The association between COVID-19 anxiety levels and tobacco use among patients within a smoking cessation polyclinic.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the anxiety level of smokers and the relationship between smoking behavior and COVID-19 anxiety level.

Methods: Our study was planned as a descriptive cross-sectional survey. A 32-question face-to-face questionnaire containing the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) and the Fagerström test for nicotine dependence (FTND) was administered to 349 patients who had applied to the smoking cessation polyclinic between 15 May 2021 and 1 August 2021.

Routine Pediatric Vaccination During Pandemic: Attitudes of Parents.

Objective: To examine the effects of a pandemic on children's routine vaccination between 0 months and 24 months and to determine the affecting factors on vaccination during the pandemic.

Materials And Methods: Our study was conducted between July 17, 2020, and August 1, 2020, among 513 mothers whose children were aged between 0 months and 24 months old. A total of 21 questions were asked to participants' sociodemographic characteristics and attitudes and behaviors towards pediatric vaccines during the pandemic.

Relationship between initial symptoms and prognosis of patients with Covid-19.

Objective: Aims to describe the initial symptoms most related to the prognosis of Covid-19.

Design: This is a retrospective cross sectional, quantitative, data analyzed study. SITE: This study was made in the family medicine centers (n=82) of Çorlu district of Tekirdağ province, in Turkey.

Prevalence of HBsAg seropositivity during pregnancy and evaluation of vaccination programs: A multicenter study in Turkey.

Objective: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a global public health problem. Among its modes of transmission, vertical transmission from mother to child during pregnancy is exceedingly important. This study investigated seropositivity for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) among pregnant women aged 16-49 years and their pregnancy outcomes in several health institutions (university and state hospitals, family health centers) from seven cities in Turkey.

Recommending immunizations to adolescents in Turkey: a study of the knowledge, attitude, and practices of physicians.

: The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of family physicians and pediatricians in regard to adolescent immunization.: The study was conducted from March to May 2017. A total of 665 physicians participated.