bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The relationship between Type D personality and impulsivity in university students
Authors: YILDIZ Mesut 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Aim: Type D personality is defined as a type in which negative affecttivity (NA) and social inhibition (SI) are prominent. Type D personality is associated with psychiatric symptoms. The aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship between Type D personality and impulsivity in a non-clinical population.
Materials and Methods: In total, 462 undergraduate health Professional students were recruited to the study. Subjects were evaluated using Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depresssion Inventory (BDI), Barratt Impulsivity Scale-11 (BIS-11) and Type D Personality Scale (DS-14).
Results: The frequency of type D personality was 39.6%. The BAI, BDI and BSI scores were higher in participants with Type D personality compared to the group without Type D personality. Correlation analysis demonstrated that Type D personality was posivitely correlated with the severity of depression and anxiety. Impulsivity scores measured by the BSI was posivitely correlated with Type D personality, depression and anxiety scores. Regression analysis demonstrated that impulsivity was predicted by male sex and depression scores.
Conclusion: Type D personality was correlated with the severity of depression and anxiety. Depression scores and male sex predicted impulsivity.
What is the Efficacy of Home-Based Exercise Program After Mild to Moderate COVID-19 Pneumonia?
Authors: AKDENİZ LEBLEBİCİER Merve , YAMAN Fatıma , GÖKPINAR Hasan Hüseyin , ÖZLÜ Aysun , BAKÇEPINAR Gülsüm 
Published: June 2023

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a home-based breathing exercise program on dyspnea, quality of life, depression and sleeping disorders in patients with COVID-19 after discharge from the hospital.
Methods: The study was completed with a total of 60 participants. The intervention group (n=39) received a homed-based exercise program including controlled breathing techniques and low-intensity upper and lower extremity exercises. The control group (n=21) did not receive any intervention.
The patients were evaluated with the Modified Borg Scale (MBS), Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) before and at the end of the intervention.
Results: After treatment, the MBS scores significantly decreased in both the intervention and control groups compared with the baseline values(p
The relationship between preoperative CA 19-9 and CEA levels and histopathology of tumor in colorectal cancer
Authors: YAYIN Hasan Esad , YAYIN Esranur , BEKTAŞ Sibel , GÖNÜLLÜ Doğan , BASAT Okcan 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Aim: Colorectal cancer is a serious disease that can result in death. The fact that cancer markers and early diagnosis increase the effectiveness of treatment reveals the need for multidimensional research on this subject. TNM classification of colorectal cancer is shows the prognosis. In our study, the relationship between preoperative CEA and CA 19-9 values and histopathology of tumor and preoperative predictive value of tumor markers in colorectal cancer patients were investigated.
Materials and Methods: 153 patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer were included in the study. The histopathological data in the resection materials of the patients who were operated by General Surgery Department were collected from the pathology reports. Clinical data were collected by retrospective scanning of patient files.
Results: The mean age of the patients was 64 (± 11.39) years. 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. CEA was found to be positive in 35.3% of the patients, while this rate was 20.9% for CA 19-9. In our study, CEA and CA 19-9 positivity were significantly correlated with TNM stage of tumor, depth of invasion, lymphovascular invasion, perineural invasion, nodal involvement and metastasis. In addition, the mean age of CA 19-9 positive cases was significantly higher than the negative ones. The mean tumor size of CEA positive cases was significantly higher than the negative ones.
Conclusion: CEA and CA19-9 are valuable both in demonstrating advanced stage tumors and in detecting malignancy in tumors detected in advanced ages. Since survival decreases as the stage progresses, positive CEA and CA19-9 values are both associated with worse prognosis.
Results of Adjuvant Radiotherapy Based on Sedlis Criteria in Early Stage Cervical Cancer
Authors: GÜRDAL Necla , KANDEMİR GÜRSEL Özge 
Published: June 2023

Background/Aims:
Investigation of the efficacy of adjuvant RT in cervical cancer stage I-IIA according to FIGO (2018) in terms of risk factors and oncologic outcomes.
Methods:
The study included 113 patients with FIGO stage I-IIA. Patients who received adjuvant external pelvic RT and/or intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT) after surgery retrospectively analyzed for demographic data , histology, grade, tumor size , stage, LVSI, stromal invasion depth, type of lymphadenectomy, number of dissected pelvic / paraaortic lymph nodes , surgical margin, adjuvant therapies, local relapse, distant failure, overall survival, and progression-free survival.
Results:
After a median follow-up of 160 months, local recurrence was observed in 3 patients, distant metastasis in 6 patients and all-cause death in 15 patients. It was observed that only SID had a statistically significant effect on overall survival among the Sedlis criteria (p=0.04). The ten-year DFS and OS rates were 95% and 94%, respectively .
Conclusions:
Promising oncological results were obtained in early stage cervical cancer with adjuvant RT based on Sedlis criteria.
THE EFFECT OF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEW ON THE TREATMENT ADHERENCE OF THE DEPRESSION PATIENTS
Authors: TANRIVERDİ Derya , BAHAR Aynur 
Published: June 2023

Aim: Major depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders, and treatment non-adherence is one of the important problems that negatively affect treatment outcomes in the treatment of depression. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of motivational interview on the treatment adherence.
Material and Method: This study is a control group experimental research with pre-test and post-test repetitive measurements. The sampling of the study consists of 81 depressive patients, 40 experimental and 41 controls, who applied to the Psychiatry service/polyclinic of the Training and Research Hospital. The personal information form and The Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS) were used in data collection.
Results: As a result of the motivational interviews, the MMAS scores of the experimental group decreased to a significant level in the mid-test and post-test compared to the pre-test, and no significant difference was found in the mean scale scores of the control group without intervention (p>0.05).
Conclusion: It has been found that motivational interviews are an effective intervention to improve medication adherence in the patients with depression. Healthcare professionals can facilitate adherence with the medical treatment regimen in depressed patients through motivational interview practices.
ULTRASONOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT OF PLANTAR FASCIA THICKNESS IN PATIENTS WITH HEMIPLEGIA
Authors: ŞEN Sıdıka 
Published: June 2023

Aims: In hemiplegic patients, changes in load distribution due to spasticity and paralysis cause trauma due to increased pressure and biomechanical problems in the plantar fascia on both sides. The aim of this study was to evaluate the plantar fascia thickness on both plegic and non-plegic sides by ultrasound in hemiplegic patients.
Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study included patients with chronic hemiplegia (>6 months) and healthy control individuals. Clinical and demographic features were noted. Plantar fascia was visualized as hyperechoic fibrils by ultrasound. The thickness was measured in both sides and at one cm after the calcaneal connection.
Results: We included forty hemiplegic patients (22 males, 18 females) with a mean age of 58.60 ± 11.8 years; and thirty-six age, sex, and body mass index (BMI) matched healthy subjects. Plantar fascia thickness values were significantly higher on the non-plegic side (3.82 ± 0.1 mm) compared to that of plegic side (2.83 ± 0.6 mm) and healthy groups sides ( (right side:2.82 ± 0,50; left side: 2.81 ± 0,6) (p0,05). We also found significantly positive correlation between plantar fascia thickness of the non-plegic side and time since stroke (r=0.538, p
Outcomes of Meningioma Patients Undergoing Stereotactic Radiotherapy
Authors: DELİKGÖZ SOYKUT Ela , AKSAN Dönay , ŞAVLI Evrim , YILMAZ Salih Buğra , TATAROĞLU Hatice 
Published: June 2023

Aim: Innovations in radiotherapy have paved the way for alternative approaches for the treatment of meningioma, and in this context, radiosurgery has begun to be used in the treatment of meningioma. This study aimed to examine the clinical results of radiosurgery in the treatment of meningioma and to show whether it achieves the main goals, especially in terms of the possibility of tumor control and the success of preventing progression.
Materials and Methods: Primary, residual, and recurrent meningioma treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) between 2013 and 2020 were evaluated retrospectively. Study endpoints were overall survival (OS), progression free survival (PFS), and local control (LC).
Results: 73 patients and 81 lesions were analyzed. The median duration of the follow-up period was 49 months (range, 7–138 months). 5- and 7-y OS and PFS were 87.6%, 78.9%; 82.9% and 82.9%, respectively. The tumor control rate was 94.6%. In univariate analysis, gender (p=0.007), radiosurgery for recurrence (p=0.011) and number of lesions (p=0.030) were found to be factors affecting OS, and number of lesions (p
EVALUATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREOPERATIVE PATIENT ANXIETY LEVEL AND HEALTH LITERACY
Authors: BULUN YEDİYILDIZ Merve , YILMAZ Resul , BÜYÜKBEZİRCİ Gülçin , ARICAN Şule , TAVLAN Aybars 
Published: June 2023

ABSTRACT
Aim: Sociodemographic characteristics such as age, gender, and educational status are factors associated with preoperative anxiety. Health literacy may be the influencing factor in different results obtained in various studies regarding the relationship between educational status and preoperative anxiety.

Materials and Methods: This prospective survey was carried out on 155 patients scheduled for elective surgery at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology between September and November 2019. Sociodemographic and basic health status data were recorded using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-I) and the Health Literacy Index (HLI).

Results: While there was a highly statistically significant difference between average scores of the access, understanding and appraisal of health information subscales according to the HLI (p0,05). A negative medium level relationship was found between average scores of the STAI-I and the HLI (r=-0,424) and application subscale (r=-0,482), and a negative low level relationship was found between the overall STAI-I and the access (r=-0,335), understanding (r=-0,368) and appraisal of health information (r=-0,353) subscales.

Conclusions: It was concluded that the low level of health literacy may be effective in the increased preoperative anxiety levels in patients, and further studies are required to be conducted in this matter.
Laryngeal Mask Airway Versus Endotracheal Intubation for Airway Management During Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy
Authors: GÜLSOY Kemal Yetiş , ANCIN Burcu , ORHAN Semiha 
Published: June 2023

Aim: Tracheostomy is a common procedure performed surgically or percutaneously due to prolonged intubation. During the procedure, airway safety can be ensured using a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) or an endotracheal tube (ETT). The aim of this study was to investigate the complications associated with the use of LMA and ETT during the tracheostomy procedure, operative time, and changes in blood gas parameters.
Materials and Methods: This study included patients admitted to the Intensive Care Units of Burdur State Hospital between 2019 and 2023. A total of 78 patients were divided into two groups: ETT (n=39) and LMA (n=39). Procedure-related complications, operative time, blood gas data were recorded from the patient files.
Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the LMA and ETT groups in terms of complications. There was also no statistically significant difference in postoperative values of PaCO2 between the groups (p
Investigation of Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Practices in Spinal Fusion Surgery and Outcomes: A Single Center Experience
Authors: AKAR Ali , ŞAHİN Serpil 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Aim: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is among the most common causes of preventable hospital-acquired deaths. VTE is known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) when it occurs in the veins and pulmonary embolism (PE) when it occurs in the lungs and is common in surgery practice. We aimed to determine the frequency of venous thromboembolism (VTE), the factors affecting the development of VTE, and the types and effectiveness of VTE prophylaxis applications in patients who underwent spinal fusion surgery (SFS).
Material and Methods: The patients aged over 18 who underwent SFS for spinal fracture or thoracolumbar stenosis in our neurosurgery clinic between June, 2020 and December, 2022 were included. The patients records were evaluated retrospectively. VTE prophylaxis was given according to the Caprini risk score.
Results: A total of 137 patients, 85 (62%) of female, with a meanage of 48.6±+8.77 years were included in the study. According to the Caprini risk scores, 90 (65.7%) of the cases were at high risk. VTE was detected in four patients (2.9%) despite prophylaxis (3 cases of DVT and one pulmonary embolism).
Conclusions: Although VTE prophylaxis is performed according to Carpini risk score in SFS, it is seen that embolisms cannot be prevented sufficiently. Therefore, studies with a high level of evidence are needed for the use of these algorithms in SFS.
Comparison of Supine Position and Traction Table in the Surgical Treatment of Unstable Intertrochanteric Fractures with PFNA
Authors: AVCİ Özgür , POLAT Ömer 
Published: June 2023

Aim: Intertrochanteric femur fractures (IFF) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly population. Proximal femoral nail-anti-rotation (PFNA) is one of the most preferred surgical treatment methods. This study aimed to compare the clinical and radiologic results of two different patient positions used during PFNA and to reveal the intraoperative advantages and disadvantages.
Material and Method: Cases operated due to IFF between January 2020 and December 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The study was conducted with 123 patients meeting the inclusion criteria. The minimum follow-up period was determined as one year. Two groups were formed: those operated on the traction table (opereted-TT) and those operated in supine lithotomy without traction table (operated-SP). The groups were compared regarding operative time, reduction quality, type-apex distance (calTAD), and radiologic and clinical results.
Results: There were 76 patients in the operated-TT group and 47 in the operated-SP group. The mean age of the operated-TT group was 81.00±8.52 years, and the mean age of the operated-SP group was 79.30±8.12 years. (p=0.213) Gender, follow-up time, time from trauma to surgery, and fracture classification were similar for the groups. The mean operative time was 95.18±8.54 minutes in the operated-TT group and 88.23±7.12 minutes in the operated-SP group, and the operation was completed in a shorter time in the operated-SP group. (p=0.001) There were no differences between the groups in terms of reduction quality, calTAD, Harris Hip Score, VAS score, infection rates, and cut-out rates.
Conclusion: Based on this study, the radiologic and clinical results of the cases operated with manual traction in the supine position and those operated using a traction table in treating IFF with PFNA are similar. In addition, it was concluded that shorter operation time was an advantage of the operated-SP group.
Gestão dos resíduos sólidos urbanos no município de Malhada – BA
Authors: Santos Josedalva Farias dos , Jesus Edla Suzan Pereira de , Lima Divina Maria Farias Santos , Lima Jeanne Cristina Farias Santos , Santos Leoneide Magalhães 
Published: June 2023

O presente artigo pretende analisar a atual situação dos resíduos sólidos urbanos na cidade de Malhada/Ba, mostrar a realidade dos problemas ambientais decorrentes dos resíduos sólidos armazenados em locais inadequados, levantando as consequências e os aspectos que devem ser observados para se fazer uma gestão eficiente dos recursos sólidos municipais mediante as diretrizes que instituíram a Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos (PNRS) através da lei 12.305/10 ; além de frisar que a geração destes resíduos, em larga escala, desencadeia diversas consequências relacionadas a problemas secundários muito preocupantes, como a ocorrência de lixões, incineração inadequada, entre outros. Para realização deste trabalho, optou-se por uma pesquisa descritiva que inicialmente observa a temática em seu aspecto macro e a desloca para o meio local. A metodologia desenvolveu-se a partir de coleta e análises de dados, pesquisas documentais em sites oficiais, numa abordagem qualitativa utilizando visitas em campo e registros fotográficos das instalações do “lixão” municipal. A relevância da referida pesquisa é alertar a sociedade para os impactos negativos que estes resíduos desencadeiam no meio ambiente quando disponibilizados de maneira inadequada. A escolha pela temática, pretende gerar conhecimentos acadêmicos e discussões, sobre a situação atual da gestão de resíduos sólidos urbanos no município de Malhada/Ba e em toda região, levantando um diagnóstico situacional local, visto que o município deverá elaborar o Plano Municipal de Resíduos Sólidos e modificar sua prática de destino final dos referidos recursos.
Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria rate and risk factors in the neonatal intensive care unit: A single-center ten-year experience
Authors: ÇAKMAK Hatice Mine , YEKENKURUL Dilek , ŞENGÜN Zehra , YENER Selvi , DURAN Pelin , DAVRAN Fatih , KOCABAY Kenan 
Published: June 2023

Objective: Multidrug resistance (MDR) in gram-negative neonatal infections is difficult to manage, and the risk factors differ among different studies. We aim to investigate the demographics, mortality, MDR status of gram-negative isolates, and risk factors for MDR gram-negative infections.
Material-Methods:
We conducted a retrospective single-center study about MDR gram-negative infections in neonates between January 2012-January 2022 at Duzce University Hospital in Turkey. This study evaluates neonates with MDR gram-negative infections' risk factors and clinical features. All analyses were performed using IBM SPSS V23. Univariate analyses and multivariate logistic regression models were studied to determine MDR's risk factors.
Results: Of 107 gram-negative bacteria, 41 (38.3%) accounted for Enterobacter, 30 (28%) for Klebsiella pneumonia, and 22 (20.6%) for Escherichia coli. Additionally, 61 (56.5%) were MDR microorganisms. Among the susceptibility tests performed for selected isolates, 41 (77.4%) had resistance to Piperacillin, 57 (75%) showed resistance to amoxiclav, and 16 (72.7%) had cefoxitin resistance. In addition, carbapenemase resistance was found in 24 (43.6%) and meropenem resistance in 13 (36.1%). Colistin, aztreonam, and tigecycline resistances were the least frequent. The following dependent risk factors increased the multidrug resistance risk in gram-negative infections; late-onset sepsis 3.547 fold (p=0.005), use of mechanical ventilation 3.143 fold (p=0.007), blood culture positivity 3.587-fold (p=0.013), bronchopulmonary dysplasia 6.702 fold, (p= 0.015) and total parenteral nutrition 5.591 fold (p=0.001), lower gestational age 1.122 (1/0.891) fold (p=0.026), and birth weight 1.001 (1/0.999) fold, (p=0.013). Similarly, anti-biotherapy duration was significantly higher in the MDR group than in the non-MDR group.
Conclusions: The reported risk factors for MDR in gram-negative neonatal infections are all dependent risk factors. Hence clinicians must be alert to all potential risk factors.
PECULIARITIES OF HYDROLOGICAL AND HYDROCHEMICAL PARAMETERS’ BY VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION AROUND ZMIINYI ISLAND THE BLACK SEA WATERS DURING 2003-2013
Authors: Gazyetov Ye. I. 
Published: June 2023

The paper is dedicated to studies of hydrological & hydrochemical parameters’ vertical distribution in the area where water masses of different origin mix. The studies have been based on the collected massif of hydrometeorological information on the Zmiinyi Island shelf area accumulated in National Mechnikovs University of Odessa. The objective of the work has been studies of physicochemical parameters vertical distribution forming peculiarities in water column and the level of different factors’ influence on this distribution.To perform the studies the data about wind and currents speed and direction, conductivity, temperature, oxygen content and pH in the Zmiinyi Island coastal waters in 2003-2013 have been used. Measurements and modelling results have been processed using statistics and comparative analysis methods with the application of ARCGIS and Excel software. Seasonal regularities in hydrological and hydrochemical parameters’ vertical distribution of in the Zmiinyi Island coastal waters have been confirmed. Deviations from the characteristic seasonal variation of hydrological and hydrochemical parameters’ vertical distribution have been revealed and assumptions about their reasons made.For the years 2008-2013 the tendency towards frequency increase of eastern, southern and western winds has been pointed out, which intensify inflow of the Danubian waters and the deep waters of high salinity into the island aquatorium. The influence of the island shelf relief has been shown, which is making itself evident in episodic upwelling, «shadowing» effects of the island and local disturbances in the above mentioned parameters’ distribution with depth.It has been confirmed that peculiarities of vertical distribution of hydrological and hydrochemical parameters in water column could be explained by proximity of the island to the Danube mouth, to northern branch of the general Black Sea current and to the deeper parts of the sea. Non-periodical deviations from seasonal vertical distribution of the above mentioned parameters are connected with concrete meteorological situations are of synoptic scale. Influence of morphological peculiarities of the shelf on currents structure and upwelling forming in the immediate proximity (up to 500 m) to the island has been established. No unambiguous connection between oxygen content in bottom layers and upwelling has been found.