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.
The aim of this study is to study the validity and reliability of the Modified Pain Neurophysiology Questionnaire in patients with neck pain. After the ethics committee approval, women and men in Turkey will be invited to the research via online advertisements (researchers' facebook, instagram, twitter accounts). The scale will be translated from English to Turkish by two people who are fluent in Turkish and English. A single Turkish translation will be obtained with a common opinion from these two Turkish translations. In ten trial phases, a preliminary assessment will be conducted with 15 participants to test the intelligibility of the scale. If there are participants who think that there is a problem with the intelligibility of the scale, they will be asked to explain which items they have problems understanding and why. After individuals are informed with the online voluntary consent form, participants will be asked to complete the Modified Pain Neurophysiology questionnaire. Modified Pain Neurophysiology scale questions and questions in the data collection form will be prepared through the google surveys application and will be sent to the participants via Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram and e-mail. Participants will fill out the survey forms online. In order to evaluate the validity of the Modified Pain Neurophysiology questionnaire, the pain subscale of the SF-36 scale, which has been validated in Turkish, will be used (McHorney, Ware, Lu, and Sherbourne, 1994), (Kocyigit et al., 1999). Scales after 15 days to assess test-retest reliability will be repeated.
Newborn screening programs are preventive health services that have a significant place in public health programs in developed and developing countries worldwide. For these scans, heel blood is taken from the newborn, and the heel blood collection procedure applied for diagnostic purposes is one of the most common painful procedures applied to the newborn. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management may be necessary to reduce and minimize pain during painful procedures in the neonatal intensive care unit. One of the non-pharmacological applications applied during acute procedural pain in the newborn is sensorial saturation, which consists of multisensory stimulation (sensitive touch, massage, auditory, visual, sense of taste, and smell). This study aimed to examine the effect of multisensory stimulation applied by the mother during the heel blood collection procedure in newborns on reducing pain and to evaluate the effects of family-centered practice on the state anxiety of mothers. This study was carried out as a randomized controlled, experimental study. Ethical approval was obtained before starting the study. In addition, written informed consent was obtained from the families of the newborns in the control and intervention groups. The study population consisted of newborns born in a hospital in Turkey between July 2019 and January 2020, and whose heel blood was taken for routine metabolic screening by the Ministry of Health. The sample group consisted of 80 randomly assigned newborns, 40 in the intervention group and 40 in the control group. Newborn mothers in the intervention group gave their babies multisensory stimulation(speech, touch, breastfeeding, eye contact, maternal skin odor) before, during, and after the procedure. The newborns in the control group underwent routine heel blood sampling in the baby room under a radiant heater. The Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) was used for pain assessment. The NIPS score was evaluated by the researcher before the procedure, during the procedure, and 1 minute after the procedure. The State Anxiety Inventory was used to measure the mother's anxiety. The state of anxiety of the mothers in each group was evaluated before and after the procedure.
The primary objective of this study is to obtain prospective baseline documentation of annualized bleeding rates (ABRs) and treatment under standard-of-care (SOC) therapy among participants with hemophilia A or B. Participants in the study may be eligible to enroll in future planned interventional studies to be conducted by Sponsor.
It is known that tactile acuity and proprioceptive sense decrease in patients with chronic neck pain. However, sensory re-training in patients with chronic neck pain has not been given sufficient importance. The effects of proprioceptive and tactile acuity training on pain intensity in patients with chronic neck pain will be compared in this study. Eligible participants will be divided into three groups as follows: Proprioceptive Training Group (PTG), Tactile Acuity Training Group (TAG), and Control Group (CG). The randomization will be performed using the block randomization method to obtain an equal number of participants in the groups. Each participant will be evaluated two times at a 4-week interval. Participants will be evaluated regarding subjective pain intensity by using a Numerical Rating Scale, temporal summation, and conditioned pain modulation using an algometer (JTECH Medical-Algometer Commander, USA). Neck proprioception exercises will be applied to the patients in the PTG at 3 days a week for 4 weeks. Tactile acuity training will be applied to the patients in the TAG 3 days a week for 4 weeks. Between the two assessments, the Control Group will not receive any treatment.
Chronic kidney disease is a chronic disease that negatively affects the quality of life of individuals, physically, socially and psychologically. Although the problems due to kidney failure are brought under control with hemodialysis treatment, the continuation of the treatment depending on the machine and the difficulties brought by the treatment process cause the patient to experience many negativities, especially insomnia and fatigue. Studies have shown that the prevalence of insomnia in patients receiving hemodialysis treatment is high and sleep problems are seen in 40-83% of them, the quality of sleep is low, and the quality of life is adversely affected by this situation, and the mortality rate increases. This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercises on sleep quality applied to individuals receiving hemodialysis treatment for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and having poor sleep quality. The research will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial with patients receiving hemodialysis treatment at Private Nephrotrans Karatay Dialysis Center between March and September 2022. The sample size of the study was determined according to the results of a similar study using the G*Power 3.1., 9.7 program with α = 0.05 and 90% power. The sample number was determined as 80 patients, including experimental (n=40) and control (n=40). In the research, data will be collected with the "Descriptive Information Form" and "Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PUKI)". Statistical analysis of the data obtained as a result of the research will be made in the IBM SPSS25 program. This study was planned because it is thought that making progressive muscle relaxation exercises (PKGE) in patients with poor sleep quality who receive hemodialysis treatment will be effective in increasing sleep quality, since it is easy to learn, can be done anywhere, and has no side effects.
Chemotherapy is applied as a standard method in the treatment of cancer, which is an important public health problem in terms of incidence and mortality. Sleep quality due to cancer and its treatments is adversely affected. Cognitive behavioral therapies, walking and relaxation exercises are known to be beneficial in increasing sleep quality. For this reason, this study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercises applied to individuals who are undergoing chemotherapy and whose sleep quality has deteriorated, on sleep quality. The research will be carried out between March and September 2022 in Konya City Hospital Chemotherapy Unit with patients undergoing chemotherapy. Patients who will receive chemotherapy will be informed about the study, and those who accept to participate in the study will be evaluated according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the sample selection. They will be asked to fill out the PUKI. It will then be assigned to the control or experimental group with the randomization program assignment. Training on progressive muscle relaxation exercises will be given to the experimental group in the chemotherapy unit. Before going to sleep in the evening and during the day, they will be asked to do progressive muscle relaxation exercises in line with the instruction of the video. They will be asked to do the application every day for 8 weeks. At the end of the 2nd week, 4th week, 6th week and 8th week, they will be asked to fill the PUKI again. Only routine care will be applied to the control group and no intervention will be made. At the end of the 2nd week, 4th week, 6th week and 8th week, they will be asked to fill the PUKI again. After the evaluations, information about progressive muscle relaxation exercises will be given.
Due to some deficiencies in the classification defined by Armitage in 1999, a new periodontal classification was published in 2018. New periodontitis A staging and grading system was used for classification. Staging depends largely on the severity of the disease, while grading is based on the rate of disease progression to the past. It provides additional information on a risk-based analysis and assessment of risk.The aim of this study is to reveal the differences between the old periodontal classification and the new periodontal disease classification published in 2018. Periodontitis in the literature review. The two classifications were compared in patients. However, a study on gingival recession not done. Anamnesis, routine periodontal indices, routine radiographs of 300 patients, first of all According to the 1999 Periodontal Disease Classification, after it will be classified according to the New Periodontal Disease Classification developed in 2018. Thus, two different Periodontal Disease Classifications, old and new, comparison will be made.
Free gingival graft is a mucogingival surgical technique applied to increase keratinized gingival width and reduce gingival recession. Free gingival graft is one of the most widely used approaches in root closure treatments and in increasing the height of the keratinized gingiva. Evaluation of the effect of the amount of creeping attachment on the root surface caused by the free gingival grafts placed coronally and apical to the mucogingival line on the gingival recession in the mandibular anterior region with keratinized gingival deficiency with gingival recession. Forty patients with gingival recession and insufficient keratinized gingival height will be randomly divided into 2 main groups as free gingival grafts to be placed coronal and apical to the gingival recession.
The aim of this study is to characterize the distribution of pain phenotypes in people with chronic low back pain and to determine the effects of pain phenotypes on pain severity, functional status and quality of life. Participants will be examined to determine the type of pain and questions will be asked to identify the effects.
Investigating the myocardial effects of cold blood cardioplegia and del nido cardioplegia solution, which are routinely used in clinical practice, will contribute to the studies in the literature on the safety and efficacy of these two methods. For this purpose, patients with coronary artery disease that going to be Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery will be classified within the scope of the SYNTAX score, the level of exposure to cardioplegia change in proportion to their score will be examined. Also, left ventricular muscle mass will be calculated in patients who will undergo Aortic Valve replacement (AVR) due to Aortic Stenosis, and myocardial protection level proportional to muscle mass will be examined, and cardioplegia efficiency will be compared.