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.
There is a complex innervation of the testis and spermatic canal, and many different regional analgesia methods can be used for pain occurring during and after undescended testicular surgery. Quadratus lumborum block (QLB) can be count as the one of the primary method to manage the pain. In this study, our primary aim will be to compare the effects of lateral and posterior QLB application on perioperative and postoperative pain and analgesic use in pediatric patients who will undergo unilateral elective undescended testicular surgery. Our secondary aim will be to compare patient and family satisfaction and complications.
Drugs with anticholinergic properties are commonly prescribed to older persons despite growing evidence of their significant adverse effects. However, limited data are available concerning their contribution to time of onset of delirium. This study aimed to determine the potential association of higher anticholinergic burden to early-onset of delirium superimposed dementia in the older adult.
The aim of our study is to compare the effect of laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy on ovarian reserve in terms of different cyst types.
This study will include 3 different groups of intervention. First group of knee osteoarthritis patients will be applied both strengthening and 30 minutes bicycle exercises in the same session, 2 days strecthing exercises and 30 minutes walking will be given in seperate days as home program, Second group of knee osteoarthritis patients will be applied both stretching and 30 minutes bicycle exercises in the same session, strengthening exercises and 30 minutes walking will be given in seperate days as home program.Third group of knee osteoarthritis patients will be applied all stretching, strengthening and 30 minutes bicycle exercises in the same session, only 30 minutes walking will be given as home program. The primary outcome measures include the pain, function and the secondary outcome measures include the joint proprioception. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects on outcome measures increasing number of exercises in one session and to determine which exercise types are more suitable to prescribe as a home program.
During a pandemic, length of hospital stay (LOS) is critical to managing high patient volumes and preserves access to care related to non-COVID-19 for maintaining the healthcare system. Moreover, identiļ¬cation of prolonged hospital stay may allow physicians to reevaluate critical patients, focused delivery of specific interventions, and improve the efficiency of hospital care. Furthermore, in previous recent studies, attention has been paid to patients with diabetes and COVID-19 infection may require a prolonged LOS. However, there is little evidence on prognostic factors associated with an extension of hospitalization in mild or moderate illness due to COVID-19 infection. Therefore, it is crucial to determine the most vulnerable patients with diabetes mellitus even if they have a non-severe COVID-19 infection during the pandemic. We hypothesize that the clinically relevant inflammatory parameters may have an impact on LOS in older adults with diabetes and non-severe COVID-19 infection. Therefore, we aim to investigate whether baseline inflammatory parameters on admission hospitals as possible predictors of prolonged LOS in older adults with diabetes and non-severe COVID-19 infection during the pandemic.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an important chronic disease that causes increasing mortality and morbidity globally, as well as a social and economic burden. All symptoms (cough, sputum production, etc.), especially dyspnea in COPD, the chronicity of the disease and the need for long-term care limit the lives of the patients. Dyspnea occurring in COPD negatively affects the self-confidence of patients by restricting their activities of daily living, thus causing a decrease in their self-efficacy levels. Low self-efficacy levels cause patients to limit their activities more. Nurses play an important role in ensuring the management of COPD, supporting patients to continue their activities of daily living, and increasing their self-efficacy levels. Nursing care that includes patient education and counseling is important in providing disease management and symptom control, and increasing the self-efficacy levels of patients. During self-management training, it is necessary to ensure that the patient is an active participant, to use a motivating communication style in the behavior change process and to encourage patients. In this process, it is stated that it is important to use motivational interview techniques in self-management training given by nurses.
Functional improvements are reached in patients with primary total hip arthroplasty compared to the pre-operative term however some problems as continued range of motion limitations, loss of joint proprioception sensation, and resulting balance and gait disorders may result in failure of the Four Square Step Test. Therefore, the need for the apply of the Modified Four Square Step Test in individuals with primary THA is necessary. The aim of this study is to evaluate the test-retest reliability, concurrent validity and minimal detectable change of the Modified Four Square Step Test in individuals with primary total hip arthroplasty.
Lumbar radicular pain is defined as low back and leg pain caused by inflammation in the affected nerve root due to various etiological factors. In its treatment, there are various options such as anti-inflammatory drugs, physical therapy modalities, exercises, epidural steroid injections, and surgery. Epidural steroid injections have also become a frequently applied method in the treatment of lumbar radicular pain unresponsive to conservative treatments. The steroid applied here acts by suppressing the inflammation around the affected nerve root. Epidural steroid injections can be applied in lumbar radicular pain with 3 different approaches: caudal, interlaminar and transforaminal. In the transforaminal approach, a small amount of drug is injected into the epidural space, and in previous studies, reduction in pain and improvement in functionality were found in patients with lumbar radicular pain in the short and medium term. As far as we know, there is no previous study investigating the effect of fibromyalgia on TFESE treatment outcomes. For this reason, the aim of our study is to examine the effect of fibromyalgia on treatment outcomes in patients who underwent TFESE for lumbar radicular pain.
This research was conducted to determine the effect of mindfulness-based mandala activity on the spiritual well-being and anxiety levels of senior nursing students in a parallel-group pretest-posttest randomized controlled study design. The required institutional permission and ethics committee approval was received. The study group of the study consisted of 170 senior nursing students (intervention group [n=84], control group [n=86]). Mindfulness-based mandala activity was applied to the intervention group via the zoom online program. Data were collected using the descriptive features form, the Spielberg Trait, and State Anxiety Inventory, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, and the scale of the positive-negative experience. The data were stored in the SPSS 24 program.
This study is investigating how Mim8 works compared to other medicines in people with haemophilia A, who either have inhibitors or do not have inhibitors. Mim8 is a new medicine that will be used for prevention of bleeding episodes. Mim8 works by replacing the function of the missing clotting factor VIII (FVIII). When and how often participants will receive Mim8 is dependent on their previous treatment - but is otherwise decided by chance. Mim8 will be injected into a skinfold on the stomach with a thin needle either once a week or once a month. The study will last 54-124 weeks (12-29 months) depending on how long participants will be followed in run-in before they start treatment and if they continue in the follow period or transfer to an open label extension study. Participants will have 12-17 clinic visits.