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{"title":"The Role of in Vivo Tests in the Diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Reactions Due to Quinolones and Their Importance in Cross-Reactions","authors":"H. Ateş, K. Aksu, Dilek Çuhadar Erçelebi, Ş. Türkyılmaz, Buket Başa Akdoğan, Özlem Özdedeoğlu, Gözde Köycü Buhari, İlkay Koca Kalkan","doi":"10.5505/amj.2022.02222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/amj.2022.02222","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30639,"journal":{"name":"Ankara Medical Journal","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79054853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Glycemic Regulation in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Effects of Motivational Interviewing","authors":"Mehmet Akif Kıral, G. Cansu","doi":"10.5505/amj.2022.87854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/amj.2022.87854","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: Motivational interviewing (MI) is a convenient and effective counseling technique with positive effects on patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), which provides a positive influence on their treatments/follow-up and help them to adopt health-enhancing behaviors. This study investigates whether MI has an effect on improving glycemic control in T2DM patients. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study enrolling 76 follow-up T2DM patients at a family health center who received MI. As a control group, age- and gender-matched 33 T2DM patients who were followed at the same family health center and did not receive MI were recruited. All patients were compared for their age, gender, marital status, education status, duration of diabetes, and HbA1c levels. Results: In the MI group, T2DM patients had a mean follow- up duration of 22.63±11.93 (3 -38) months vs. 24.33±11.29 (3 -36) months in the non-MI group (p=0.489). At the end of this follow-up period, the HbA1c level dropped from 8.30±2.10% to 7.68±1.48% (p=0.006) in the MI group, whereas the decrease in the non-MI group was from 8.12±2.14% to 7.93±1.16% which was not statistically significant (p=0.504). Conclusion: In this study, it was shown that MI provided a significant decrease in HbA1c levels in T2DM patients. MI helps blood sugar regulation by creating lifestyle changes in T2DM patients. MI is a method that can be applied in clinical practice by family physicians working in primary care, who play an important role in the follow-up and treatment of T2DM patients.","PeriodicalId":30639,"journal":{"name":"Ankara Medical Journal","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86797078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How Does a Woman's Reproductive and Breast-Feeding History, Weight, Height, Body Mass Index, Breast Size and Breast Density Affect The Radiation Dose She Takes During Mammography?","authors":"Leman Günbey Karabekmez, K. Ercan","doi":"10.5505/amj.2022.71224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/amj.2022.71224","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30639,"journal":{"name":"Ankara Medical Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88987127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effects of intuitive eating on mental well-being and eating behaviors of health workers","authors":"Sedef Duran, Gülsüm Bozkurt, D. Doğan, Sümeyye Aygen, Ezgi Yildirim","doi":"10.5505/amj.2022.99897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/amj.2022.99897","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30639,"journal":{"name":"Ankara Medical Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88619954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Acupuncture Decreases Attack Frequency and Improves Disability in Patients with Migraine Without Aura: A Randomized Controlled Trial","authors":"Rabia Rukiye Akinci, Y. Çayır, N. Bilge","doi":"10.5505/amj.2022.41196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/amj.2022.41196","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: This study investigated the effect of acupuncture treatment on attack frequency, pain intensity, and disability in patients with migraine without aura that received prophylaxis treatment. Materials and Methods: Eighty-four patients with migraine without aura were randomized to the intervention group (IG; n=42) and control group (CG; n=42). IG received 12 sessions of Acupuncture in addition to prophylaxis treatment. CG received only prophylaxis treatment. The primary outcome measures were monthly attack frequency, duration of attacks and pain severity during attacks. The secondary outcome measure included a change of Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) scores from baseline to endpoints. All participants were followed up for three months. Results: A total of 80 participants completed the study. There were no statistically significant differences between the IG and CG for either socio-demographic features or the outcome measures at baseline. VAS score decreased from 8.8±0.9 to 3.9±1.5 in IG, while it decreased from 8.7±0.8 to 4.4±2.4 in CG (p=0.001). After three months mean monthly attack frequency decreased from 7.2±3.0 to 3.3±2.3 in IG, while it decreased from 6.3±3.3 to 4.4±2.4 in CG (p=0.040). The mean duration of attacks was 12.1± 2.6 hours before intervention; it decreased to 3.1 ±1.7 hours in IG (p=0.002). There was a significant ly higher proportion of participants in IG who had MIDAS Grade 2 compared to those with CG (42.50% versus 2.50%) at the end of the study (p=0.001). Conclusion: Acupuncture may be suggested as a complementary treatment option to optimize the clinical management of patients with migraine without aura via decreasing attack frequency and pain severity, also improving disability. This randomized-control trial was carried out between March-September 2018 at Atatürk University Research and Practice Center for Acupuncture and Complementary Therapy Modalities and Atatürk University Medicine Faculty Department of Neurology. The study was performed in adherence to Helsinki Declaration, which is a guideline for clinical trials. The acupuncture treatment was documented in accordance with Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA). The written informed consent form was obtained from all the participants. This study is registered on the website of ClinicalTrials.gov (www.clinicaltrials.gov) with the number NCT04542811. The primary were of and during According to the guidelines of the IHS for Clinical Trials in the participants documented each migraine attack day in a month at pain-free intervals of least 48 hours and durations of the in hours. 12 The pain severity during attacks was measured using a 10-point visual analog scale (VAS). While 0 indicates no pain, ten indicates the most severe pain imaginable. The secondary outcome measure included a change of Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) scores from baseline to endpoints. The MIDAS questionnaire is an ordinary rating sca","PeriodicalId":30639,"journal":{"name":"Ankara Medical Journal","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76882406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"One of the Causes of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection: Bifid Collecting System- A Case Report","authors":"Hilal Aksoy, Halise Keçik, Filiz Bayar, I. Fidancı, Duygu Ayhan Başer","doi":"10.5505/amj.2022.70456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/amj.2022.70456","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30639,"journal":{"name":"Ankara Medical Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84306559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impacts of Diabetes on Families with a Child Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Influencing Factors","authors":"S. Karahan, Ezgi Agadayi, N. Çelik","doi":"10.5505/amj.2022.44522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/amj.2022.44522","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30639,"journal":{"name":"Ankara Medical Journal","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73631787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can ischemia modified albumin level be regarded as an indicative marker of ulcerative colitis and its activity?","authors":"M. Cengiz, Abdurrahman Sahin, O. Sarı","doi":"10.5505/amj.2022.44342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/amj.2022.44342","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30639,"journal":{"name":"Ankara Medical Journal","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73084750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Peripheral Lymphadenopathy and Infections: Evaluation of 197 Cases","authors":"Ö. Aydın, Begüm Bektaş, P. Ergen, B. Çobanoğlu","doi":"10.5505/amj.2022.39214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/amj.2022.39214","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: In our study, we aimed to evaluate the causes of peripheral lymphadenopathy (LAP). Materials and Methods: Patients older than 18 years old who were diagnosed with LAP and underwent peripheral lymph node biopsies between 01.11.2017 and 01.01.2020 were included in the study. The demographic data and histopathological findings of the patients were retrospectively reviewed on the computer database of the hospital. Results: One hundred ninety-seven adult patients in total were included in the study, 51.27% (n=101) of whom were female. The rates of fever, night sweats, and weight loss symptoms were detected as 8.63%, 13.70%, and 20.30%, respectively. Excisional biopsy was performed in 93.40% of the patients, and the most frequently excised lymph node was the axillary node at a rate of 40.10%. According to the results of the histopathological analyses, the most common etiology was malignancy, and the second one was infectious, at 31.98% and 29.95%, respectively. Malignancy was caused by lymphoma in 93.65% of the cases, whereas the infectious etiology was caused by tuberculosis at 74.58%. A specific diagnosis could not be made for 26.90% of the cases, and their outpatient follow-up was continued. Conclusion: Although LAP is often associated with infections, it also occurs as a manifestation of malignant diseases. In our study, the most common etiology was malignant diseases. Infections were the second most common etiology, and among infections, tuberculosis was the leading one. LAP is a frequently encountered clinical condition that is difficult to manage. To avoid delays in diagnosis, patients should be carefully evaluated and followed closely. Although a specific diagnosis cannot always be made, histopathology remains the gold standard for diagnosis.","PeriodicalId":30639,"journal":{"name":"Ankara Medical Journal","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81643757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of Covid-19 pandemic on sexual life: What is the situation in an urban region of Turkey?","authors":"Begum Kurt, Sanem Nemmezi Karaca","doi":"10.5505/amj.2022.64614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5505/amj.2022.64614","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: It was aimed to evaluate the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on couples' sexual life and to investigate whether any difficulties were faced in supplying the proper counseling in family planning. Materials and Methods: Volunteers who attend to family medicine outpatient clinic were recruited in the study to complete a cross-sectional online survey. Participants were asked to sociodemographic characteristics, used family planning methods, difficulty in accessing the method, development of unplanned pregnancy, Covid infection of the spouses, and retrospectively report their sexual behavior frequency, desire, and relationship satisfaction during and before the pandemic. Then International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF), and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) were administered. Results: A total of 195 volunteers whose mean age was 40±7.94 participated in the study. Difficulty in accessing family planning methods was 3.59%, and the unintended pregnancy rate was 57.14%. Sexual intercourse frequency was once a month or less for 17.95% and once a week or more for 67.18%. A decrease in sexual intercourse was observed in 33.33%. Erectile dysfunction was detected in 68.92%. Sexual dysfunction was found in 52.07% of the women. The mean FSFI score was 23.77 ± 8.27, while the median IIEF score was 60. The frequency of sexual intercourse, and change in sexual desire were not influenced by Covid-19 pandemic. Conclusion: Sexual life in both genders was not regressed, but access to methods and counseling about family planning was negatively affected by Covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, unintended pregnancies were observed at higher rates even in a highly educated population during the Covid-19 pandemic. © Ankara Medical Journal.All rights reserved.","PeriodicalId":30639,"journal":{"name":"Ankara Medical Journal","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82114047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}