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 was randomized controlled study conducted to determine the effect of Nihavent theme on reducing adjustment difficulties in Alzheimer's patients. The study was carried out with 30 patients.15 patients constituted the experimental group and 15 patients formed the control group. Before the application, the scale was administered to both groups through face-to-face interviews. The patients in the experimental group were informed about the music session in advance.Instrumental songs in nihavent theme were played with the sound system to the experimental group. The sessions were lasted 12 weeks in total and there were two sessions per week, and each session took approximately 50 minutes to complete. While no intervention was performed for the patients in the control group. One week after the last music session, the the scale was re-administered to both groups.
Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorder that can affect behavioural, emotional, academic, social, and cognitive functions and is not age-appropriate. The prevalence of ADHD among school children is reported to be 3%-11%. Children with ADHD have difficulties paying attention to details, concentrating, completing tasks and following instructions, among other social and academic challenges. In children with ADHD, insufficient activity in the prefrontal regions of the brain has been evidenced, which is linked to executive function skills. Such children have difficulties in performing executive functions that require a high level of cognitive skills, such as self-control and regulation, as well as sequencing and planning tasks. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5) addresses executive dysfunction as a characteristic of ADHD. At the same time, 45%-70% of these children show problems in motor skills. Motor problems associated with ADHD, such as manual dexterity, bilateral coordination, and postural balance, can lead to difficulty in everyday living tasks, such as eating and writing, as well as social adaptability, academic skills, and peer interactions. For this reason, motor skill problems along with symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, should be addressed as part of the treatment strategy. ADHD has an impact on a child's independence for daily activities. As a result, child-specific occupational therapy approaches are critical for the sensory, motor, and cognitive areas that affect children's occupational performance in basic and instrumental activities of daily living, participation, rest and sleep, play, and leisure.
Postoperative recovery is a complex process influenced by various factors such as patients, surgical methods and anesthetic properties. Such factors can be accompanied by many negative situations. Previous studies evaluating recovery following anesthesia primarily evaluated the incidence of morbidity, mortality, adverse anesthesia-related outcomes, and changes in vital signs (1-4). These parameters are important, but the quality of recovery of patients has been neglected in most studies. Therefore, various patient-reported outcome measurement scales and tools have been developed (1,3-8). One of these scales is Stark et al. It is the QoR-15 questionnaire developed by in 2013 (4). QoR-15 aims to assess the quality of early recovery and emotional health of patients after surgery (4,6). It is a 15-item questionnaire assessing the patient's emotional state, physical comfort, psychological support, physical independence and pain. This one-page QoR-15 questionnaire has been shown to be highly valid and reliable in patients who have undergone general surgery (4). QoR-15 has been verified and translated into many languages such as Japanese, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Swedish (13-17). It was reported in a systemic review that all translated versions of the QoR-15 had sufficient validity and reliability to assess the quality of postoperative recovery (19). However, an official Turkish version of the QoR-15 has not yet been developed or approved. The aim of this study was to develop the Turkish version of the QoR-15 (QoR-15T) and to evaluate its validity, reliability and responsiveness for Turkish-speaking patients receiving general and regional anaesthesia.
The primary aim of this study was to evaluate exercise capacity, respiratory muscle strength, pulmonary function, dyspnea and physical activity levels in pediatric PAH patients and compare them with healthy controls. The secondary aim of the study was; To investigate the relationship of dyspnea with exercise capacity, respiratory muscle strength, respiratory functions, physical activity and blood count parameters in pediatric PAH patients.
Pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (POMS) is a chronic, autoimmune and inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that begins before the age of 18 years. POMS patients are affected in terms of physical capacity, cognitive status and fatigue compared with their healthy peers that has been reported. It has been reported that although individuals with MS with low disability levels do not have respiratory complaints, respiratory parameters may be affected. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate respiratory capacity, respiratory muscle strength and fatigue levels of POMS patients. Evaluations will help prevent future complications by detecting any existing problems early.
Primiparous mothers after cesarean section often encounter insufficient milk production during breastfeeding. This study was planned as a randomized controlled study to examine the effect of acupressure and back massage on lactation in cesarean deliveries. The research will be carried out between July 2021 and July 2023 with mothers who had a cesarean section at Kocaeli University Research and Application Hospital and Health Sciences University Derince Training and Research Hospital. The research will be carried out with three groups as acupressure, back massage and control group. The sample number was calculated using the G*Power 3.1.9.2 program and the acupressure group: 24, the back massage group: 24, and the control group: 24. In order to increase the analysis power, the number of samples was increased by 25% and n=30 for each group (acupressure group: 30, back massage group: 30, and control group: 30). It is planned to collect the data with the Introductory Information Form, the Newborn Follow-up Form, the Mother's Follow-up Form, and the Visual Analogue Scale by which the Mothers Evaluate Lactation Onset Symptoms. The mothers will be given acupressure 4 minutes acupressure group, back massage group 3 minutes back massage, and no application will be made to the control group, once in the post-op 0th day, 2 times in the post-op 1st day and once in the post-op 2nd day. 15 minutes after the applications, the baby will be weighed while hungry and will be breastfed under the control of the researcher. Babies will be weighed again after breastfeeding. The data of the research will be evaluated using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 20.0 program. In the evaluation of the data; descriptive statistics will be given as percentage, arithmetic mean±standard deviation, median and minimum-maximum values, independent two-sample t-test for normally distributed variables and Mann-Whitney U test for non-normally distributed variables. Repeated measure covariance analysis will be applied to reveal the difference between the milk amounts of the mothers between the groups. Statistical significance level will be accepted as p<0.05.
A Feasibility Study to evaluate the initial safety and performance of the RapidPulseTM Aspiration System in the treatment of patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) due to Large Vessel Occlusion (LVO).
The COVID-19 disease, caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, started in December 2019 and created a pandemic with high mortality and morbidity. Since a fully proven treatment has not been developed, the efficacy of currently available treatments is being investigated. Famotidine, an H2Receptor blocker, is one of the drug treatments being investigated. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of Famotidine treatment on the clinic and mortality of Covid-19 patients treated in the intensive care unit.
Sarcopenia and malnutrition are two geriatric syndromes that are frequently seen in the elderly and have multifactorial etiology and severe clinical effects. However, the results vary widely due to the many methods and criteria used in the diagnosis and prevalence rates of both syndromes. In this study, it is aimed to investigate the relationship between the GLIM (Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition) criteria and various sarcopenia levels, which are newly defined worldwide and have the widest spectrum so far in describing malnutrition.
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has become a common procedure in thoracic surgery. Severe postoperative pain may be encountered in patients undergoing VATS. Analgesic methods such as thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB), intercostal block and erector spina plane block (ESPB) are widely used for VATS. Among these methods, ultrasound (US) guided TPVB is the most preferred method. In recent years, the frequency of application of plane blocks as a component of multimodal analgesia has been increased. ESPB and SAPB are some of them. Generally, comparisons are made between ESPB and TPVB in studies and the analgesic effect is evaluated.There are two techniques for SAPB application. In Deep SAPB (DSAPB) application, local anesthetic agent is given under the serratus anterior muscle. In the Superficial SAPB (SSAPB) application, the local anesthetic agent is given above the serratus anterior muscle. Since it is done by entering from the same point in two applications, it is possible to perform these two applications at the same time with a single needle entry. The mechanisms of regional analgesia techniques used after thoracic surgery operations are also different from each other. Therefore, it may be possible to obtain a more effective analgesic effect in patients by combining the mechanism of action of DSAPB and SSAPB , as in the multimodal analgesia method. This study seeks to evaluate the effect of ESPB and combined DSAPB-SSAPB pain after VATS.