Browsing by Author "Altiparmak O."

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    Hypertension prevalence among elderly people: A sample from Manisa; [Yaşlilarda hipertansiyon prevalansi: Manisa örneǧi]
    (2006) Altiparmak S.; Karadeniz G.; Altiparmak O.; Ataseven M.; Şahin R.
    Background: Hypertension is a social health problem prevalence of which increases with ageing. It is a serious disease that must not be underestimated, causing mortal complications like ischemic hearth diseases, cerebrovascular diseases etc. or organ handicaps. This study aimed to determine, with cross sectional analytic method, the prevalence of hypertension, risk factors and their interrelationships in the population above 64 years old in Manisa. Materials and Methods: Arterial blood pressures of 340 participants who are registered in the region systematic sampling method were measured and a questionnaire interrogating demographic features and was conducted by means of face-to-face interviews. Results: According to questionnaire results, the hypertension prevalence, which is actually 49.7%, was found to be 61.8% in all individuals above 65 years old. Out of elderly people 26.2% were normotensive, 27.1% were systolic hypertension, 8.6% were diastolic hypertension, 26.2% were systolo-diastolic hypertension. Hypertensive individuals have been compared in respect of age, gender, educational level, marital status was not statistically different between the groups. Body Mass Index made increase on risk score. Conclusion: Consequently, the hypertension prevalence among elderly in the study region was high. This result draws the attention once again to the fact that the screening for hypertension among the elderly people and adequate and equal nutrition is necessary.
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    Smoking in pregnancy in Manisa; A sample from semi urban area; [Manisa'da gebelikte sigara kullanimi; Yari kentsel alan ömeǧi]
    (2009) Altiparmak S.; Altiparmak O.; Åva H.D.
    Smoking in pregnancy is a serious health problem in our country, as it is in many parts of the world. Since it is widely used, known to be a teratogenic agent and its effects on public health are preventable, nicotine is a substance that must be struggled with. Growing healthy generations is only possible with a healthy pregnancy period and by avoiding known risk factors. In this study, it was aimed to describe the smoking status of pregnant women. Material and Method: 130 pregnant women who applied to Manisa fifth health center were included in this descriptive study. This study was carried out on women who delivered between 01, October 2006 and 01, November 2006. Results: It was found that 19.1% of pregnant women were smoking during pregnacy. There was significant difference between the parameters of age, income and city life of pregnant women. Conclusion: These results show that new plans are necessary to educate pregnant women before and during the pregnancy. In the in-service training programs given to health staff, risks of smoking during pregnancy should be strongly emphasized and pregnant women should also be educated on this issue during pregnancy.
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    Asthma and quality of life in adolescents in Manisa, Turkey
    (2011) Altiparmak S.; Altiparmak O.; Sari H.Y.
    Background: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of asthma and the association between asthma and quality of life in sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in the city of Manisa. Method: The population of this cross-sectional study includes the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades of primary schools located in the city of Manisa (n=59, 135). The study sample included 763 students from nine schools with different socioeconomic features selected by the Directorate of National Education. Data were collected under the supervision of the researcher with a socio-demographic questionnaire, International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire and Kiddo-KINDL, a quality of life scale. Descriptive statistics, Student's t-test and χ 2-test were used for the evaluation of the data. Results: In total, 83 children (10.9%) were diagnosed with asthma by doctors and 82 children (10.7%) had wheezing or asthmatic attacks in the past 12 months. The children with life-long asthma had significantly lower scores for quality of life than those without asthma (p<0.05). Conclusion: The prevalence of asthma is different in different geographical regions in Turkey. Our results are similar to the results of Western society and asthma has a negative effect on the quality of life of children. © 2011 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston.
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    Drug-using behaviors of the elderly living in nursing homes and community-dwellings in Manisa, Turkey
    (2012) Altiparmak S.; Altiparmak O.
    Aim: The study aimed to investigate drug-taking behaviors of the elderly living in a nursing home or community dwelling and to determine the factors affecting their behaviors. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the elderly living at homes (n= 106) or in nursing homes (n= 220) in the city center of Manisa located in the Aegean region of Turkey. The study data were collected between February 2011 and May 2011. For data collection, three survey forms were used: the socio-demographic questionnaire, the standardized mini mental test and the questionnaire which enquires drug-using behavior. The data were evaluated with SPSS for 15.00 Windows statistical package program. Data descriptive statistics were evaluated with the chi-square test, Student's t-test and logistic regression analysis. Results: The mean age of the whole group was 73.4 ± 6.3 (65-94). In the study group, the mean numbers of chronic diseases and medications used were 1.2 ± 0.9 (0-5) and 2.6 ± 1.8 (0-10), respectively. According to the survey results, those living in nursing homes, males and those with education higher than primary school education displayed better drug-taking behaviors than those living at home, females and those with less than primary school education, respectively. Conclusion: The appropriate use of medicine is a major problem in old age. Living at home or in a nursing home, gender and education are important factors affecting the correct use of medicine in old age. © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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    The effect of chemotherapy on quality of life in patients with lung carcinoma
    (Gulhane Medical School, University of Health Sciences, 2012) Anar C.; Altiparmak O.; Ünsal I.; Altiparmak S.; Tatar D.; Halilçolar H.
    The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of chemotherapy on the quality of life of patients with lung carcinoma. Fifty patients who were receiving chemotherapy between January 2006 and January 2007 were included in the study. The quality of life questionnaire (QLQ C-30), lung cancer specific module (LC-13) of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), and visual analog scale (VAS) were used in data collection. Chemotherapy resulted in worsening of social functioning, as well as dyspnea, constipation, and alopecia, whereas coughing improved. The economic status of the patients became worse compared to the first chemotherapy period (p<0.05). Chemotherapy led to a decrease in physical and social functioning in the patients with non-small cell lung cancer, and an increase in fatigue, nausea, insomnia, and constipation. No statistical significance was observed between the presence of metastases and quality of life. Pain negatively affected all subscales of the quality of life. Although no relationship was observed between the quality of life and sociodemographic characteristics, such as age and educational status, gender affected the quality of life, and the role, emotional, and cognitive functioning of the quality of life were worse in females compared to males. Sociodemographic characteristics had no significant impact on the quality of life of the patients with lung cancer. Pain negatively affected all areas of quality of life; indeed, the quality of life of the patients decreased as pain increased.
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    Stigma of tuberculosis scale: Validity and reliability; [Tüberküloz Damgalanma Ölçeği: Geçerliliği ve güvenilirlik]
    (Ankara University, 2015) Özpinar S.; Taner Ş.; Yildirim G.; Mahleç Anar C.; Altiparmak O.; Baydur H.
    Introduction: In many health conditions, stigma is receiving increasing attention. Public stigmatization toward social illness can affect particularly the patients and family memberships to help seeking behavior and treatment. This study, the aim of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish “Stigma of Tuberculosis Scale ” which was developed to evaluate of perception of stigma with tuberkulosis patient. Patients and Methods: This methodological study was conducted with 150 with tuberculosis disease people who above 18 age and without known psychological and mental disability. In the study, “Stigma of Tuberculosis Scale” was used as data collection tool. During the study, language equivalence, content validity, reliability and construct validity of the scale was performed. The data was assessed by using mean, median, standard deviation, Spearman Correlation, Cronbach Alpha coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis. Results: The mean age of study participants was 45.6 ± 16.1 (20-85). years. Spearman correlation coefficient of the scale for testretest reliability was 0.853 and the Cronbach Alpha coefficient was 0.95. According to fit indexes of confirmatory factor analysis [x2/ SD= 481.38/230= 2.09; RMSEA= 0.087; GFI= 0.776; CFI= 0.776; NNFI= 0.875] it was found that one factors were appropriate for the scale. Conclusion: The adoption of the translated “Stigma of Tuberculosis Scale”in Turkey is found reliable and valid to evaluate of perception of stigma with tuberkulosis patient. © 2015, Ankara University. All rights reserved.