{"title":"The Validity and Reliability Study of the Turkish Version of the Scale for Assessing the Severity of Uncomplicated Diaper Dermatitis in Infants","authors":"Esin Keski̇n, Nurdan Akçay Didişen","doi":"10.30621/jbachs.1101510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1101510","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: The aims of this study was to validate adapt and evaluate a scale for assessing the severity of uncomplicated diaper dermatitis for infants in Turkey. \u0000 \u0000Methods: The scale’s items assess severity of erythema and irritation, extent of diaper dermatitis, papules and pustules, and open skin. Analysis was based on a convenience sample of 150 participants in Turkey. \u0000 \u0000Results: The rate of using wet wipes for babies’ bottom care was significantly high among the parents, accounting for 90.7 %. The content validity index of the scale was .98. The item-total score correlation values ranged from .725 to .898, and the Cronbach’s alpha for the entire scale was .81. \u0000 \u0000Conclusion: As a result of the analyzes and evaluations, the scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for Turkish society. It may advisable to use the scale in studies of the severity of diaper dermatitis in infants. Strengths and limitations as well as practical applications and implications of the scale for research were discussed.","PeriodicalId":40972,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45998783","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":"Investigation of Nursing Students' Views on Reflective Thinking Experiences in Clinic: “Journey to Ourselves” (Qualitative Study)","authors":"Aysegul Savci, K. Karacabay","doi":"10.30621/jbachs.1109548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1109548","url":null,"abstract":"Background and Purpose: Reflective thinking is practised in nursing education in many countries to prepare and strengthen the students in the process of change and development in healthcare. This study was aimed at investigating the views of nursing students taking a surgery course on reflective thinking experiences in the clinic. Methods: The study was conducted with nursing students taking a 2nd-grade surgery course after reflective thinking practice. The reflective thinking practice is an application included in the curriculum of applied courses. The sample of the study consisted of students who took part in reflective thinking practice within the clinical applications of the course entitled “Surgical Diseases and Nursing”. The data were analysed through content analysis. Results: We identified the themes of “problem solving”, “adding value”, “awareness” and “adding power”. Conclusion: We found that utilising reflective thinking methods in clinical applications improves students’ problem solving and reflective thinking skills, encourages the values of empathising and behaving ethically and makes students stronger in terms of professionalisation. We recommend that reflective thinking practice be conducted in clinical applications in nursing education under the guidance of educators.","PeriodicalId":40972,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48462931","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":"Psychometric Properties of the Cultural Awareness Scale: Northern Cyprus Sample","authors":"C. Öztürk, Suzan TEK AYAZ, Murat Bektaş","doi":"10.30621/jbachs.1215349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1215349","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The study was carried out a descriptive-correlational to determine the validity and reliability of the \"Cultural Awareness Scale\" on nursing students studying in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. \u0000Methods: The research was carried out with 559 students studying in a Faculty of Nursing located in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus where medium of instruction is Turkish. Data were collected with Cultural Awareness Scale and demographic questionnaire. Data were analysed content validity index, factor analysis, cronbach's alpha, split-half and item-total correlation. \u0000Results: The student mean age was 22.38, + 2.67. Of all the students, 71.4 % (n = 399) were female, 85.5% (n = 478) did not take inter-cultural nursing lessons, and 62.3% (n = 348) gave patients from different cultures care. The scale consisted of five subscales accounting for 59.4 % of the total variance. The factor loading of items varied from 0.31 to 0.88. In CFA, all fit indices are greater than 0.90. The RMSEA value is less than 0.08. All factor loading was above 0.30. The Cronbach alpha of co-efficient (CAC) of the overall scale and sub-scales were 0.86, 0.86, 0.89, 0.89, 0.87 and 0.93 respectively. \u0000Conclusion: By using this scale; researchers may measure the student cultural awareness levels, may create course curricula, and examine the change in students' cultural awareness over the years. Cross-cultural comparisons and experimental studies can be made using the scale.","PeriodicalId":40972,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43529452","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":"Evaluation of the 100 Most Cited Articles on Sjögren's Syndrome: A BibliometricAnalysis","authors":"E. Özduran, V. Hancı","doi":"10.30621/jbachs.1096610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1096610","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Our study aimed to evaluate the 100 most cited publications related to Sjögren's Syndrome (SS) in terms of their bibliometric characteristics. \u0000Methods: Our study was carried out with the appropriate keywords by using the “Web of Science (WOS) \"search engine after obtaining ethics committee approval. The search was performed on 23.06.2021, and the top 100 most cited publications were determined. The total number of citations of each publication, the annual number of citations, the authors, the information related to the study and the journal were determined. \u0000Results: In the literature analysis covering the period between 1975 and 2021, it was determined that there were a total of 22,251 publications related to SS. The total citation average of the 100 most cited articles was found to be 333.10±386.10, while the annual citation average was 18.38±21.96. The first three areas that these studies focused on were pathogenesis (42%), clinic (16%), and treatment (12%). A significant relationship was found between the publication year of the article, name and country of the journal, and the mean annual citation number. A significant relationship was found between the subject of the study and the presence of a group author in the study and both the total number of citations and the mean annual citation number (p","PeriodicalId":40972,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44003813","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}
Ömer Azaklioğlu, D. Akçay, İlhami Er, K. Akgüngör, A. Demi̇ral
{"title":"Comparison of Hybrid Techniques with 3D-Conformal Radiotherapy in Patients with Lung Cancer","authors":"Ömer Azaklioğlu, D. Akçay, İlhami Er, K. Akgüngör, A. Demi̇ral","doi":"10.30621/jbachs.1168222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1168222","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: It’s postulated that hybrid techniques (HT) with lower weighting of IMRT/VMAT component would improve lung dose-volume parameters despite some disadvantage in PTV homogeneity index (HI) and target coverage (TC). \u0000Material and Methods: Conformal plans were prepared using 6-10-15 MV-X photon energies while IMRT/VMAT plans of HTs were prepared using 6MV-X. Four HTs were developed having two different ratios (10% and 50%) of IMRT/VMAT component (h-IMRT1, h-IMRT2 and h-VMAT1, h-VMAT2, respectively). HTs were compared with 3D-CRT in terms of HI and TC for PTV, and total lung (TL) and contralateral lung (CL) V5Gy, V10Gy, V20Gy and mean lung dose (MLD). \u0000Results: All HTs were advantageous for HI and TC, while disadvantageous for TL and CL-V5Gy. H-IMRT2 provided better TC than h-IMRT1, and so did h-VMAT2 compared to h-VMAT1. Lower weighting of IMRT/VMAT decreased TL and CL-V5Gy in HTs. In addition, h-IMRT1 decreased TL and CL-MLD and CL-V20Gy compared to h-IMRT2, while h-VMAT2 decreased TL-V20Gy and CL-MLD compared to h-VMAT2. \u0000Conclusion: In the RT of lung tumors close to vertebra, it may be appropriate to suggest a ratio of IMRT/VMAT component about 10% in order to decrease the low and intermediate dose-wash lung volume, if HI and TC values are acceptable.","PeriodicalId":40972,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46599213","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}
Ö. Uğur, E. Karadağ, H. O. Çeti̇nayak, Volkan Semi̇z, F. Akman
{"title":"The Effect of Honey Therapy on the Management of Oral Mucosites in Head and Neck Cancer Patients with Chemoradiotherapy: A Randomized Controlled Study","authors":"Ö. Uğur, E. Karadağ, H. O. Çeti̇nayak, Volkan Semi̇z, F. Akman","doi":"10.30621/jbachs.1072283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1072283","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Mucositis management has an important place in the treatment of these cancer patients. Therefore, the aim of our study is to examine the effect of honey treatment on oral mucositis management in patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiotherapy. \u0000Methods: The study was planned as a randomized controlled, single-blind, parallel group study. The study was conducted on 32 patients with 16 patients in each parallel group. Five data collection tools were used to collect the research data. Patient Identification Form , Researcher Mucositis Index, VAS- Pain, Honey Management Monitoring Chart (given to the patients in the treatment group). Oral Care Management Follow-up Form (given to the patients in the control group). \u0000Results: The number of days with mucositis was similar in both parallel groups (Honey Group / Mean ± SD: 14.88 ± 7.36, Bicarbonate Group / Mean ± SD: 14.38 ± 6.33). \u0000Conclusion: Honey application has not been found to be superior to bicarbonate mouthwash on the development and staging of oral mucositis.","PeriodicalId":40972,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42356165","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}
T. Bişgin, Cahide Ayik, Deniz Cenan, B. Manoğlu, Dilek Özden, S. Sökmen
{"title":"The Risk Factors for Parastomal Hernia Development: A 8-year Retrospective Study in Colorectal Surgery","authors":"T. Bişgin, Cahide Ayik, Deniz Cenan, B. Manoğlu, Dilek Özden, S. Sökmen","doi":"10.30621/jbachs.1223861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1223861","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Although parastomal hernia is a common complication of ostomy surgery, the exact risk factors for its development remain unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and risk factors of parastomal hernia in ostomy patients. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted. The data from a cohort of 952 ostomy patients' hospital records between 2013 and 2020 were extracted and analyzed. Patients’ ostomy-related characteristics, complication notes, and the occurrence of parastomal hernia were retrieved. Results: The patients' mean age was 59.6 years (±14.4 years), and 524 (55%) of them were male. Colorectal cancer (476 patients,50%) was the most common etiology for surgery. Parastomal hernia developed in 100 (10.5%) of patients. Age >65 (OR=1.753; 95%CI=1.071-2.869), BMI >24.9 (OR=2.009; 95%CI=1.201-3.362), co-morbidity (OR=1.773; 95%CI=1.021-3.080), laparoscopic surgery (OR=5.643; 95%CI=3.113-10.230), height of ostomy (OR=1.906; 95%CI=1.122-3.236), left lower quadrant ostomy location (OR=2.252; 95%CI=1.319-3.845), prolapse (OR=7.876; 95%CI=3.571-17.372), and other ostomy-related complications (OR=2.888; 95%CI=1.179-7.074) were risk factors based on logistic regression analysis. Conclusion: The incidence of parastomal hernia was nearly one in ten patients after colorectal surgery with an ostomy. Advanced age, co-morbidity, laparoscopic surgery, the height of the ostomy, the left lower quadrant ostomy location, prolapse, and other ostomy-related complications were independent risk factors.","PeriodicalId":40972,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43495866","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":"Resolvin D1 Regulates Porphyromonas Gingivalis Lipopolysaccharide-induced Del-1 and Cytokine Expressions in Human Gingival Fibroblasts","authors":"S. Bozkurt, S. Hakki","doi":"10.30621/jbachs.1141356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1141356","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: To detect the effect of Resolvin D1 (RvD1) on Developmental endothelial locus-1 (Del-1) and cytokine expressions of human gingival fibroblast cells exposed to Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide (P. gingivalis-LPS). \u0000 \u0000Material and Methods: The effect of RvD1 on cell viability of human gingival fibroblasts exposed to P. gingivalis-LPS were determined by MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay. Meanwhile, the effect of RvE1 on Del-1 and cytokine (IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-17) expressions of human gingival fibroblasts exposed to P. gingivalis-LPS were studied by real-time PCR experiment, statistical analysis was performed using GraphPad Prism version 5 for Windows. \u0000 \u0000Results: Cell viability assay results demonstrated that RvD1 concentrations upregulated cell number compared to control group at 24 and at 72 hours. While RvD1 reduced IL-6, IL-8, IL-17 mRNA expression, IL-10 and Del-1 mRNA expression increased as a time- and dose-dependent manner. Also, IL-1β was not affected by RvD1 treatments. \u0000 \u0000Conclusion: The increased expression of Del-1 and IL-10 by RvD1 down-regulated the pro-inflammatory cytokine expressions induced by P. gingivalis-LPS in gingival fibroblast. RvD1 displayed regulatory effects on gingival inflammation in P. gingivalis LPS-induced cell culture experiment. In particular, results of study display that Del-1 induced by RvD1 may have therapeutic potential to modulate periodontal inflammation.","PeriodicalId":40972,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43523340","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}
Gonca Inanc, Burçin Akçay, M. Ozgoren, E. Şimşek, A. Öniz
{"title":"Visual Evoked Responses in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis","authors":"Gonca Inanc, Burçin Akçay, M. Ozgoren, E. Şimşek, A. Öniz","doi":"10.30621/jbachs.1191538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1191538","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: In electrophysiological studies conducted with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients, no studies examining the visual evoked potentials of AIS patients were found in conjunction with objective vertical perception. The aim of this study was to examine the visual evoked potentials of individuals with AIS and healthy individuals in terms of their brain responses. \u0000Method: Twelve AIS patients (12.75±0.86 years) and 10 healthy subjects (13.80±1.68 years) participated. A 64-channel electroencephalography (EEG) recording system, Embedded Microcontroller Unit (EMISU), visual stimulation unit, EEG cap, and video recording system were used to examine brain responses after applying visual stimulus. \u0000Results: In AIS and control groups (CG), three positive and two negative peaks were observed after applying the stimulus. In the AIS, the first and second negative, and second positive peaks, and in the CG, the second positive and negative peaks appeared significantly earlier in the frontal region. The amplitude of the third positive peak in all regions was found to be higher in the AIS. In AIS and CG, the second positive peak was found to be significantly higher in the parieto-occipital region. \u0000Conclusion: It can be deduced that AIS patients use more sources for processing the vertical visual stimuli than procedures compared to healthy individuals. In light of the findings obtained, the effect of treatments applied to AIS patients with the method used in this study can be evaluated in terms of brain responsiveness. In addition to the subjective visual perception of individuals with AIS, this method can also evaluate objective vertical perception.","PeriodicalId":40972,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48590199","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":"Validity and Reliability of The Turkish Version of The Pelvic Pain Impact Questionnaire","authors":"Tuğçe Keziban Kurt, B. Taspinar, F. Taspi̇nar","doi":"10.30621/jbachs.1178880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1178880","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Turkish translation of the Pelvic Pain Impact Questionnaire(PPIQ-T). \u0000Material and Methods: This study was conducted with 110 female patients (mean age of 43.67±11.71years), who were being treated as inpatients or outpatients in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department. Necessary permission for PPIQ was obtained and translation procedures were applied in terms of cultural adaptation. Test-retest and internal consistency were used for reliability. The correlation between the McGill Pain Instrument(MPQ) and the Short Form-36(SF-36) was looked at to determine the construct validity of the questionnaire. Additionally, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to test the factorial validity of the PPIQ. \u0000Results: Test-retest reliability's intraclass correlation coefficient(ICC) was 0.95, while the Cronbach alpha value was 0.92. Significant correlation was determined between PPIQ and SF-36 questionnaires (r= 0.62-0.78, p","PeriodicalId":40972,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46581875","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}