Anxiety prevalence and affecting factors among university students.

This study provides insight into the prevalence and correlates of anxiety among university students in Bursa, Turkey. A total of 4850 students participated in the study. Students completed Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, as well as a questionnaire designed to determine risk factors of anxiety.

Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among schoolchildren aged 12-14 years in Bursa, Turkey.

Objective: To determine the hypertension prevalence and risk factors related to hypertension among schoolchildren aged 12-14 years in Bursa, Turkey.

Methods: We conducted this study at the Bursa Provincial Center between February and June 2006. Two thousand and four hundred seventy-eight schoolchildren were randomly selected.

Smoking patterns among primary school students in Turkey.

Cigarette smoking continues to be a threat to global health. The number of cigarettes smoked per person tends to increase each year, and the age of starting seems to be dropping. The research related to cigarette smoking conducted among young people generally studied high school or university students.

Prevalence of epilepsy in Bursa city center, an urban area of Turkey.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of epilepsy in the central district of Bursa, located in the western part of Turkey. The method used in this study was determined according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) on prevalence research in developing countries.

Methods: In total, 2116 individuals were interviewed between September 1, 2004, and February 1, 2005.

Headache prevalence in adolescents aged 12 to 17: a student-based epidemiological study in Bursa.

Background And Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of headaches among Turkish adolescents aged 12 to 17 years old in Bursa province of Turkey.

Methods: A multistep, stratified, cluster sampling method was used for subject selection. The estimated sample size for 12- to 14-year-old students was 1,270 and for 15- to 17-year-old students was 1,117.

Distribution of blood pressures in Gemlik District, north-west Turkey.

The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the prevalence, awareness and control of hypertension among individuals over 30 years of age and to plan a follow-up programme for the same age group. A community-based sample of 1992 individuals (952 men and 1,040 women) was selected randomly. Out of the total study population, 1,388 (69.