Age-Specific Seroprevalence of Hepatitis A Virus in Turkey Between 2000 and 2023: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a leading cause of acute viral hepatitis and is primarily transmitted by the fecal-oral route. The clinical presentation and progression of the disease varies according to the age of the patient. Turkey is classified as a moderately endemic country, and HAV infection continues to be an important public health problem worldwide.

Healthy Life Awareness, Blood Pressure Awareness and Insight Among Adult Individuals: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Objective: To measure healthy life awareness, blood pressure awareness and insight levels, along with their predisposing factors among adult individuals.

Design: A population-based cross-sectional study.

Sample: The population consisted of adult individuals in a rural district of a city in Türkiye.

Social Media Addiction and Cognitive Behavioral Physical Activity Among Adolescent Girls: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Objective: To measure a multivariate analysis of social media addiction and cognitive-behavioral physical activity associated with several sociodemographic characteristics in adolescent girls.

Design And Methods: A cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of adolescent girls studying in a vocational high-school in the Middle-Black-Sea region in Türkiye (n = 333).

Adaptation of the health literacy survey-Europe-Q12 into Turkish culture: A psychometric study.

Rationale: Misinformation can lead to adverse outcomes on the health beliefs and behaviors of individuals. Therefore, health literacy skills are needed as a central competency to recognize the trustfulness of health-related knowledge in any resources. To ensure this, a time-efficient, skill-oriented psychometric tools are needed to measure the comprehensive general health literacy level of communities.

A qualitative study on Turkey's earthquakes, the century's catastrophe: Perspectives and coping methods of surviving nursing students.

Aim: To understand the experiences and coping strategies of nursing students who were impacted by Turkey's once-in-a-century catastrophic earthquakes in 2023.

Background: Nursing students rarely experience a disaster in person, and their imagination can be limited.

Methods: This study used a descriptive-qualitative study design.

Effectiveness of scientific research education programme on the attitudes of nursing students towards research methods course: a pre and post-implementation study.

Background: Nursing research is the key to building an evidence-based practice for nursing. It is a necessity for nursing students to be professionals and to be encouraged to conduct research.

Aims: This research was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a scientific research education program on the attitudes of nursing students towards research methods.

Nomophobia and eHealth literacy among adolescents: A cross-sectional study.

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine adolescents' nomophobia behaviors, eHealth literacy levels, and their predictive factors.

Design And Methods: A cross-sectional design was used. The population consisted of ninth, 10th, and 11th-grade adolescents (aged 14-17) in a high school in Turkiye (N = 1013).

Performance of the Enzyme Linked Fluorescent Assay in Diagnosis of HIV Infection; Comparative Evaluation with other Methods.

Background: Our study aimed to investigate the role of the enzyme linked fluorescent assay (ELFA) method in the diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection by comparing it with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and chemiluminescent microplate immunoassay (CMIA) methods and its role in the HIV diagnostic algorithm and to update the recommended algorithm for HIV testing.

Methods: We evaluated 101 HIV-reactive and 101 HIV-negative specimens. All samples were studied with the methods of anti HIV1/2 test micro-ELISA, ELFA, and CMIA.

Effectiveness of non-pharmacological community-based nursing interventions for smoking cessation in adults: A systematic review.

Objective: The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the effectiveness of non-pharmacological community-based nursing interventions for smoking cessation in adults.

Method: Studies published between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2017 were comprehensively searched to 14 databases. Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies was used to examine the methodological quality of the included studies.

Proteomic and physiological analyses to elucidate nitric oxide-mediated adaptive responses of barley under cadmium stress.

Unlabelled: Nitric oxide (NO) is known to induce plant resistance for several environmental stresses. The protective roles of NO in cadmium (Cd) toxicity have been well documented for various plant species; nevertheless, little information is available about its molecular regulation in improving Cd tolerance of barley plants. Therefore, we combined a comparative proteomics with physiological analyses to evaluate the potential roles of NO in alleviating Cd stress (50 μM) in barley ( L.

Predictors of attitudes towards nursing profession and peer caring behaviors of the nursing students: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Professionalization in nursing is interconnected with the acceptance and encouragement of professional role model manners and caring approaches among the nursing students.

Objective: To determine the predictors of attitudes towards nursing profession and peer caring behaviors of the nursing students.

Design: A single-centered, observational, cross-sectional study.

A pilot randomized controlled trial of group-based indoor gardening and art activities demonstrates therapeutic benefits to healthy women.

Background: There is mounting anecdotal and empirical evidence that gardening and art-making afford therapeutic benefits.

Objectives: This randomly controlled pilot study tested the hypothesis that participation in group-based indoor gardening or art-making activities for one hour twice a week for four weeks would provide quantifiably different therapeutic benefits to a population of healthy women ages 26-49.

Methods: A population of 42 volunteers was randomly assigned to parallel gardening or art-making treatment groups.

Growth responses and essential oil profile of L. Influenced by water deficit and various nutrient sources in the greenhouse.

L. is a medicinal plant extensively used in foods, traditional medicine, and the pharmacological industry. In the current study, the effects of different irrigation regimes [irrigation after 70 ± 5 (regular), 105 ± 5 (moderate drought stress), and 140 ± 5 (severe drought stress) mm evaporation] and nutrient sources (control, NPK, farmyard manure, foliar fertilizer, and hydrogel) were investigated on the growth parameters and essential oil (EO) components of in the greenhouse.

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in Turkish Patients with Hematological Malignancies.

Objective: Patients with solid malignancies are more vulnerable to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection than the healthy population. The outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection in highly immunosuppressed populations, such as in patients with hematological malignancies, is a point of interest. We aimed to analyze the symptoms, complications, intensive care unit admissions, and mortality rates of patients with hematological malignancies infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Turkey.

Efficacy and Safety of Ibrutinib Therapy in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Retrospective Analysis of Real-Life Data.

Objective: This study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the efficacy, safety, and survival outcome of single-agent ibrutinib therapy in chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients.

Materials And Methods: A total of 136 patients (mean age ± standard deviation: 64.6±10.

Clinical characteristics, maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Turkey.

Objectives: To evaluate clinical features, laboratory test results, maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnant patients with the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Background: COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease caused by a severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Healthy pregnant women are more susceptible to developing COVID-19.

Evaluation of inflammatuar response in hysterectomies: a retrospective study in Kocaeli, Turkey.

Objectives: The authors aimed to detect the inflammatory marker changes in laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) and abdominal hysterectomy (AH) and to determine whether oophorectomy affected the results.

Material And Methods: The patients who underwent LH and AH with or without oophorectomy between 2018 and 2019 were identified as two groups. The records of patients were reviewed retrospectively.

Proteomic analysis reveals the role of exogenous cysteine in alleviating chromium stress in maize seedlings.

Cysteine (Cys) is incorporated into several compounds which are involved in detoxification of heavy metals. It is evident from recent studies that Cys is effective in alleviating the toxicity of heavy metals. Nevertheless, little is known about the Cys-mediated alleviation of chromium (Cr) toxicity.

Proteomic analysis of the anticancer effect of various extracts of endemicThermopsisturcica in human cervical cancer cells.

Background/aim: Thermopsisturcica is a perennial species endemic to Turkey and different extracts of T. turcica have an antiproliferative effect on cancer cells, but there has not been any report on HeLa (human cervical cancer) cells.

Materials And Methods: To get a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of anticancer activity of methanolic extracts of leaves (LE) and flowers (FE) of T.

Impact of bupivacaine injection to trocar sites on postoperative pain following laparoscopic hysterectomy: Results from a prospective, multicentre, double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: Laparoscopic surgery has numerous advantages over open surgery in view of postoperative pain. In this context, to elevate its benefits and patient satisfaction, different pain management interventions have been used so far. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of bupivacaine injection to trocar sites following laparoscopic hysterectomy for the management of postoperative pain.

comparison of the cytotoxic effects of statins on U266 myeloma cell line.

Background & Objectives: Statins are one of the most widely used drugs and have antilipidemic effects as well as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic effects. It has been shown that the synergistic combinations of statins which can provide better clinical benefit in the treatment of cancer and if administered with other anticancer agents, may be an alternative treatment modality. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of administrating statin in multiple myeloma (MM) cell line on cell proliferation.