There are about 15072 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Turkey. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
In this study, the effect of the therapeutic game applied before treatment on pain, fear, anxiety and physiological parameters and the satisfaction of the parents was investigated.
This study was planned to evaluate the effect of education on the management of side effects and the use of cooling pillowcase on hot flush complaints, sleep and quality of life in women with breast cancer receiving hormone therapy.
We evaluated the ability of shock indices and hemodynamic parameters to predict 28-day ICU mortality.
The research is planned as a randomized controlled experimental at Erzurum Atatürk University Health Application and Research Center. The population of the research will include patients who come to the General Surgery Gastroenterology service for laparoscopic cholecystectomy between the specified dates and who meet the criteria for inclusion in the study. In this research, 30 experimental and 30 control group patients will be included in the study in order to perform parametric tests. The data of the research were prepared by the researcher using the literature and similar studies after obtaining ethics committee approval and written permission from the institution where the research would be conducted. "FR.3- Alertness and Sedation Observer Assessment Scale (OAA/S)" and Modified Aldrete Scoring, Awake and Sedation Observer Assessment Scale and "FR.4- MAS and OAA/S Scores Time-Dependent", which includes the Patient's Vital Signs, are used to evaluate the patient's condition. Patients determined by the "Change Table" will be collected by observing them before and after surgery. In the research; In order to more easily overcome the anxiety and confusion that patients who have undergone surgical operations experience during the orientation process while waking up after the case, the patient will be given suggestions regarding the post-anesthesia waking period by testing the menthol smell in the preoperative period. When the patient hears the menthol scent applied during postoperative awakening; It is intended for the patient to remember that his surgery is over, that he needs to wake up and that the medical staff is waiting for him to wake up. In this way, it is thought that the patient's anxiety and complexity during the postoperative awakening period will be eliminated, the patient's vital signs will remain at an optimum level, and a more comfortable reanimation will occur.
TAPSE, one of the methods for evaluating right ventricular systolic function; It is a bar parameter that can easily measure apex-basal shortening and provides specific information about global RV function. TAPSE/PASP can be calculated as load-independent parameters to evaluate RV function. Because RV function is sensitive to change in afterload, known as the RV-pulmonary circulation (PC) connection. This study aims to identify patients who are candidates for hypotensive events due to general anesthesia in a hemodynamically stable population.
In the light of current literature data, it is not recommended to discontinue Denosumab therapy without initiating another antiresorptive therapy. It is known that there is a rebound increase in bone resorption markers and a rapid decrease in bone mineral density (BMD) when patients using Denosumab remain untreated for 1 year. The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic has caused an unprecedented disruption in the management of osteoporosis, as in many chronic diseases. This study aims to determine whether the risk of rebound-associated osteoporotic fracture development is increased in patients who discontinued Denosumab therapy due to any reason but especially due to hesitancy to come to hospitals or lack of access to treatment institutions during the pandemic period as well as to evaluate the factors affecting treatment compliance.
This study was conducted to determine the effect of the digital mind map technique on the learning of midwifery students. The research will be carried out with Kocaeli University Midwifery 2nd year students. A meeting was held with students regarding extracurricular studies between 12 February and 16 February 2024, which is the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year academic calendar of Kocaeli University. The research will be completed with 86 students in the mind map method group (n = 43) and the classical method (n = 43) group. Data will be collected through the participant information form, knowledge assessment survey on family planning, and satisfaction assessment survey of the narrative regarding the digital mind map. Three topics determined regarding family planning methods (oral contraceptives, condoms and intrauterine devices) were prepared by the researcher using the digital mind map technique. The participant information form and the knowledge evaluation survey on family planning were administered as a pre-test to the students who accepted the research at the first meeting. The mind map technique was first explained to the mind map method group. The topics were explained to the students in the mind map method group by the researcher and his advisor using the mind map technique and with materials prepared with the digital mind map technique. The classical method was explained to the classical method group by the researcher and his advisor. A posttest will be administered to both groups 1 week after the lecture. Again, 35 days after the lecture, the study will be completed by applying a permanence test to both groups and a student satisfaction survey to the experimental group. After the study, the mind map technique will be explained to all students in the classical method group who have completed the study, and the topics prepared with the digital mind map technique will be explained to the classical method group and reinforced. Statistical analysis of the data obtained as a result of the research will be carried out using the IBM Statistic 22.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) program. Study data will be collected using appropriate statistical methods and the significance level will be accepted as p<0.05.
Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of malignancy in men. Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy (TRUSG-PBx) is considered the gold standard method. The present, Transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy is considered the gold standard method in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. During the process, patients experience severe discomfort and pain, although anesthetics and analgesics are used. In addition to pharmacological methods, non-pharmacological methods are also used in the control of pain caused by diagnosis and treatment interventions. Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is among the non-pharmacological methods and it is the most widely used electroanalgesia method. In this randomized controlled intervention research, the effect of TENS application will be evaluated on pain, complications and comfort level during and after the procedure in patients who underwent Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy. Thanks to this research, it is thought that the pain level and complications will decrease and the comfort level will increase in patients who undergo TENS application. The research will be carried out in Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine Balcalı Application and Research Hospital Urology Outpatient Clinic. The sample of the research will create volunteer patients, providing research criteria and made prostate biopsy in Urology Outpatient Clinic. Patients consisting of 2 groups as control and experimental (TENS applied) will be determined by randomization. In the power analysis calculated with statistical support, confidence interval of 95%, alpha value 0.05, beta value calculated with 80% power, a total of 80 patients will be included in the control and experimental group, including 40 patients each. The data will be collected by "Personal Information Form", "Pain Assessment Form", "TRUSG-PBx Complication Follow-up Form", "Perianesthesia Comfort Scale Form". The data obtained will be analyzed in SPSS (Statisticial Package for the Social Sciences) package program. In this context, our research, a comparison will be made by evaluating the effect of TENS application on pain, complications and comfort, in patients who underwent transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy. These results, non-pharmacological methods will make great contributions to improving patient outcomes in diagnostic interventions. Keywords: Pain, Nurse, Comfort, Prostate Biopsy and Complications, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS).
The Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA), associated with fish oil, has been one of the most studied non-pharmacological subjects for its effect on Major Depression Disorder (MDD). However, studies comparing the effect of krill oil, on depression are limited, that has similar content and different structural forms with fish oil. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of krill and fish oil on clinical effects, biochemical outcomes and eating behavior in individuals diagnosed with MDD. It was included 57 adult individuals diagnosed with MDD in the psychiatry clinic in this study. Randomization was performed after inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied in the study, and participants were included in one of three groups. These groups are; 1) krill oil ((n=17), (Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)=340 mg, Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)=180 mg)), 2) fish oil ((n=17)), (EPA=360 mg, DHA=240 mg), 3) placebo ( (n=16), (EPA=0 mg, DHA=0 mg)). The duration of the intervention was 8 weeks. Anthropometric measurements, biochemical outcomes and food consumption records of the participants were taken at the beginning and end of the intervention, and Hamilton depression rating scale (HDRS), depression anxiety stress-21 (DASS-21) and food craving questionnaire (FCQ) was applied to the participants. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and R studio software were used for statistical analysis of the data.
Objective: To determine the effect of menopausal symptom-specific education given to menopausal women via WhatsApp on their quality of life and genital self-image. Methods: The population of the study, which has a classical experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group, was comprised of women between the ages of 45-65 across Turkey. According to the power analysis performed in the G*Power3.1 Program, the sample size was calculated as 64 participants for each group, with an effect size (0.418), 95% power and 0.05 type 1 error, and was completed with 158 women. Data were collected with the Introductory Information Form, the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Scale (MSQLS) and the Female Genital Self-Image Scale (FGSIS). The research was conducted online via WhastApp in a pretest-educational intervention-posttest design. The data were analyzed in the SPSS 26.0 package program.