Is there a relationship between occupational noise and hearing levels, sleep quality, and QoL of the factory workers?

Objectives: We assessed the hearing level, sleep quality, depression status, and life quality of the employees.

Methods: The research group contains 380 (56.7%) of 669 employees working in the factory.

Effect of exposure to violence on the development of burnoutsyndrome in ambulance staff.

Background/aim: The aim of this study is to determine the condition of ambulance staff (AS) who have been exposed to any kind of violence and to predict risk of development of burnout syndrome.

Materials And Methods: Our study was performed with 120 AS working for the Kırıkkale Ambulance Services. During the research, questionnaires collecting descriptive information and the extent of violence to which the AS were exposed were administered; participants were asked to fill out the questionnaire themselves.

Carbon monoxide poisoning cases presenting with non-specific symptoms.

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colourless and odourless gas appearing as a result of incomplete combustion of carbon-containing fuels. Many domestic or occupational poisonings are caused by CO exposure. Malfunctioning heating systems, improperly ventilated motor vehicles, generators, grills, stoves and residential fires may be listed in the common sources of CO exposure.

Workplace Violence in the Health Sector in Turkey: A National Study.

Violence in the workplace is an increasing occupational health concern worldwide. Health care workers are at high risk of assault. To develop, monitor, and manage prevention policies, baseline data should be available.

Symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders among ammunition factory workers in Turkey.

The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of symptoms of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and to determine the risk factors among ammunition factory workers in Turkey. This cross-sectional study was performed on 955 ammunition factory workers. Potential risk factors were investigated with a questionnaire and multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed.

Effects of long-term low-level solvent exposure on cognitive function.

Purpose: The effects of long-term low-level exposures to solvents on cognitive function were investigated.

Methods: A total of 389 workers at a gun factory, those exposed to solvents (n = 193) and those that were not exposed to solvents during work (n = 196), were included. All the workers were given a questionnaire.

[The evaluation of abstracts presented at the 5th Congress of National Trauma and Emergency Surgery].

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate demographics, methodological data and writing style of abstracts presented at the 5th Congress of National Trauma and Emergency Surgery.

Methods: Study design, institutions and number of authors, appropriateness of the title, use of a structured abstract, word count, fluency, accuracy of the statistical evaluation, and conclusionabstract accordance were assessed in 451 abstracts.

Results: Nearly 49% of abstracts were retrospective and 29% were case reports in design.

Five annual observations of respiratory findings in gun factory workers exposed to solvents.

Objective: We investigated whether long-term, low-level exposures to solvents had adverse longitudinal effects on pulmonary functions.

Methods: The study was performed on 1091 workers 5 years ago and then on 697 workers 5 years later. Chronic respiratory symptoms were recorded using a questionnaire on respiratory symptoms.

[The evaluation of academic emergency department design].

Background: In our study which was based upon a questionnaire, the inner and outer architectural designs of emergency services of Emergency Medicine Departments were investigated.

Methods: In this descriptive study, a standard questionnaire was sent to 26 Emergency Medicine Departments which were operating at that time. In the questionnaire, the internal, external architectural and functional features were questioned.

Effect of body mass index on quality of life in allergic/asthmatic patients.

Evaluation of quality of life (QoL) is of particular interest in patients suffering from chronic diseases. Although studies have shown an association between QoL and obesity and allergy/asthma, the effect of obesity on QoL is not well known. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of body mass index (BMI) as a contributory factor on QoL in patients with a diagnostic label of allergy/asthma.

Prevalence of primary tethered cord syndrome associated with occult spinal dysraphism in primary school children in Turkey.

The prevalence and associated factors of primary tethered cord syndrome (PTCS) in primary school children were investigated. A cross-sectional study was performed in four demographically different primary schools in Turkey. Demographic, familial and physical data were collected from 5,499 children based on enuresis as a predominant symptom and dermatologic and orthopedic signs as clues of occult spinal dysraphism.

Gold and gold-palladium coated polypropylene grafts in a S. epidermidis wound infection model.

Background: The use of non-absorbable mesh grafts in both abdominal wall defects and inguinal hernias are impossible in the presence of contamination. This study was conducted for evaluation of the efficiencies of polypropylene mesh grafts coated with gold and palladium-gold.

Materials And Methods: Ten piece of 1 x 2 cm of polypropylene mesh grafts were used in each group of naïve, gold-coated, and palladium-gold-coated.

Seroprevalence of tetanus immunity among noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients.

Tetanus is a preventable disease that continues to affect people in both developing and developed countries. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the immunity profile to tetanus in patients with Type II diabetes mellitus (DM) and to compare them with healthy controls. The tetanus antitoxin levels in 310 diabetic patients (104 males and 206 females) and in 200 healthy controls (72 males and 128 females) were measured by ELISA (Virotech, Germany).