Treatment Adherence of Anti-TNF Drugs in the Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Scale Development Study.

Background: This work studies the validity and reliability of the Anti-TNF Alpha Treatment Adherence Scale, which has newly been developed to measure the compliance of inflammatory bowel disease patients using the anti-TNF alpha agents that are widely used in gastroenterology and rheumatology clinics.

Methods: The study group consisted of 165 irritable bowel disease patients aged 18 years and above who were using anti-TNF alpha drugs. After creating a question pool with 40 items, the pilot study was applied with 70 patients.

Ineffective esophageal motility assessment in patients with and without pathological esophageal acid reflux.

Ineffective esophageal motility (IEM), defined as minor esophageal motility disorder, is also the most common esophageal motility disorder. The relationship between gastro-esophageal reflux disease is still controversial. Our aim in this study is to evaluate whether there are differences in terms of demographic, endoscopic, or motility findings between IEM patients with pathological esophageal acid reflux and physiological reflux.

In the Turkish News: Coronavirus and "Alternative & complementary" medicine methods.

Background And Object: The object of this study is to analyze the complementary and alternative treatments for the prevention of COVID-19/Coronavirus in the Turkish news.

Material And Method: The sample of this descriptive study consisted of 160 news articles published between 11 March and 11 April 2020 on the websites of the three highest-circulating newspapers throughout the nation. A quantitative media context analysis method, consisting of 14 questions and 2 sections was employed to evaluate news on the newspapers.

Investigation of the effect of web-based diabetes education on metabolic parameters in people with type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: The study was done experimentally to test the effect of diabetes on body mass index (BMI), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose and postprandial blood glucose.

Methods: In the randomization performed, with 80 percent power, 80 people with Type 2 diabetes were found to be suitable for sampling. Personal data forms were filled in by conducting a face-to-face interview with both the experimental and control groups for randomization purposes.

Opinions of hemodialysis and peritoneum patients regarding depression and psychological problems which they experience: A qualitative study.

Background: Dialysis are the treatment modalities that affect the quality of life. The objective of this qualitative study is to reveal how hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients perceive depression and psychological problems which they experience.

Methods: An interpretative phenomenological analysis approach, as espoused by Smith and Osborn provided the framework for this study.

The Turkish version of the Rome III criteria for IBS is valid and reliable.

Background/aims: In this study, we aimed to provide the usage of the Rome III criteria for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in the healthcare field by conducting validity and reliability studies in Turkey and to facilitate diagnosis of these patients.

Materials And Methods: Item analysis of the Rome III criteria was performed, and the test was applied to 79 patients after their consistency had been validated with expert opinion. After the first application, the retest was applied to 77 cases, and the consistency between the two applications was examined by kappa analysis.