Evaluation of the emergency nutrition response in Malatya after Türkiye-Syria earthquake.

The Türkiye-Syria earthquake struck eleven provinces directly in Türkiye on 6 February 2023. Emergency nutrition care is indispensable for sustaining the lives of victims and rescue personnel. To optimally support their well-being, emergency food must be both healthy (i.

Measurement of Patient's Perception Levels With Reference to Physician's Empathy: Private Hospitals Scenario.

Purpose This study aims at understanding the empathy of doctors and the perception level of patients about it. The survey was conducted including doctors and patients who were cured by these doctors. Methods Patient's Perception Scale of Physician Empathy and Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy were applied to 70 physicians who worked at 35 private hospitals in Istanbul and 420 patients who received health services from these physicians.

The role of geriatric assessment tests and anthropometric measurements in identifying the risk of falls in elderly nursing home residents.

Objectives: To determine the relation among the risk of falls, geriatric assessment, and anthropometric measurements, including the mini mental state examination, geriatric depression scale, handgrip test, and key pinch test.

Methods: This prospective study included 89 residents hospitalized between May 2014 and September 2015 in the geriatric care unit of the Istanbul Balikli Rum Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Patients were followed-up for one year, and their falls were recorded.

Anthropometric measurements may be informative for nursing home-acquired pneumonia.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between anthropometric measurements and Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia (NHAP) risk.

Methods: Consecutive patients of 65 years or elderly who were living in the Balikli Rum Hospital Nursing Homes were included in this prospective study. At the beginning of this study, the patients' anthropometrics values were measured.

Examining job satisfaction among perfusionists: a brief report from Istanbul.

Objective: To investigate the level of job satisfaction among perfusionists in Turkey.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from March to April 2012 comprising a randomly selected group of 52 perfusionists from public and private healthcare institutions in Istanbul. The questionnaire contained items about the socio-demographic characteristics of the perfusionists and an instrument especially designed to investigate their job satisfaction.