Tablet and inhaled controller medication refill frequencies in children with asthma.

Poor medication adherence is an important problem in children with asthma. This study compared prescription refill frequencies between tablet and inhaled medications in children aged 3 to 18 years with mild (n = 45) and moderate (n = 52) persistent asthma over 4 months. Refill frequencies were higher for tablet versus inhaled medications in both groups (mild: 69% vs.

Turkish military personnel's expectations for health care services provided to them.

Objective: The goal was to determine the expectations of patients using the health care services provided in the health care institutions of Turkish Armed Forces (TAF).

Methods: This study was performed between August 2002 and March 2003, with an open-ended question placed on the World Wide Web site of TAF Health Command. The framework was an intranet, which is a special Internet structure across the TAF institutions.

Effects of electromagnetic radiation from a cellular phone on human sperm motility: an in vitro study.

Background: There has been growing public concern on the effects of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted by cellular phones on human health. Many studies have recently been published on this topic. However, possible consequences of the cellular phone usage on human sperm parameters have not been investigated adequately.

Some sociodemographic and diagnostic characteristics of military patients treated in the Department of Medical Oncology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy.

Today, chronic diseases have increased importance. Cancer, for which 10 million new cases are diagnosed around the world each year, is in the lead of such diseases. This study included military personnel with cancer who applied to the Department of Medical Oncology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, in the period between 1998 and 2003, and it aims to describe some sociodemographic and diagnostic characteristics of the patients.

A study of the opinions and behaviors of physicians with regard to informed consent and refusing treatment.

Objective: To examine the opinions and the self-reported behaviors of physicians regarding the issues of informed consent and refusing treatment.

Design: This study was performed between July and September 2003, with 51 physicians selected by simple random sampling. The data were collected by using a questionnaire.

The frequency and effecting factors of consanguineous marriage in a group of soldiers in Ankara.

This cross-sectional study was carried out to investigate the frequency of consanguineous marriage in a group of army conscripts in Ankara and the factors affecting this. Of 4153 soldiers, 387 were married. The rate of marriage between first cousins was found to be 19.

Training enlisted men on sexually transmitted diseases and preparation of a training model.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are serious public health concerns in many countries. One of the main strategies in prevention of STDs is training people who are at high risk for STDs. We aimed to train enlisted men in the Turkish Armed Forces while they served their compulsory military service because every healthy Turkish man has to complete this service and they are at high risk for STDs, as well.

How medical students use the computer and Internet at a Turkish military medical school.

The aim of this study was to determine how medical students use the computer and World Wide Web at a Turkish military medical school and to discuss characteristics related to this computer use. The study was conducted in 2003 in the Department of Public Health at the Gulhane Military Medical School in Ankara, Turkey. A survey developed by the authors was distributed to 508 students, after pretest.

Horizontal transmission of hepatitis B virus in children with chronic hepatitis B.

Aim: To determine the possible routes of intrafamilial transmission pattern in pediatric cases of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.

Methods: In this descriptive retrospective study, 302 children with chronic HBV infection from 251 families and their parents attending the Social Security Children's Hospital and Doctor Sami Ulus Children's Hopsital in Ankara between December 1998 and May 2000, were enrolled in. Screenings and diagnosis of chronic HBV infections were established according to the Consensus 2000.

Determination of the reasons for unfitness for military service in Turkey.

This study aims to evaluate the frequencies and diagnosis types of cases in which young adult males were classified as unfit for military service before or during military service. This cross-sectional study was conducted between November 1998 and October 1999 by investigating the military medical board records of 21,985 "unfit" cases. Unfit for military service decisions were based on any of 436 different diagnoses.