Identification of risk factors that increase household transmission of COVID-19 in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.

Introduction: COVID-19 is the greatest pandemic of the 21st century. This cross-sectional study determined the factors that cause COVID-19 transmission in the household, increase in susceptibility of contacts, and increase in contagiousness of the primary case, and developed predictive calculations for determining secondary attack rate in the household.

Methodology: A total of 701 households with positive COVID-19 test cases, and 1813 adults living in these households, were studied from August 24-31, 2020 in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.

Gender-Related Factors for Depressive Symptoms in Turkish Adolescents.

Problem: Currently more adolescents suffer from mental health problems than compared to the past.

Purpose: This study was designed to extend the knowledge of depressive symptoms in adolescence and to determine the gender-related factors associated with it.

Methods: The study sample consisted of (N = 487) adolescents.

Association between elimination disorders and abusive maternal attitudes.

Objective: Enuresis and encopresis, both conditions are very distressful to children and their family members and it is responsible for significant social and psychological consequences in children and adolescents. The present study aims to determine the rate of abusive maternal attitudes towards children and adolescents with elimination disorders (EDs) and to investigate the maternal psychological and socio-cultural factors associated with abusive parenting attitudes.

Method: N = 180 children with ED were included in the study.

The association between internet addiction and disordered eating attitudes among Turkish high school students.

Purpose: The aim of the present study is to investigate the prevalence of disordered eating attitudes (DEAs) and internet addiction (IA) among a non-clinical sample of adolescents and to investigate the relationship between IA, DEAs, and selected socio-demographic characteristics.

Methods: A total of 584 adolescents (34.8% n = 203 males and 65.

Assessment of medical students' attitudes on social media use in medicine: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Social media has created a revolution in health services. Information available on the Internet and via social media is now being used as reference guides for sensitive health issues by nonprofessionals, physicians, and medical students. When used by physicians and medical students, social media has the potential to raise issues such as the blurring of the line between professional and private lives, patient relations, and medical ethics.

Examination of the mass media process and personal factors affecting the assessment of mass media-disseminated health information.

This study examined the mass media and personal characteristics leading to health communication inequality as well as the role of certain factors in health communication's mass media process. Using both sociodemographic variables and Maletzke's model as a basis, we investigated the relationship between selected components of the mass communication process, the receiving of reliable health information as a result of health communication, and the condition of its use. The study involved 1853 people in Turkey and was structured in two parts.

Association between premenstrual syndrome and alexithymia among Turkish University students.

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a heterogeneous disorder, which includes physical, cognitive, affective and behavioral symptoms. The aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting PMS and the relationship between PMS and alexithymia. The research was performed with 308 students.