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 goal of this clinical trial is to test the effect of the progressive relaxation exercises in perioperative bariatric surgery patient care. The investigators know that the preoperative anxiety is an important factor that affects acute postoperative pain experience. Additionally, the investigators know that there is a relationship between preoperative anxiety and moderate to severe pain in the first 12 hours postoperatively, and this is also true for patients undergoing bariatric surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Does preoperative anxiety level of patient who will undergo bariatric surgery and who are applied progressive relaxation exercises is lower than those who did not apply exercise? - Does postoperative pain level of patient who underwent bariatric surgery and applied progressive relaxation exercises was lower than patients who did not apply exercise? Participants will be randomly split into two groups and one of the groups of participants will learn how to do progressive relaxation exercises preoperatively and the other group will learn nothing. Then at the time of the surgery, all participants will fill a survey preoperatively to analyze participants' anxiety level in each group and the investigators will collect data about participants' pain level postoperatively. Researchers will compare these data whether there is an effect of the progressive relaxation exercises on preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain or not.
Gingival recession is the term used to describe the apical positioning of the marginal gingiva from the enamel-cementum junction. Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) has been routinely used for more than 20 years to increase keratinized gingival thickness and to close gingival recessions due to the growth factors it contains. In the literature, there are studies evaluating the application of i-PRF with the microneedling technique, but there is no study evaluating the creeping attachment phenomenon and the closure percentage of gingival recession with the creeping attachment after the application of this technique. The aim of this study is to evaluate the closure rates of gingival recession and creeping attachment phenomenon after i-PRF application with microneedling technique. Systemically healthy and non-smoker patients older than 18 years of age with gingival recession in mandibular anterior teeth and keratinized gingival deficiency will be included. Before the procedure, the venous blood taken from the patient will be centrifuged at 700 RPM for 3 minutes in glass and non-addition tubes to obtain i-PRF. The prepared i-PRF will be infected to the apical mucogingival junction of the keratinized gingival area. This process will be repeated once a month for 3 months. After the 3rd month, the horizontal and vertical gingival recession values will be evaluated and recorded at the end of 6 months and 1 year.
In this study, the effect of virtual reality application used during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy on pain, anxiety and vital signs will be investigated. The research will be conducted as a mixed methods research including quantitative and qualitative methods. The exploratory sequence mixed design model, one of the mixed method designs, will be used in the research.
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of planned education based on the health promotion model on lifestyle behaviors and weight management in obese secondary school students.
Considering the fact that The problems experienced by the patients are not only physiological but also psychological and social. Unfortunately, there is no sufficient study focus on all these concepts. Generally, studies focus on only physiological dimensions such as functional level, muscle strength and pain. The aim of this study, in addition to assessment methods commonly used for functional level, muscle strength and pain, is to evaluate central neuromuscular function on individuals who have undergone rotator cuff tear surgery with transcranial magnetic stimulation. Furthermore, psychological resilience, which is considered as a positive psychological trait, will also be evaluated. Until now, only one study has evaluated the role of psychological resilience in the postoperative process of rotator cuff surgery. This study has shown that the correlation between functionality and psychological resilience. As a result of our study, the influence of resiliency on postoperative outcomes following rotator cuff surgery will be determined and central neuromuscular function, shoulder functional level, and psychological resilience changes will be revealed in physiological and psychological concepts. Furthermore, this study may show that psychological resilience has a potential role on predicting functional level and pain. It is planned that the results obtained will guide the postoperative rehabilitation of rotator cuff surgery for further studies on multidimensional perspectives.
The investigators aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of bilateral erector spina plane block application in myofascial pain syndrome.
Patellofemoral joint problems constitute a significant portion of knee pain and injuries. Patellofemoral pain, which is among these problems, is a common musculoskeletal disorder with a poor long-term prognosis in the community. Disturbances in M. quadriceps femoris muscle function have been observed in individuals with patellofemoral pain. M. Quadriceps femoris dysfunction includes arthrogenic muscle inhibition (AKI). Abnormal joint afferent discharge, which is the cause of AMI, affects the excitability of the spinal and supraspinal tracts by limiting muscle activation and can have strong effects on the central nervous system. Therefore, not only spinal reflex pathways but also corticomotor and intracortical pathways are involved in the neurophysiological mechanism of AKI. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the motor cortex is used to evaluate the integrity of the motor pathways and to obtain information about the connections of the relevant brain regions. The limited number of studies examining the changes in corticomotor excitability of M. Quadriceps femoris with TMS in individuals with patellofemoral pain, and the differences in results, and changes in corticomotor excitability at different angular values of the knee joint during active movement have not been examined in studies to date, so it will be applied to individuals with patellofemoral pain by knowing more about central neuromuscular involvement. The aim of this study is to compare central neuromuscular involvement in individuals with patellofemoral pain with healthy individuals, and to compare the isometric muscle strength of the M. Quadriceps femoris muscle, force sense, knee joint function, quality of life, physical activity and kinesiophobia levels by comparing them with healthy individuals of the same age and gender. In the study, corticomotor involvement of M.Quadriceps femoris with TMS, isometric muscle strength with Lafayette Manual Muscle Tester, force sense with pressurized biofeedback unit, knee joint function with Kujala Patellofemoral Scale, quality of life with Short Form-36, physical activity with International Physical Activity Questionnaire, kinesiophobia l will be assessed with the Brief Fear of Movement Scale.
Despite the developments in recent years, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is still a disease with high mortality and morbidity. Although studies on genetic background have increased, the pathogenesis of PAH remains complex and unresolved. The most comprehensive data are related to bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2 (BMPR2), and in recent years, new responsible or candidate genes have been identified, especially by new generation DNA sequencing In this study, it was aimed to determine the genetic background of patients with PAH and to investigate the genetics of secondary PAH not only HPAH.
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of body awareness levels of teachers working in primary schools on work motivation and quality of life. In addition, the age, gender, height, weight, period of experience in the profession, smoking, branch, education level and current disease status of the teachers included in the study were also examined according to the questionnaire and evaluation scales. At the same time, the postures of the teachers were also evaluated. The universe of the research consists of teachers working in public schools in Istanbul between April 2022 and September 2022. The sample, on the other hand, was determined as a total of 120 healthy volunteer teachers, 60 women and 60 men, who teach in 4 primary education institutions in avcılar and esenyurt districts of Istanbul. Before starting the study, approval was obtained from the ethics committee of non-interventional clinical studies of Istanbul Arel University. Permission letters were obtained from the 4 primary education institutions where the study would be conducted and added to the ethics committee application form. The importance and purpose of the study were explained to all teachers who agreed to participate in the study. All necessary information was given on the subject that the results of the study would be used for scientific purposes, their identities would be kept confidential, and participants could withdraw from the study at any time, and their written consent was included in the informed consent form.
The study aims to evaluate the effect of AI-based discharge training after acute decompensation of heart failure on the patient's quality of life and to examine the relationship between changes in voice and speech characteristics of patients and changes in hospitalization, discharge, and early post-discharge clinical status.