{"title":"Investigation of Total Antioxidant Status and Total Oxidant Status with Seizure Types in Patients with Epilepsy","authors":"B. Taşlıdere, F. Uslu, Ertan Sönmez, Ş. Selek","doi":"10.4274/cjms.2022.2022-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/cjms.2022.2022-11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41370,"journal":{"name":"Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76316238","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 Impact of Taking Math Courses on Nursing Students’ Skills to Calculate Drug Dosage: A Comparative Study","authors":"Hülya Fırat Kılıç, Seda Cevheroğlu","doi":"10.4274/cjms.2020.2939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/cjms.2020.2939","url":null,"abstract":"H, Cevheroğlu S. The Impact of Taking Math Courses on Nursing Students’ Skills to Calculate Drug Dosage: A Comparative Study. ORCID authors: H.F.K. Abstract BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study evaluated the impact of taking math courses on nursing students’ skills to calculate drug dosage. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Two different groups of undergraduate nursing students constituted the sample of this comparative descriptive study. The first group was composed of 66 students who attended a fundamentals of nursing course. The second group was composed of 70 students who attended a fundamentals of nursing course and basic mathematics course after the change in nursing curriculum. Data were collected using a personal information form and drug dosage calculation skills test. RESULTS: Students who attended the math course obtained significantly higher scores on the drug dosage calculation skills test. Students who had a lower cumulative grade point average received lower scores on the drug dosage calculation skills test. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that departments of nursing may cooperate with the faculty of education and include basic mathematics courses in the curricula of nursing departments","PeriodicalId":41370,"journal":{"name":"Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences","volume":"323 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80629344","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":"Opinions and Attitudes of Nursing Students Towards Distance Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic","authors":"Seda Cevheroğlu, S. Tastan, Seda SÜMER DALKIRAN","doi":"10.4274/cjms.2021.2021-54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/cjms.2021.2021-54","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study aimed to determine the opinions and attitudes of nursing students towards distance education during the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research was designed as a descriptive study. Two hundred ten students of a nursing department of a private university in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, who received distance education in the spring semester of 2019-2020 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, constituted the sample of this study. The participants were asked to complete an online survey which included a descriptive information form, an Opinions on Distance Education Scale (ODES) and an Attitude Scale towards Distance Education (ASDE).RESULTS: The mean age of the participants was 21.62 +/- 1.90 and 55.7% used their mobile phone to participate in distance education. The mean internet use was 6.58 +/- 0.27 hours per day and 74.4% had internet access problems. The mean scores obtained from the ODES and ASDE were 45.50 +/- 0.77 and 95.74 +/- 2.15, respectively. There was a positive and moderate correlation between the mean ODES and ASDE scores.CONCLUSION: The findings of this study imply that lectures with lab and clinical practice are not appropriate for distance education and so any missed lab or clinical practice might be compensated for via face-to-face education after the COVID-19 pandemic ends.","PeriodicalId":41370,"journal":{"name":"Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85301693","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}
Hakan Tekgüç, S. Aksoylar, Doğa Ceren Tekgüç, S. Kansoy
{"title":"Chimerism Analysis of Children with Allogeneic Stem-Cell transplantation and Its Effect on Survival","authors":"Hakan Tekgüç, S. Aksoylar, Doğa Ceren Tekgüç, S. Kansoy","doi":"10.4274/cjms.2022.2021-215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/cjms.2022.2021-215","url":null,"abstract":"the only curative treatment for many congenital and acquired, malignant and non-malignant diseases of the childhood Donor cell engraftment is a critical step in the success of Allo-HSCT. However, engraftment does not always result in a definite status and we may end up with mixed chimerism. Mixed chimerism is a state where both the recipient and donor hematopoietic stem cells coexist in the host’s bone marrow. 4 Although malignancies by -3.04 (-4.00 to -2.08) [hazard ratio (HR): 0.05 (p<0.001)]. Neutrophil engraftment was the other factor which was positively correlated with EFS (HR p-value: 0.05) CONCLUSION: There is a positive correlation between CS in the first 100 days and EFS for both malignant and non-malignant diseases.","PeriodicalId":41370,"journal":{"name":"Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87471257","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":"A Comparative Study on the Effects of B Massage and Entonox Gas on Pain Severity and Some Outcomes During Childbirth in Nulliparous Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial","authors":"M. Rezaie, S. Dakhesh","doi":"10.4274/cjms.2022.2021-106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/cjms.2022.2021-106","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND/AIMS: Reducing the intensity of labor pain is a way encouraging to select vaginal The present study aimed to compare the effects of B massage and Entonox gas on pain severity during childbirth. This randomized clinical trial was conducted on 90 nulliparous women randomly selected from among those who were admitted for childbirth in Shahrivar Hospital of Saveh, Iran, from 6 th August, 2015 to 13 th April, 2016. Women with a gestational age of 37-42 weeks, a dilatation of 4-5 cm, and singleton pregnancy were selected. They were randomly divided into three groups as B massage, Entonox and control. The severity of pain was measured before the intervention and every 45 minutes after the first intervention using a visual analog scale. The data were analyzed by using chi-square, Tukey, Scheffe, Cramer and Spearman’s correlation tests in SPSS software. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between the three groups concerning their gestational age and their other demographic characteristics. ANOVA test showed lower pain intensity at 45, 90, 135, 180 and 225 minutes after the first intervention in the B massage group (p<0.001). Pain intensity was significantly lower in the massage group in the second stage of labor compared to the other two groups (F3=15.61, df=2, p<0.001). Chi-square test showed that cesarean section was more common in the Entonox group (F3=13.123, p<0.001), post-partum bleeding was more in the B massage group (F3=8.535, p=0.014) and newborn resuscitation was more frequently applied in the Entonox group (F3=11.118, p=0.025). CONCLUSION: This study showed that B massage can reduce the intensity of labor pain but it increases post-partum bleeding and further studies on this type of massage are needed.","PeriodicalId":41370,"journal":{"name":"Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83388027","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":"Perception of Smile Aesthetics by Dental Professionals and Laypeople of Different Age and Gender in Canine Substitution","authors":"Turhan Ulutekin, Ceren Özgür, Özlem Orman","doi":"10.4274/cjms.2021.2021-122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/cjms.2021.2021-122","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different smile patterns that may occur as a result of canine substitution for the treatment of missing lateral incisor(s) on the esthetic perception in patients of different age groups, sex, and profession (dental professionals and laypeople). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The frontal extraoral photographs of a 28-year-old female patient were digitally modified using an image editing software program (Photoshop CC; Adobe Corp). Eight photographs were produced by simulating canine substitution with altered teeth and gingival levels. A total of 713 (317 dental professionals and 396 laypeople) respondents participated in an online survey. A numeric rating scale was used, with “0” representing the least attractive and “10”, the most attractive. Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests were used for comparison. Bonferroni correction was used to check type1 errors in all possible multiple comparisons. RESULTS: In the group of dental professionals and laypeople aged 36-45, females had lower appreciation percentages compared to males (p<0.000625). Dental professionals had lower appreciation percentages than laypeople (p<0.00056). Male dental professionals in the 26-35 age group had lower appreciation percentages compared to the 36-45, 46-55, and 56-65 age groups (p<0.00156). CONCLUSION: While reshaping canines as lateral incisor teeth, the participants’ age, sex, and whether the participant was a dentist, affected the esthetic perception. However, gingival level differences and whether the treatment was symmetrical did not cause any difference in terms of esthetic perception for any of the groups.","PeriodicalId":41370,"journal":{"name":"Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78522808","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 Accuracy of Body Mass Index Estimated from Self- Reported Height and Weight in Turkish Adults","authors":"Yetkin Utku Kamuk","doi":"10.4274/cjms.2020.2017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/cjms.2020.2017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41370,"journal":{"name":"Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83938027","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 Non-Painful Tactile Stimuli in Sleep: Amplitude and Frequency Analysis","authors":"Gonca Inanc, M. Ozgoren, A. Oniz","doi":"10.4274/cjms.2020.1916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/cjms.2020.1916","url":null,"abstract":"and Kales (R&K) had been used in the determination of sleep stages until 2007, the rules of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine are used today in determining sleep stages. 4 Sleep is not a steady state, rather it consists of constantly changing stages. One of these stages is the REM stage with rapid eye movements, BACKGROUND/AIMS: The aim of this study was to investigate evoked potentials elicited in the brain by non-painful tactile stimuli during sleep in amplitude-time and frequency-time domains. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten volunteers attended this study (mean age: 22.30±1.49 years). Non-painful, single type tactile stimuli were applied to the index and middle fingers of the volunteers’ right hand. During the night, the electroencephalography (EEG) of the subject was recorded via 40 channel EEG amplifier. The stages of the sleep were determined according to the standards of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Continuous wavelet transform was used for frequency analysis. The amplitude-time and the frequency-time findings relating to the periods of prior to sleep (PS), light sleep (LS), deep sleep, and REM were examined. RESULTS: While P50, N100, P200, N300, P900 and N_late components were observed both during the PS and the LS periods, the P350 and N450 were observed only in the PS, and the P450 and N550 components were observed only during the all-night sleep periods. CONCLUSION: In this study, it was also demonstrated by frequency-time analysis that there is a different information processing process during the PS and all-night sleep stages. In addition, with this study, we opened the way to show the dynamics of the non-painful somatosensory area associated with sleep stages.","PeriodicalId":41370,"journal":{"name":"Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86888720","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}
Yasemin Küçükçiloğlu, Enes Sarı, Ö. Tunçyürek, K. Erler, Hanife Özkayalar, G. Mocan
{"title":"Intra-Articular Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumour of the Knee Mimicking Synovial Sarcoma: A Case Report","authors":"Yasemin Küçükçiloğlu, Enes Sarı, Ö. Tunçyürek, K. Erler, Hanife Özkayalar, G. Mocan","doi":"10.4274/cjms.2020.2937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/cjms.2020.2937","url":null,"abstract":"findings are usually non-specific, and a multidisciplinary approach is important in order to make the right decision for treatment.","PeriodicalId":41370,"journal":{"name":"Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83317022","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":"Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Pediatric Nurses in Turkey Towards the Use of Physical Restraints","authors":"Esra Tural Büyük","doi":"10.4274/cjms.2021.2808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/cjms.2021.2808","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41370,"journal":{"name":"Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90812295","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}