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.
Aim: This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of antenatal education based on improving health literacy on the adaptation of pregnancy, general self-efficacy, fear of childbirth, and health literacy in primiparous pregnant women. Design: It was a randomized controlled trial. Method: The research was carried out in a city located in the Marmara region of Turkey between July 2018 and April 2019. It was conducted with three groups, including one control (n=73) and two intervention groups (n=109). One of the intervention group was given antenatal education based on improving health literacy (n=53), and the other was only provided with antenatal education (n=56). Pregnancy Information Form, Prenatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire, Pregnancy Related Anxiety Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Health Literacy-TR32 scale were used for data collection.
Adult patients who undergo surgery under general anaesthesia often experience inadvertent perioperative hypothermia. This common problem has serious consequences such as surgical site infection, coagulopathy, increased need for transfusion, altered drug metabolism and adverse cardiac events. Perioperative guidelines recommend warming the patient with a forced-air warming device and administering warmed intravenous and irrigation fluids to prevent intraoperative hypothermia. This study aims to investigate the effects of individual and combined use of intraoperative forced-air warming and warmed intravenous and irrigation fluids on postoperative body temperature, shivering, thermal comfort, pain, nausea and vomiting in adult patients receiving general anaesthesia.
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor, sleep-related disorder characterized by urgency to move the legs during inactivity or resting state. Although the exact mechanism is not clearly understood, sleep disturbances and dopamine deficiency may regarded as a potential contributing factor for autonomic dysfunction. The objective of the study is to evaluate autonomic functions and determine possible associations between autonomic dysfunction with clinical factors in patients with RLS.
Failure to adequately prevent pain after heart surgery increases morbidity and results in a high incidence of persistent poststernotomy pain syndrome. Aim in this study is to investigate analgesic consumption and postoperative pain effect in patients who underwent cardiopulmonary bypass with Erector Spinae Block, a new block.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of self-foot massage on peripheral neuropathic pain, peripheral skin temperature and patient comfort in individuals with diabetes.
Adequate nutrition during infancy and early childhood are fundamental to the development of a child. It is well recognized that the period from birth to two years of age is a "critical window" for the promotion of optimal growth, health, and behavioral development. The World Health Organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Association of Pediatric Nursing Practitioners, UNICEF and CDC acknowledge that breastfeeding is the ideal diet for babies and recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life, and continuing breastfeeding until the age of 2. postpartum breastfeeding is widespread in Turkey. According to the 2018 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey (2018 TDHS) data, 98% of the last-born children in the two years before the study were breastfed. However, 41% of children younger than six months are only fed with breast milk. In many studies, it is stated that the education of both the mother, her relatives and the healthcare personnel plays a key role in breastfeeding success. Postpartum social support is important for the protection of both mother and baby health. Culturally, in Turkish society, the postpartum period, which mothers and grandmothers spend more often together, and the positive support of the mother are very important for both the short and long term maternal and infant health. In the literature, it is emphasized that the most important factors in starting additional food and formula in the early period are the influence of the immediate environment and family and that grandmothers are vital in baby care and feeding In addition, inadequate or misguided grandmothers due to lack of knowledge and traditional attitudes during this period can have a negative effect on the continuation of breastfeeding. Although there are studies in the literature on breastfeeding training given to mothers and healthcare personnel, there are very few studies on inclusive breastfeeding counseling for grandmothers who have a primary support role. However, there is RCT study regarding the application of breastfeeding counseling involving grandmothers who have been followed up in a clinical setting, and no project has been found in our country on this subject. With this planned project, this effect will be investigated for the first time. For this reason, it is thought that the results of this project will have positive effects on the strengthening of breastfeeding and mother-baby health and will have extremely important outputs for its applicability in clinical and public health centers. In this direction, this research aims to increase only breast milk intake in the first 6 months in the short term and to have longer breastfeeding periods in the long term. It was planned for breastfeeding counseling to empower grandmothers who support postnatal mother and baby care, increase their knowledge about breastfeeding, and support mothers by developing a positive attitude. The research was planned as a randomized controlled study. Voluntary postpartum primiparous mothers who have recently given birth and their accompanying grandmothers will be randomly assigned to the intervention and control group. The grandmothers in the intervention group will be given breastfeeding counseling before discharge. Home monitoring will be performed in the 2nd week, 3rd and 6th months after the counseling. In each follow-up, breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes of the grandmothers, breastfeeding success of mothers, attitude towards breastfeeding, perception of postpartum support and newborn growth parameters will be determined. As a result of the research, the effect of breastfeeding training given to grandmothers will be evaluated breastfeeding status of the first 6 months, self-efficacy, attitude, social support perceptions, breastfeeding continuity and newborn growth parameters of primiparous mothers who have just given birth.
To the best of our knowledge, there is no Turkish validity and reliability scale that can reveal children's hand involvement. In the study in which the CAP-H was developed, it was stated that this scale could be used in population-level research studies to examine the similarities and differences in children's manual life participation among different diagnosis groups. It is very important to adapt translated assessment tools to different cultures and languages and to verify their reliability and validity. Moreover, self-report questionnaires are advantageous in that they can be used for large-scale testing. The aim of this study was to examine the convergent validity and reliability of a Turkish version of the "Children's Assessment of Participation with Hands (CAP-H)" scale in order to evaluate the hand participation of physically disabled children.
The aim of this study is to research the effect of Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (the CO-OP Approach) on daily life activities, quality of life and participation in children with organic acidemia. The hypotheses of the study are as follows: - Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (the CO-OP Approach) applied to children with organic acidemia has no effect on daily life activities. - Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (the CO-OP Approach) applied to children with organic acidemia has no effect on quality of life. - Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (the CO-OP Approach) applied to children with organic acidemia has no effect on participation.
This study aims to examine the effect of deep tissue massage (DTM) on myofascial trigger point (MTrP) number, neck range of motion (ROM), pain, disability and quality of life in patients with Myofacial pain syndrome (MPS).
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a non-invasive technology that continuously monitors regional tissue oxygenation (tissue saturation with oxygen). NIRS is used to evaluate the oxygen saturation of the brain and other tissues (such as muscle, liver, lung). NIRS is a non-invasive, simple, bedside method that can be used safely in stroke patients, as it is a method that can be performed at the bedside and does not affect the treatment process. The NIRS, which we will use in our study, continuously measures with the help of two electrodes affixed to the forehead area, right and left. There are previously created scales and scales based on neurological examination in the follow-up of patients with acute ischemic stroke. The main ones are the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), which is used without evaluating the patient's consciousness; It is the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), which is used to evaluate the severity of ischemic stroke, its suitability for treatment and treatment response, and the Modified Rankin Scale (mRS), which is used to evaluate the daily activity ability of individuals. However, since these cannot predict the patient's response to treatment and complications that will develop early, and there are no objective parameters, there is a need for methods that require objective monitoring of the patients. Acute ischemic stroke patients who received intravenous thrombolytic therapy with NIRS and / or who underwent endovascular thrombectomy are monitored for 24 hours and the data obtained from this method are compared with the vital findings, GCS, NIHSS, mRS, which are traditionally used in the follow-up of these patients. Thus, it was aimed to evaluate the utility of this method in evaluating the treatment efficacy and prognosis of patients compared to traditional methods in acute ischemic stroke patients.