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.
Colonoscopy is still the gold standard method for the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancers. Preparation for colonoscopy is a complex processa (eg. restricted diet three days before the procedure and to drink large volumes of drog ) involving many steps. It has been shown that the symptoms experienced by patients during colonoscopy preparation have an impact on the quality of the colonoscopy procedure. Adequate bowel preparation is essential for successful colonoscopy imaging and to detect and remove existing polyps. aim of this study was to examine the effect of the nursing process applied by using standard nursing terminologies on colonoscopy preparation of outpatients on bowel cleansing. This study was designed as a prospective, single-blind, randomized controlled trial. This study tested the hypothesis that the nursing process using thestandard nursing terminologies NANDA-I, NIC and NOC for colonoscopy preparation has an effect on adequate bowel cleansing.
Aggression is a serious problem that appears to be common in forensic psychiatric patients. Determining factors related to aggression is important for psychiatric nurses during the treatment, care and rehabilitation of patients. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between childhood traumas, cognitive distortions and aggression in forensic psychiatry patients. This descriptive study was conducted with 103 male forensic psychiatry patients treated in a high security forensic psychiatry hospital. The data of study were collected Introductory Information Form, Childhood Psychological Traumas Scale (CTQ), Cognitive Distortions Scale (CDS) and Buss-Perry Aggression Scale (BAQ). In this study, 82.5% of forensic psychiatry patients were male, 50.5% were married, 49.5% had secondary education, 53.4% were not working. It was found that patients diagnosed with Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disordersa and Bipolar Affective Disorders, who were hospitalised more than 5 times, who used alcohol/substances and who had previous experience of forensic events had higher levels of aggression. There was a significant positive correlation between the childhood traumas, cognitive distortions and aggression. The results of this study reveal important results that will contribute to psychiatric nurses caring for forensic psychiatric patients in determining the patients' aggression and affecting factors during the treatment and care process.
To examine the effects of clinical pilates exercise on glycemic control, blood lipids and physical fitness parameters in prediabetics. Subjects will be divided into two groups through randomization.Subjects in the 1st group will be included in the control group and will continue their routine. Subjects in the 2nd group will be given clinical pilates exercise training. All subjects will be evaluated at the start of treatment, and week 16.
The investigator's aim in this study was to evaluate the preoperative anxiety and pain felt during the operation due to exposure to green, red, and blue light. For this purpose, the participants will wear colored glasses before the operation. The investigator will evaluate the patient's anxiety change and the pain she/he feels during the procedure.
Ophthalmological differences in school-aged children with and without a history of retinopathy of prematurity
Researchers are looking for a better way to treat people who have advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with specific genetic changes called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) mutations. Advanced NSCLC is a group of lung cancers that have spread to nearby tissues or to other parts of the body or that are unlikely to be cured or controlled with currently available treatments. HER2 is a protein that helps cells to grow and divide. A damage (also called mutation) to the building plans (genes) for this protein in cancer cells leads to a production of abnormal HER2 and therefore abnormal cell growth and division. The study treatment, BAY 2927088, is expected to block the mutated HER2 protein which may stop the spread of NSCLC. The main purpose of this study is to learn how well BAY 2927088 works and how safe it is compared with standard treatment, in participants who have advanced NSCLC with specific genetic changes called HER2 mutations. The study participants will receive one of the study treatments: - BAY 2927088 twice every day as a tablet by mouth, or - Standard treatment in cycles of 21 days via infusion ("drip") into the vein. The treatment will continue for as long as participants benefit from it without any severe side effects or until they or their doctor decide to stop the treatment. During the study, the doctors and their study team will: - take imaging scans, including CT, PET, MRI, and X-rays, of different parts of the body to study the spread of cancer - check the overall health of the participants by performing tests such as blood and urine tests, and checking - heart health using an electrocardiogram (ECG) - perform pregnancy tests for women - ask the participants questions about how they are feeling and what adverse events they are having. An adverse event is any medical problem that a participant has during a study. Doctors keep track of all adverse events, irrespective if they think it is related or not to the study treatment.
Vitamin D is important for bone health, immune function, and inflammation, along with dental implant success. The study aimed to assess bone markers and cytokine levels in patients with and without vitamin D insufficiency to better understand the effects of vitamin D levels on dental implant integration. The study included 42 patients in 2 groups; with insufficient (Group IN-S; n=21) and sufficient (Group S; n=21) levels of vitamin D. Bone remodelling, proinflammatory and antiinflammatory markers were analyzed in bone and peri-implant crevicular fluid (PICF) using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and results were reported as concentration and total amount.
The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of the essential oil-based product in patients with mild to moderate symptomatic COVID-19 Positive infection confirmed by PCR. A computational simulation approach of the molecular interaction (binding) of the main components of essential oils exhibiting antiviral activity with known intracellular protein targets of SARS-CoV-2 (nsp5: Main Protease) was adopted as a rationale for this study. SARS-CoV-2, a single-stranded RNA virus, has four major structural proteins Spike (S), Membrane (M), Envelope glycoprotein (E) and Nucleocapsid (N) protein and non-structural proteins (nsp). These non-structural proteins, of which there are 16 in total in the genome of the virus, play key roles in the mechanisms of the virus life cycle, including replication, transcription, protein synthesis and modification of RNA. Main protease (Main protease, Mpro, 3CLpro), virus Since they are directly involved in the maturation of these nsp proteins, which have an important role in many mechanisms of the life cycle, they have been the target enzyme in the development of new antiviral drugs for the treatment of COVID-19. In this study, our main rationale is to investigate the effect of essential oils on nsp5: Main Protease enzyme activations.
This study will be conducted to determine the effect of educational escape room teaching on nursing students' skills in calculating intravenous drug dosage and applying fluid therapy. The research was planned in a pretest-posttest and retest randomized controlled experimental design with a control group. This study will be conducted in the Spring Term of the 2023-2024 Academic Year at Kafkas University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing. 1st year and 4th year nursing students will be included in the sample of the research. Power analysis was performed to determine the number of people to be included in the study. The power of the test was calculated with the G*Power 3.1 program. Students will be divided into two groups, control and experimental, by randomization method. A total of 120 students were planned to be included in the study: 30 experimental and 30 control students for the first grade, and 30 experimental and 30 control students for the fourth grade. In order to conduct the research, written permissions were obtained from the ethics committee and the institution where the study would be conducted. The data of the research will be collected with the "Introductory Information Form-IIF", "Intravenous Drug Dosage Calculation and Fluid Therapy Application Knowledge Test-IVKT" (min:0-max:100), "Intravenous Drug Dosage Calculation and Fluid Therapy Application Skill Checklists-IVSC" (min:0-max:242) and "Game Evaluation Form-GEF" (min:26-max:130). Increasing the score obtained from data collection tools means that knowledge and skills increase.Data collection tools were presented to expert opinion for content validity. Content validity indexes were calculated and it was determined that the instruments were usable. The entire sample group will be given training on intravenous drug dose calculation and fluid therapy application. During the training, the subject will be supported by question-answer technique. Then, initial knowledge (pre-test) and initial skill (pre-test) will be measured with an objective structured clinical exam and scores will be calculated. According to the pre-test knowledge and skill scores, students from both grade levels will be assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group will play the escape room game in teams of five people according to the prepared educational escape room game plan. During this process, the control group will be given the right to work independently in the laboratory. The experimental group will play the educational escape room game once, and then the final knowledge (post-test) and final skills (objective structured clinical exam) of the experimental and control groups will be measured. Each student in the experimental group will be asked to fill out the game evaluation form. In evaluating the data, parametric or non-parametric tests will be used to determine whether the research data show a normal distribution or not. Correlation will be made to determine the relationship between pretest and posttest knowledge tests and objective structured clinical exam scores. Regression analysis will also be performed if necessary, based on the analysis results of the research data.
Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown cause, affecting mainly young adults. Vasculopathy has been reported in 16.8-51.5% of cases. Genetic, infectious factors, environmental factors, presence of autoantibodies, endothelial pathologies and hypercoagulability are responsible for the etiopathogenesis of BD. The main involvements responsible for morbidity and mortality in Behçet's disease are ocular, major cardiovascular and neurological involvements. Although there is an increased thrombotic risk in the etiopathogenesis of Behçet's disease, the cellular and molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. Although endothelial dysfunction due to inflammation has been shown to be the primary cause of vascular damage in Behçet's disease, some clinical evidence suggests that hypercoagulable states also contribute to thrombosis. The most common form of vascular involvement in Behçet's disease is deep vein thrombosis in the lower extremities. Arterial occlusion mostly affects the subclavian and pulmonary arteries. Although arterial involvement is rarer than venous involvement in Behçet's disease, morbidity and mortality are higher than venous involvement. Although an increased thrombotic risk is mentioned in the etiopathogenesis of Behçet's disease, it is still controversial whether vasculitis or susceptibility to hypercoagulability plays a role in the pathogenesis of venous thrombosis. In addition, there are very few studies in the literature in which all thrombophilic parameters were analysed. Again, there is no recent study on this subject. The aim of our study is to determine the risk of hypercoagulability in Behçet's disease patients with vascular involvement, which has a highly mortal course.