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.
This study is aimed to examine the effect of different wound dressings on the prevention of pressure injury in the face area related to noninvasive mechanical ventilation mask. The study was completed out with 102 patients who were followed up in Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Hospital between October 2019 and August 2020 and met the inclusion criteria of the study. In the study, hydrocellular and hydrocolloid wound dressing was applied to the pressure areas under the mask of noninvasive mechanical ventilation in the intervention groups, while the routine treatment process was followed in the control group. Wound dressings were obtained from HARTMANN. Study data were collected with the "Individual Characteristics Form" and "Pressure Injury Rating Scale".
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic multisystemic disease requiring ordinary doctor visits and an adherence to medication. Evaluating the parameters affecting the medication adherence is essential for the efficacy of the treatment. To our knowledge no study has ever evaluated the factors affecting the medication adherence in patients with PsA so far.
Pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases is suitable for eliciting neuropathic pain. The aim of this study is to evaluate the frequency of NP among PsA patients and relationship between disease activity, quality of life, functionality, and other numerous factors.
According to the definition of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy (WCPT), physiotherapists serve to restore, maintain and improve the movement and functional skills of individuals. Physiotherapists; They take a role when the movement and functions of people are endangered due to aging, injury, disease, disorder or environmental factors. As in the world, the physiotherapist profession is gradually developing and spreading in Turkey. In this sense, the number of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation faculties, departments and colleges is increasing every year. With the increasing prevalence of the profession, it has brought up the revision of training programs and questioning their success. In the literature, there are accreditation reports and guides in Australia, America and Canada regarding the education of the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation science field. When we look at the literature in our country, there is no study that covers a common curriculum or training program developed for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in Turkey.Therefore, it is thought that the diversity in education programs may affect the way physiotherapists, most of whom work in special education, work after graduation.
This is a parallel arm, Phase 3, double-blind, double-dummy, active-comparator, 2 arm study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of daily oral venglustat versus intravenous Cerezyme infusions every two weeks for improvement or stabilization of the neurological manifestations and maintenance of systemic disease stability in participants aged ≥12 and <18 years and adult patients with Gaucher disease Type 3 (GD3) who have been treated with Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT) for at least 3 years.
The aim of the study was to assesment the change in pain scores with lower back massage, a non-pharmacological method, on perceived labor pain in the early active phase of the first stage of labor.
Researchers are trying to assess a predictive value or correlation between patient and procedural characteristics and outcome measures results after genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation.
This study is planned to examine the levels of bodily value, care dependence and psychosocial cohesion-self-notification of patients in the Web Assisted Interactive Nursing Program (WDIHP) designed according to the Self Regulation Model. The mixed method is a research. One of the mixed research methods, the discovery sequenced design, will be used. The research will continue with the quantitative part, starting with the qualitative part. The quantitative part of the research is a randomized controlled experimental trial.
During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, in addition to the current measures, boosting the immune system seems to be one of preventive measures that can be taken against COVID-19 infection. Various natural agents have been recommended to boost the immune system. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible immunomodulatory and preventive effects of Olive Leaf Tea (OLT) drinking with regards to COVID-19 infection. The study was conducted among 249 workers in a tractor factory where OLT was served. Of the 249 workers, 168 of them were OLT drinkers and 81 were not OLT drinkers. Drinking at least one cup of OLT per day for a minimum of one month was the inclusion criteria used in the study. The workers with a history of infection or vaccination of COVID-19 were excluded. Lymphocyte subsets, IL2, INF-gamma, specific IgM, and IgG levels were analyzed in all the study subjects. The results showed higher values of CD3-/CD16/56 (NK) cells, CD3+/CD16/56 (NKT) cells, total NK (NK+NKT) cells, and serum IFN-gamma and IL-2 levels in OLT drinkers as compared to the nondrinkers. These immune changes are indicative of immune defense mechanisms. Although all the OLT drinkers and non-drinkers reported no history of COVID-19, specific COVID-19 IgG levels were found positive in 60% of OLT drinkers and 38% OLT non-drinkers. There were significant negative correlations between age and NK cells, number of cigarettes smoked and NK cells, number of cigarettes smoked and TNK; and there were positive correlations between OLT drinking frequency and TNF-alpha, IL-2 and IFN-gamma. Also, serum creatinine levels in OLT non-drinkers were found significantly higher than in the OLT drinkers. In conclusion, drinking OLT may contribute fighting against COVID-19 by boosting the innate immune system.
The aim of our study is to compare the effectiveness of the supervized pulmonary telerehabilitation program and the cognitive telerehabilitation method, which includes pulmonary telerehabilitation methods, in patients with severe stage COPD who have difficulty exercising heavily. The effects of pulmonary and cognitive rehabilitation on dyspnea, muscle strength, functional capacity, quality of life, anxiety and depression levels in this patient group will be examined. The number of studies in the literature in which the pulmonary rehabilitation program was applied as telerehabilitation is insufficient. Considering that this patient group is not motivated and has difficulty in exercising, motor imagery and movement observation methods from cognitive rehabilitation methods may be alternative methods for these patients. Although these methods have been very popular in recent years in terms of researching and demonstrating their effectiveness in various patient groups in the literature, no study has been found in which the effects of these methods have been applied in pulmonary disease groups. This study aims to contribute to the serious gap in the literature on the application of pulmonary telerehabilitation and its effectiveness, and to be an original study by investigating the effectiveness of motor imagery and action observation, which are popular rehabilitation methods of recent years, in COPD patients in the pulmonary disease group for the first time.