Determination of Workload, Work Stress and Related Factors in Nursing Home Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey.

Unlabelled: COVID-19 has caused a major crisis all over the world. To manage this crisis, a fixed shift system was applied to nursing home staff in Turkey to protect nursing home residents from the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff were not allowed to leave the institution during fixed shifts.

Effects on Turkish ice cream employees' musculoskeletal pain of a physical activity and ergonomics improvement program in the workplace.

. This study aimed to investigate the effects of a physical activity and ergonomics improvement program (PAEIP) on employees' musculoskeletal pain. The sampling group included 120 employees who met the criteria and were randomly assigned to the intervention group ( = 57) and the control group ( = 63).

The Effect of Peer Education on Decision-Making, Smoking-Promoting Factors, Self-Efficacy, Addiction, and Behavior Change in the Process of Quitting Smoking of Young People.

Purpose: The study aims to examine the effect of peer education on the decision to quit smoking, factors that encourage smoking, self-efficacy, addiction, and behavior change in students who apply to the Youth Friendly Center to quit smoking.

Participants And Methods: This research is a Randomized Controlled Trials study. The experimental group consisted of students who were enrolled in the peer education course (n=759).

Effect of a nurse-led hypertension management program on quality of life, medication adherence and hypertension management in older adults: A randomized controlled trial.

Aim: This study evaluated the effects of a nurse-led hypertension management program on quality of life, medication adherence and hypertension management in older adults.

Methods: A total of 74 hypertensive older adults residing in two different nursing homes were randomized to the intervention group (n = 37) or control group (n = 37). The intervention group participated in a training program consisting of 20 weeks of health education and motivational meetings.

The relationship between insomnia and trait anger and anger expression among adolescents.

Problem: Sleeplessness and inadequate sleep may cause an adolescent to experience reduced self-control and behavioral problems that include anger and an inclination toward crime. This study aimed to examine the relationship between insomnia and trait anger and anger expression among adolescents.

Methods: The study was conducted with 749 students from 27 high schools who were selected by using the stratified cluster sampling method.

The impact on adolescents of a Transtheoretical Model-based programme on fruit and vegetable consumption.

Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of a Transtheoretical Model-based programme titled 'Fruit & Vegetable-Friendly' on the fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption of adolescents.

Design: A quasi-experimental study. The 'Fruit & Vegetable-Friendly', a multicomponent intervention based on the Transtheoretical Model, was completed in eight weeks.

The Effect of Nurse-Led Diet and Physical Activity Program for Health on Diet and Physical Activity Behavior of Children.

Background: Many health problems encountered in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood periods arise from problematic eating behavior, an unhealthy dietary approach, and inactive lifestyles. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the Diet and Physical Activity Program for Health, under the leadership of a nurse, on the dietary and physical activity behaviors of children.

Methods: This study was planned in a quasi-experimental design with pretesting, posttesting, follow-up testing, and a control group.

The Family Management of Childhood Chronic Conditions: Measurement in a Turkish Sample.

Purpose: The principal aim of this study was to adapt the FaMM into the Turkish language and test its validity and reliability.

Design And Methods: Data were collected from a total of 395 parents of children with chronic disease. The FaMM was translated using the translation and back-translation method.

Can expressed prostatic secretions effect prostate biopsy decision of urologist?

Objectives: To evaluate the frequency of NIH category IV prostatitis, and the use of expressed prostatic secretions tests in an effort to improve the reliability of prostate specific antigen as an indicator, to avoid unnecessary prostate biopsy.

Materials And Methods: 178 expressed prostatic secretion positive patients with serum prostate specific antigen levels of ≥ 2.5 ng / mL were included in present prospective study.

The effect of an aggressive behavior prevention program on kindergarten students.

Objectives: This quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest control group was conducted to determine the effects of the "Aggressive Behavior Prevention Program (ABPP)" on kindergarten students. The program was based on Social Cognitive Theory.

Design And Sample: The study was carried out with 90 children (intervention group = 45, control group = 45) who were registered in the kindergarten of a primary school.

Achieving consensus on the undergraduate curriculum of public health nursing in Turkey.

Objective: The aim of this study was to construct a consensus on the undergraduate learning objectives and topics for public health nursing (PHN) in Turkey.

Design: A three-round e-mail-based Delphi study was conducted between May and July 2015 with a national sample.

Sample: Ninety-one academics from 54 universities were invited as experts to participate by e-mail.

Anti-inflammatory effect of rosuvastatin decreases alveolar bone loss in experimental periodontitis.

The effects of systemically administered rosuvastatin on alveolar bone loss (ABL), cytokine levels and oxidative status were investigated in rats with ligature-induced periodontitis. Rats were divided randomly into four groups: a non-ligated group (C); a non-ligated+rosuvastatin group (R); a ligated group (P); and a ligated+rosuvastatin group (PR). Ligatures were placed at the maxillary second molars, and rosuvastatin was administered for 14 days.

Comparison of a New and Rapid Method: Brucella Coombs Gel Test With Other Diagnostic Tests.

Background: The aim of this study was to detect reliability of Brucella Coombs gel test (BCGT) by comparing with with ELISA (IgG + IgM), Standard agglutination test, and Brucella immunocapture agglutination methods in serological diagnosis of brucellosis.

Methods: Brucella Coombs gel test (BCGT), Brucella ELISA (IgG + IgM), Standard agglutination test, and Brucella immunocapture agglutination tests of 78 patients with presumptive diagnosis of brucellosis which were sent to Microbiology Laboratory of Konya Numune Hospital from various regions of Konya were studied.

Results: Of 78 patients with ELISA IgG and IgM, STA, BICA and BCGT; 26, 21, 10, 12 and 12 were positive.

Is a Cholestrol-Enriched Diet a Risk Factor for Alveolar Bone Loss?

Background: This study aims to investigate the effects of a 2% cholesterol-enriched diet on alveolar bone loss (ABL) and serum levels of pro-oxidants and antioxidant enzymes in rats with experimental periodontitis.

Methods: Rats were randomized into the four groups: 1) group C (standard diet/periodontally healthy); 2) group Hc (high-cholesterol diet); 3) group HcP (high-cholesterol diet/periodontitis); and 4) group P (standard diet/periodontitis). All rats were fed for 8 weeks.

Validity and Reliability of Sun Protection Behavior Scale among Turkish Adolescent Population.

Purpose: The aim of this research was to adapt the Sun Protection Behavior Scale (SPBS) to Turkish and to perform validity and reliability analyses.

Methods: The scale was administered to a total of 900 adolescents, the retest to 91 adolescents. The construct validity of the scale was evaluated using exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).

A prospective, randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of clean intermittent catheterization versus triamcinolone ointment and contractubex ointment of catheter following internal urethrotomy: long-term results.

Purpose: Our aim was to evaluate clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) results in combination with triamcinolone ointment and contractubex ointment for lubrication of the catheter after optical internal urethrotomy (OIU).

Methods: Ninety patients who underwent OIU were randomized into three groups. Two weeks after operation, patients were treated with CIC (group A), triamcinolone ointment CIC (group B), and contractubex ointment CIC (group C).

Smoking and desire to quit smoking behavior in a sample of Turkish adolescents.

Introduction: The age of starting the habit of smoking, one of the top causes of many illnesses, is usually in the period of adolescence. This study was conducted to determine students' smoking status and to explore their desire to quit and their experiences during the cessation process.

Methods: This descriptive study was performed with 934 adolescents between the ages of 14 and 20 years at a vocational high school located in Istanbul, Turkey.

Decisional balance and self-efficacy for sun protection: measurement among Turkish adolescents.

Background: Sun protection is important for skin cancer prevention, but many adolescents do not protect themselves from the sun. Instrumentation derived from the transtheoretical model (TTM) can be used to study the process of change in health behaviors like sun protection.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to translate and adapt TTM-based decisional balance and self-efficacy for sun protection scales from English to Turkish and assess psychometric properties of scores when the scales are used among Turkish adolescents.

Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the situational self-efficacy scale for fruit and vegetable consumption in adolescents.

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to examine the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the situational self-efficacy scale for vegetable and fruit consumption in adolescents.

Design: This was a methodological study.

Setting: The study was conducted in four public secondary schools in Istanbul, Turkey.

Impact of a healthy nails program on nail-biting in Turkish schoolchildren: a controlled pretest-posttest study.

This study was conducted to examine the effect of a healthy nails program on nail-biting in Turkish schoolchildren. This quasi-experimental study was of pretest-posttest control group design. A total of 50 students of a primary school formed the intervention group, while 53 students from the same school formed the control group.

Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of Children's Somatization Inventory.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Children's Somatization Inventory (CSI) in Turkish schoolchildren and adolescents.

Methods: The CSI was translated using translation and back-translation. The participants were 813 schoolchildren, adolescents and their parents (n=453).