, N. Ozveren, Sinem Batur Kara","doi":"10.33880/ejfm.2022110404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33880/ejfm.2022110404","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: This study aimed to investigate various risk factors for early childhood caries in a paediatric population in Edirne, Turkey.\u0000\u0000Methods: This cross-sectional study included 1197 children aged 4–47 months old who visited family health centres for routine control. Questionnaires were used to collect data on parental- and pediatric-related variables potentially associated with early childhood caries. Oral hygiene was scored using the Visual Plaque Index, and decayed teeth, missing teeth, filled surfaces and carious teeth were recorded. We evaluated risk factors for early childhood caries using a hierarchical regression analysis model.\u0000\u0000Results: Of the 1197 children, 219 (18.3%) had dental caries. The mean age of the children in the caries group was 33±7 months old, and the mean filled surfaces and carious teeth values were 4.84±3.49 and 8.50±8.30, respectively. Younger age at the time of first tooth eruption, current height percentile higher than 96, poor oral hygiene, older age, having siblings, and paternal age younger than 30 years old at the time of the child’s birth were associated with an increased risk of early childhood caries.\u0000\u0000Conclusion: Prevention policies on caries among young children should focus on the first years of a child's life. Non-dental healthcare professionals may play an important role in being the first contact with parents in the healthcare system for anticipatory guidance.\u0000\u0000Keywords: oral health, dental caries, preschool children, risk factors, preventive care","PeriodicalId":436322,"journal":{"name":"Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124625228","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 : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.33880/ejfm.2022110402
Nur ŞİMŞEK YURT, E. Yavuz
Aim: This study aims to evaluate the factors affecting the care burden and burnout levels of caregivers with dementia patients receiving home care services. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Samsun Training and Research Hospital Home Care Services which paid a visit at home between March 20 and June 20, 2021. The caregivers of the patients who were followed up by the diagnosis of dementia were included in the study after having agreed to participate in the study with their written informed consents. The 'Socio-demographic Data Form', 'Zarit Burden Interview' and 'Maslach Burnout Inventory’ were administered to caregivers during face-to-face interviews. Results: A total of 157 caregivers were included in our study, of which 70.1% (n=110) were women. 68.2% (n=107) were in the 40-64 years age group. The mean Zarit Burden Interview score was calculated as 47.10±16.14 (min=21, max=85). 76.4% of caregivers had moderate to severe escalated care burden. Once the impact of the increase in caregiver burden score on Maslach Burnout Inventory subgroups was examined, the relationship was found to be positively significant with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and negatively significant with personal achievement. Conclusion: As the burden of care increases, the level of burnout of individuals increases. Female gender, illiteracy, lack of income, duration of care given which is prolonged for more than one year, and daily care duration exceeding 12 hours were determined as outstanding factors that increase the care burden and level of burnout. Keywords: home care services, caregivers, dementia, caregiver burnout
{"title":"Assessment of the Burden of Care and Burnout Level in Caregivers of Dementia Patients in a Home Care Setting","authors":"Nur ŞİMŞEK YURT, E. Yavuz","doi":"10.33880/ejfm.2022110402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33880/ejfm.2022110402","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: This study aims to evaluate the factors affecting the care burden and burnout levels of caregivers with dementia patients receiving home care services.\u0000\u0000Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Samsun Training and Research Hospital Home Care Services which paid a visit at home between March 20 and June 20, 2021. The caregivers of the patients who were followed up by the diagnosis of dementia were included in the study after having agreed to participate in the study with their written informed consents. The 'Socio-demographic Data Form', 'Zarit Burden Interview' and 'Maslach Burnout Inventory’ were administered to caregivers during face-to-face interviews.\u0000\u0000Results: A total of 157 caregivers were included in our study, of which 70.1% (n=110) were women. 68.2% (n=107) were in the 40-64 years age group. The mean Zarit Burden Interview score was calculated as 47.10±16.14 (min=21, max=85). 76.4% of caregivers had moderate to severe escalated care burden. Once the impact of the increase in caregiver burden score on Maslach Burnout Inventory subgroups was examined, the relationship was found to be positively significant with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and negatively significant with personal achievement.\u0000\u0000Conclusion: As the burden of care increases, the level of burnout of individuals increases. Female gender, illiteracy, lack of income, duration of care given which is prolonged for more than one year, and daily care duration exceeding 12 hours were determined as outstanding factors that increase the care burden and level of burnout.\u0000\u0000Keywords: home care services, caregivers, dementia, caregiver burnout","PeriodicalId":436322,"journal":{"name":"Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116586981","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 : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.33880/ejfm.2022110406
Erdi Ulutas, A. Tas Tuna, Abulkadir Aydin, T. Hacıbekiroğlu
Dear Editor, Preoperative anemia is a common condition among surgical patients. Its prevalence can reach up to 75%, depending on comorbidity, gender, age, and the underlying pathology necessitating surgery (1). Anemia and transfusion have been associated with increased morbidity and mortality in surgical patients, and the systematic application of a patient blood management (PBM) program in the perioperative period has consistently been found to improve patients’ clinical outcomes following surgery (2,3). PBM is an evidence-based, multimodal, multidisciplinary approach adopted to limit the use of and the need for allogeneic blood transfusions in all at-risk patients, to improve their clinical outcomes (4,5). PBM has three main objectives: improving red cell mass, minimizing blood loss, and optimizing the tolerance of anemia (6). Anemia management is an important principle of PBM. Therefore, to manage preoperative anemia treatment, we organized a specific outpatient anemia unit. Within the scope of planning, we sought answers to three questions: - Which department(s) will manage the anemia outpatient clinic? - Which department(s) will manage the detection of patients with preoperative anemia and their referrals to the outpatient clinic? - Which departments will be required to cooperate in the management of patients with anemia? Patients with anemia who were evaluated preoperatively by the anesthesia and reanimation clinic were referred to the anemia outpatient clinic opened within the family medicine clinic. The first evaluation was conducted in this outpatient clinic. Patients with iron deficiency anemia were treated after evaluation; those who required further examination and treatment were referred to the hematology clinic. A PBM outpatient anemia unit was established on January 17, 2022, at Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital. This is the first PBM outpatient anemia unit in the world. Patients with iron deficiency who are scheduled for elective surgery are referred to this unit during the preoperative period. After oral or intravenous iron treatment, their hemoglobin levels are optimized, and then their surgeries are performed. In this way, the need for blood transfusions during surgery and transfusion-related complications are reduced. At the same time, this unit plays an active role in patient follow-up during the post-surgical period. PBM is teamwork, and we believe that it would be helpful to collaborate with hematology, family medicine, anesthesiology, and surgery specialists to organize the PBM outpatient unit. It may be beneficial to establish PBM outpatient anemia units so that anemia management can be carried out regularly by a single source in hospitals. Keywords: anemia, patient care management, blood, preoperative period, iron deficiencies
{"title":"How Did We Organize a Patient Blood Management Outpatient Anemia Unit at Our Hospital?","authors":"Erdi Ulutas, A. Tas Tuna, Abulkadir Aydin, T. Hacıbekiroğlu","doi":"10.33880/ejfm.2022110406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33880/ejfm.2022110406","url":null,"abstract":"Dear Editor,\u0000\u0000Preoperative anemia is a common condition among surgical patients. Its prevalence can reach up to 75%, depending on comorbidity, gender, age, and the underlying pathology necessitating surgery (1).\u0000\u0000Anemia and transfusion have been associated with increased morbidity and mortality in surgical patients, and the systematic application of a patient blood management (PBM) program in the perioperative period has consistently been found to improve patients’ clinical outcomes following surgery (2,3). PBM is an evidence-based, multimodal, multidisciplinary approach adopted to limit the use of and the need for allogeneic blood transfusions in all at-risk patients, to improve their clinical outcomes (4,5). PBM has three main objectives: improving red cell mass, minimizing blood loss, and optimizing the tolerance of anemia (6). \u0000\u0000Anemia management is an important principle of PBM. Therefore, to manage preoperative anemia treatment, we organized a specific outpatient anemia unit.\u0000\u0000Within the scope of planning, we sought answers to three questions: \u0000\u0000- Which department(s) will manage the anemia outpatient clinic? \u0000\u0000- Which department(s) will manage the detection of patients with preoperative anemia and their referrals to the outpatient clinic? \u0000\u0000- Which departments will be required to cooperate in the management of patients with anemia?\u0000\u0000Patients with anemia who were evaluated preoperatively by the anesthesia and reanimation clinic were referred to the anemia outpatient clinic opened within the family medicine clinic. The first evaluation was conducted in this outpatient clinic. Patients with iron deficiency anemia were treated after evaluation; those who required further examination and treatment were referred to the hematology clinic.\u0000\u0000A PBM outpatient anemia unit was established on January 17, 2022, at Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital. This is the first PBM outpatient anemia unit in the world. Patients with iron deficiency who are scheduled for elective surgery are referred to this unit during the preoperative period. After oral or intravenous iron treatment, their hemoglobin levels are optimized, and then their surgeries are performed. In this way, the need for blood transfusions during surgery and transfusion-related complications are reduced. At the same time, this unit plays an active role in patient follow-up during the post-surgical period. PBM is teamwork, and we believe that it would be helpful to collaborate with hematology, family medicine, anesthesiology, and surgery specialists to organize the PBM outpatient unit. It may be beneficial to establish PBM outpatient anemia units so that anemia management can be carried out regularly by a single source in hospitals.\u0000\u0000Keywords: anemia, patient care management, blood, preoperative period, iron deficiencies","PeriodicalId":436322,"journal":{"name":"Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116809216","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 : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.33880/ejfm.2022110401
Onder Sezer, Duygu Ayhan Başer, S. Oztora, A. Caylan, H. N. Dagdeviren
Keywords and references may appear in the background of the article structure, but they are crucial at every stage, from planning the study to citation. Correctly chosen keywords and references increase findability, improve the quality of the research, convey valid information to the reader, make reading enjoyable and increase the number of citations. Writing guidelines have been developed as a requirement for these issues. Writing guidelines provide rules for many stages of the article such as title, abstract, keywords, text content, table and figure layout, and rules for citation of references. Preparing an article using writing guidelines avoids confusion and helps to present information in a standardized way. Thus, publishers and authors present their work to the scientific world in an organized manner. Keywords: research activities, manuscript, publishing, authorship, medicine in literature
{"title":"The Importance of Keywords and References in a Scientific Manuscript","authors":"Onder Sezer, Duygu Ayhan Başer, S. Oztora, A. Caylan, H. N. Dagdeviren","doi":"10.33880/ejfm.2022110401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33880/ejfm.2022110401","url":null,"abstract":"Keywords and references may appear in the background of the article structure, but they are crucial at every stage, from planning the study to citation. Correctly chosen keywords and references increase findability, improve the quality of the research, convey valid information to the reader, make reading enjoyable and increase the number of citations. Writing guidelines have been developed as a requirement for these issues. Writing guidelines provide rules for many stages of the article such as title, abstract, keywords, text content, table and figure layout, and rules for citation of references. Preparing an article using writing guidelines avoids confusion and helps to present information in a standardized way. Thus, publishers and authors present their work to the scientific world in an organized manner.\u0000\u0000Keywords: research activities, manuscript, publishing, authorship, medicine in literature","PeriodicalId":436322,"journal":{"name":"Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine","volume":"1975 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125695132","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 : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.33880/ejfm.2022110403
Zeynep Ebru Sener, K. Marakoğlu, S. Sener
Aim: In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the excessive daytime sleepiness, anxiety and depression symptomatology in normal-weight, overweight and obese individuals. Methods: In the study, 605 people who applied to the family medicine outpatient clinic between 2020 November 25 and 2021 March 5 were included. The questionnaire form evaluating the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale were administered using a face-to-face interview technique. Results: Overweight status in primary school, high school/adolescence, and university/twenties were higher in obese than in overweight. Additionally, it was higher in overweight than in normal weight. The risk of being overweight was 2.19 times higher and the risk of being obese was 6.07 times higher than those with obesity in their family compared to those who did not. Excessive daytime sleepiness was 2.95 times higher in obese than in normal weight. Anxiety symptoms were 1.97 times higher in obese than in normal weight. Depression symptoms were 2.77 times more in overweight and 2.99 times more in obese compared to normal-weight individuals. Conclusion: As a result of this study, it was revealed that excessive daytime sleepiness, anxiety and depression symptomatologies are more common in obese compared to normal weight. Keywords: obesity, overweight, depression, anxiety, disorders of excessive somnolence
{"title":"Evaluation of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, Anxiety and Depression Symptomatologies in Obesity","authors":"Zeynep Ebru Sener, K. Marakoğlu, S. Sener","doi":"10.33880/ejfm.2022110403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33880/ejfm.2022110403","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the excessive daytime sleepiness, anxiety and depression symptomatology in normal-weight, overweight and obese individuals.\u0000\u0000Methods: In the study, 605 people who applied to the family medicine outpatient clinic between 2020 November 25 and 2021 March 5 were included. The questionnaire form evaluating the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale were administered using a face-to-face interview technique. \u0000\u0000Results: Overweight status in primary school, high school/adolescence, and university/twenties were higher in obese than in overweight. Additionally, it was higher in overweight than in normal weight. The risk of being overweight was 2.19 times higher and the risk of being obese was 6.07 times higher than those with obesity in their family compared to those who did not. Excessive daytime sleepiness was 2.95 times higher in obese than in normal weight. Anxiety symptoms were 1.97 times higher in obese than in normal weight. Depression symptoms were 2.77 times more in overweight and 2.99 times more in obese compared to normal-weight individuals.\u0000\u0000Conclusion: As a result of this study, it was revealed that excessive daytime sleepiness, anxiety and depression symptomatologies are more common in obese compared to normal weight.\u0000\u0000Keywords: obesity, overweight, depression, anxiety, disorders of excessive somnolence","PeriodicalId":436322,"journal":{"name":"Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine","volume":"118 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115031582","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 : 2022-09-30DOI: 10.33880/ejfm.2022110302
S. Oztora, Gozde Betul Gokcen, H. N. Dagdeviren
In addition to vaccination being the most effective method of protection against infectious diseases, health organizations such as World Health Organization and Center for Disease Control and Prevention have reported that deaths due to infectious diseases have decreased and some diseases have been eradicated thanks to vaccination. Nevertheless, since the discovery of the first vaccine, anti-vaccination is a concept that has always existed. While individual immunity is achieved through vaccination, community immunity is achieved when a sufficient majority of the community is vaccinated. Ensuring community immunity is important to protect people who cannot be vaccinated due to special circumstances from infectious diseases. The more people who are vaccinated, the less likely it is that unvaccinated people will come into contact with the disease agent. Therefore, the frequency of that disease in the community also decreases. According to data of World Health Organization, vaccination currently prevents 3.5-5 million deaths each year from diseases such as influenza, measles, diphtheria, diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus. Health literacy is a multifaceted concept that addresses people's capacity to meet health demands in modern societies. Health literacy is linked to literacy and includes the motivation and competencies of individuals in the process of accessing, understanding, evaluating and applying health-related information. Health literacy is associated with overall health status, hospitalizations, mortality rates and health care costs. Improving health literacy is therefore crucial to improve the relationship between individuals and the health system. Information about vaccines is complex and understanding this information requires a certain level of literacy. Therefore, if people have low levels of health literacy, it will be difficult to communicate this information to them. While health literacy is important in influencing an individual's perception of immunization, immunization is also important for public health. Keywords: vaccines, immunity, health literacy
{"title":"Anti-Vaccination and Its Growing Importance","authors":"S. Oztora, Gozde Betul Gokcen, H. N. Dagdeviren","doi":"10.33880/ejfm.2022110302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33880/ejfm.2022110302","url":null,"abstract":"In addition to vaccination being the most effective method of protection against infectious diseases, health organizations such as World Health Organization and Center for Disease Control and Prevention have reported that deaths due to infectious diseases have decreased and some diseases have been eradicated thanks to vaccination. Nevertheless, since the discovery of the first vaccine, anti-vaccination is a concept that has always existed.\u0000\u0000While individual immunity is achieved through vaccination, community immunity is achieved when a sufficient majority of the community is vaccinated. Ensuring community immunity is important to protect people who cannot be vaccinated due to special circumstances from infectious diseases. The more people who are vaccinated, the less likely it is that unvaccinated people will come into contact with the disease agent. Therefore, the frequency of that disease in the community also decreases. According to data of World Health Organization, vaccination currently prevents 3.5-5 million deaths each year from diseases such as influenza, measles, diphtheria, diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus.\u0000\u0000Health literacy is a multifaceted concept that addresses people's capacity to meet health demands in modern societies. Health literacy is linked to literacy and includes the motivation and competencies of individuals in the process of accessing, understanding, evaluating and applying health-related information. Health literacy is associated with overall health status, hospitalizations, mortality rates and health care costs. Improving health literacy is therefore crucial to improve the relationship between individuals and the health system.\u0000\u0000Information about vaccines is complex and understanding this information requires a certain level of literacy. Therefore, if people have low levels of health literacy, it will be difficult to communicate this information to them. While health literacy is important in influencing an individual's perception of immunization, immunization is also important for public health.\u0000\u0000Keywords: vaccines, immunity, health literacy","PeriodicalId":436322,"journal":{"name":"Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126075797","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 : 2022-09-30DOI: 10.33880/ejfm.2022110301
A. Caylan, Busra Paspal, H. N. Dagdeviren
Quality indicators is defined as nominal, ordinal or quantitative measures of health care quality in order to provide effective, safe and human-centered health care. They are the most important tools in monitoring quality. Quality indicators are widely used in many countries, including Türkiye, to evaluate and improve the quality of care in the health system. Quality indicators in primary care in Türkiye started to be implemented in 2017 by the Ministry of Health with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Health Care Quality Indicators Turkey project. According to this project Turkey includes 9 categories. These are Primary Health Care (preventable hospital admissions), Primary Care (prescribing), Acute Care, Mental Health Services, Patient Safety, Patient Experiences, Cancer Care, Infectious Disease Care, Dementia Health Services. The Category of Primary care has seven quality indicators. Although it was introduced in 2017 it is not widely used in primary care. Primary care plays an important role in the promotion of health care. Therefore, using quality indicators will be helpful in this process. Keywords: chronic disease, family physician, quality ındicators, health care
{"title":"Quality Indicators for Chronic Diseases in Primary Care","authors":"A. Caylan, Busra Paspal, H. N. Dagdeviren","doi":"10.33880/ejfm.2022110301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33880/ejfm.2022110301","url":null,"abstract":"Quality indicators is defined as nominal, ordinal or quantitative measures of health care quality in order to provide effective, safe and human-centered health care. They are the most important tools in monitoring quality. Quality indicators are widely used in many countries, including Türkiye, to evaluate and improve the quality of care in the health system. \u0000\u0000Quality indicators in primary care in Türkiye started to be implemented in 2017 by the Ministry of Health with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Health Care Quality Indicators Turkey project. According to this project Turkey includes 9 categories. These are Primary Health Care (preventable hospital admissions), Primary Care (prescribing), Acute Care, Mental Health Services, Patient Safety, Patient Experiences, Cancer Care, Infectious Disease Care, Dementia Health Services. \u0000\u0000The Category of Primary care has seven quality indicators. Although it was introduced in 2017 it is not widely used in primary care. \u0000\u0000Primary care plays an important role in the promotion of health care. Therefore, using quality indicators will be helpful in this process. \u0000\u0000Keywords: chronic disease, family physician, quality ındicators, health care","PeriodicalId":436322,"journal":{"name":"Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121257033","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}
Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the opinion of secondary medical school students in Kosovo about nursing. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted with 1282 secondary medical school students from four regions of Kosovo through random sampling. Data were collected from March to May 2018 by a questionnaire designed for this study from the researchers. It consisted of two sections, the sociodemographic part and the second part about opinion and perceptions about the nursing profession. Continuous variables are summarized as mean and standard deviation (SD), categorical variables are summarized as frequency (n) and percentages (%). Chi square (x2) test is used to analyze the difference between categorical variables Results: The family had a proactive impact on the choice of the study program for their child. More than half of the students had a favourable opinion of nursing prior to enrolling in secondary medical school. After enrolling in the study program, more than two-thirds of students (72.2%) have a favourable opinion of nursing. More than half of the students (52.6%) believe that the community perceives nursing positively. Conclusion: Most of the secondary school students have a positive opinion about nursing and think that community have a positive opinion as well. The secondary medical school plays an important role in the improvement of student’s opinion about nursing. Keywords: opinions, nurses, students, secondary schools, Kosovo
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Pub Date : 2022-09-30DOI: 10.33880/ejfm.2022110304
U. Cevik Guner, Dondu Batkin Erturk, M. Koç
Aim: Children with disabilities are more vulnerable than non-disabled children. The family is the key point in preventing and starting violence against children. However, data on the violence sensitivity and violent discipline used by parents with disabled children are quite insufficient. This study aimed to determine violence sensitivity and violent discipline used by parents with disabled and non-disabled children. Methods: One hundred and fifty-five parents (with 60 disabled and 95 non-disabled children) completed the Violence Sensitivity Towards Children Scale with sociodemographic and disciplinary practices information form. Results: In this study, it was determined that the Violence Sensitivity Towards Children Scale’s mean score of the parents with disabled children (41.66±5.30) was lower than that of the parents with non-disabled children (44.18±4.94), and the difference between them was statistically significant. It was also found that the percentages of discipline used by the parents with disabled children and of the parents with non-disabled children were 96.7% and 84.2%, respectively, and using verbal violence most frequently. A statistically significant difference was found between the two groups only in terms of verbal and physical violence. Conclusion: The study concludes that parents with disabled children are less sensitive to violence against their children and they resort to violent discipline more than parents with non-disabled children. Keywords: disabled children, parents, violence
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Pub Date : 2022-09-30DOI: 10.33880/ejfm.2022110306
Songül Duran, Ç. Aydin
Aim: The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between basic psychological needs and academic achievement in Healthcare Services Vocational High School students. Methods: The researchers conducted the descriptive correlational study with Healthcare Services Vocational High School students in a university. The target population of the study included the Healthcare Services Vocational High School students (n=174) and the sample included 139 students. The researchers collected the data via the Personal Information Form and the Basic Psychological Needs Scale. The researchers calculated the grade-point averages of the students via the end-of-term grade-point averages. Results: Mean age of the students was 19.91±2.20 years. Of the students, 65.5% were female, 51.1% were freshman students and 75.5% received education in the Elderly Care Program. The mean Basic Psychological Needs Scale Autonomy subscale score was 26.06±4.33, the mean Competence subscale score was 19.06±3.59 and the mean Relatedness subscale score was 28.51±4.90. The researchers found statistically significant correlations between the relatedness subscale scores and grade-point averages of the students in a positive direction. Conclusion: Findings of the present study demonstrated that the basic psychological needs of the students were met. As the relatedness scores of the students increased, their grade-point averages increased. Keywords: students, psychologic tests, academic achievement
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