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Item The prejudice of a high school students against persons with HIV/AIDS; [HIV-AIDS'lilere karşi önyargi](2003) Karadeniz G.; Altiparmak S.; Güngör N.The purpose of this descriptive study is to determine the opinion of Celal Bayar University Health College Students about prejudice against persons with HIV/AIDS. The study group has been compromised of 185 students of Celal Bayar University Health College Students. Data was collected by using quastionnare which submitted in ICN days in 2003. This questionnare was translated in Turkish by researches. Percentage tests were used in statistical analyses. The result obtained from the study suggested that the students didn't bear any prejudice against persons with HIV/AIDS.Item An evaluation of nursing care in cancer patients(2004) Karadeniz G.; Yanikkerem E.; Altiparmak S.; Sevil Ü.; Ertem G.; Esen A.The aim of the present study was to identify what hospitalized cancer patients expect from nurses in terms of the care they receive. The specific aims of this study were: (i) to identify those individuals to whom the patients felt closest in the hospital setting and (ii) to evaluate nurses' management of cancer patients during their stay in the hospital. The sample included patients hospitalized at Ege University Hospital and Suat Seren District Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. We found significant differences between the scores of satisfaction and dissatisfaction and gender, age, education, occupation, type of cancer and the mode of treatment (p < 0.05). The majority of the cancer patients reported that nursing management was unsatisfactory. Some demographic factors such as cultural and social status affected patients' expectations.Item Analysis of job-related risks faced by hospital nurses(2004) Karadeniz G.; Gündüz T.; Altiparmak S.; Yanikkerem E.The aim of this study was to analyze the job-related risks nurses face during training such as needlestick i njuries, contaminated blood and infectious fluids. From May to July 2003 we conducted a survey of a sample of 242 nurses who were working in the the Pediatric Hospital, Government Hospital, the Training Hospital of Celal Bayar University, the Gynecology Hospital and the Psychiatric Hospital in Manisa City in Turkey. Two hundred sixteen nurses (89.3%) had needlestick injuries and 107 (44.2%) had Injuries by contaminated cutting utensils. A total of 104 nurses (43.0%) used gloves, while 65 (26.9%) used gloves and mask. In medical and surgical staff nurses, injuries due to contaminated cutting utensils were statistically significant (p < 0.05). Awareness of accidents was significant between the two groups (p < 0.05).Item The relation between pregnancy problems and risk factors in pregnants (a sample from a rural area); [Risk faktörleri i̇le gebelik sorunlari arasindaki i̇lişki: Bir kirsal alan örneǧi](2005) Altiparmak S.; Yanikkerem E.; Karadeniz G.OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to dedermine between risk factors and living pregnancy problems in pregnancies who live in rural area. STUDY DESIGN: Data has been collected the date between 2004/March-July. All pregnancies were taken to the samples in 5. Number Health Center from Manisa city (n=130). Not only 130 samples were received because of they aren't at home or regret the questionnare but only 94 pregnants were received. Therefore 34 pregnants stayed out of the study. The data were evaluated on computer with SPSS 10.0 pacget programme. In the statistical analysis percentage, student t test, Mann Whitney-U test, Chi Square and Odss Ratio were used and regression and correlation analysis were done. RESULTS: As the results of this study 17.0% of pregnants take a place in risk group. There is no significant between risk factors and pregnancy problems in the statistical analysis. In the result of multiple statistical analysis it is determined that social insurence, pariety and before having chronical illnesses are effective on pregnancy risk factors. CONCLUTIONS: Risk factors are more three times in un having social insurence. If the pariety is higher than 3 who have more risks (9 times higher) as lower parieties. The score is higher of having short pariety siclus as having long pariety siclus. And having chronical illness pregnants are under higher risk as no having chronical ilness.Item 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.Item The usage of contraseption methods knowledge, attitute and behaviors among 15-49 years age married women in Manisa: A rural area sample; [Manisa'da yaşayan 15-49 yaş grubu evli kadinlarda aile planlamasi yöntemleri i̇le i̇lgili bilgi, tutum ve davranişlari; kirsal alan örneǧi](2006) Altiparmak S.; Adigüzel Z.Purpose: The purpose of the study to determine contraseption methods knowledge, attitute and behaviors the research of 15-49 years age married women in 5. nummer primary health centers area. Materyal and Methods: This is cross-sectional and descriptive study of dated May-June 2004, has been done in Manisa city. 5. Number of Health Care centers area. Cluster sampling is used and 300 women included to the study. A questionnaire contained 55 questions about family planning methods usage and the causes of prefer them was applied to women with face to face interview. Data was gathered through the face to face conversation with the women at their home. Data was analyzed using the SPSS 10.0 statistical program. The evaluation of data percentage, mean, Ci-square were used in the statistical analyses. Results and Conclusion(s): The findings are as follows of the 300 women analysed: 94.0% of women primary school, 3.3% of them work, 56.3% of them middle class, 78.3 % of them having chidren, average of their children number was 2.4±2.0. The rate of effective method knowledge of all 300 women included to the study is 97.3%, traditional 96.6% and not knowledge any method 1.0%. The rate of effective method usage of all 300 women included to the study is 50.3%, traditional 22.0% and not using any method 27.7%. The most known methods was intrauterin device, oral contraceptive and condom were second and third most widely known modern method. The most used methods was coitus interruptus, second was condom and third was intrauterin device. The method of family planning for reaching used to goverment sector persentage is 78.1%. The women of their the most used easy method is intrauterin device. The women 17.7% of them think using of family planning method is not suited the relegion unless, but only 4.3% of men thing so. His not significant relation between age, women and husband education and modern and tratitional using method friguency (p>0.05).Item Depression and the adolescent pregnants: The sample from Manisa; [Adolesan gebelik ve depresyon: Manisa örneǧi](2007) Altiparmak S.; Ay S.OBJECTIVE: This research was made in order to determine depression during adolescent pregnancy and effective factors of depression. STUDY DESING: This study was carried out in Manisa city area between the dates of 2005/February, March, April. The research was a descriptive analytical study and the data was collected by using questionnaire which was prepared by researcher and depression was measured with the Beck Depression Inventory. Data gathered through the face conversation with the pregnant at their home. The evaluation of data percentage, mean, t test, Mann whitney-U test, Kruscall wallis test were used in the statistical analyses. Data was analyzed using the SPSS 10.00 statistical program. RESULTS: Depression of the adolescent pregnants and sociodemographick was not statistically different between sosyodemografic factors. % 15.1 of adolescent pregnant women had depression scores at or above 17 on the Beck depression inventory. CONCLUSION: Depression during adolescent pregnancy is an important health problem.Item 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.Item The effects of parental attitudes on health behaviors of adolescents attending 6th to 8th grades in Turkey(2010) Altiparmak S.; Sari H.Y.; Yardimci F.Background: This study aims to determine the relationship between parental attitudes and health behaviors of adolescents attending 6th, 7th, and 8th grades in Turkey. Methods : The population of this cross-sectional study includes the 6th, 7th and 8th grades of primary schools located in the city of Manisa (n = 63,424). The sample size was calculated as 759 by taking the pattern effect as 2 and considering the standard error as 0.05 at 50 % prevalence and 95 % confidence interval. In the study, three questionnaires including questions consistent with the goal of the study were used. The questionnaires used included a socio-demographic questionnaire, parental attitudes inventory and the health behavior questionnaire of HBSC (Health Behavior in School-aged Children) survey instrument. Results : It was found that 70.8 % of the adolescents participating in the study did not have a regular diet. Furthermore, 19.9 % of the adolescents had at least a 60-min physical activity daily. Of the adolescents in the study, 45.1 % watched television for 2 or more h/day. A total of 38.3 % of the participants in the study had experienced injuries requiring medical attention and treatment over the past year. Furthermore, 61.2 % of the participants in the study had been involved in fights during the past year. It was revealed that 2.1 % of the adolescents in the study were smokers and 13.1 % of the adolescents in the study had tried alcohol. The results of the study revealed a statistically significant difference between parental attitudes of smokers/nonsmokers and those who had been involved in or had not been involved in fights over the past year (p< 0.05). Conclusions : In conclusion, it is suggested that training parents on parental attitudes can influence students ' health behaviors in a positive manner. © 2010 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York.Item A comparison of contribution of informed consent forms with long or short texts with regard to obtaining knowledge by volunteers: A pilot study; [Tıbbi bilgi alma baǧlamında uzun ve kısa metinli bilgilendirilmiş onam formlarının gönüllülerin bilgilenme düzeyine katkısının karşılaştırılması: Bir pilot çalışma](Gulhane Military Medical Academy, 2011) Yildirim G.; Kadioǧlu S.; Alan S.; Altiparmak S.AIM: The objective is to determine which of the two texts giving information about the same issue and one of which id short and one of which is long is more effective in enlightening readers having no pre-knowledge of medical science and whether there is coherence between the scores obtained from the texts. METHOD: The sampling of the research planned as experimental is constituted by 66 volunteer female students who are 1st year students at the faculty of agriculture. The group was randomly divided into two and the first group was given the short text and the other one the long text. Then the question from was applied in order to find out how much of the information in the form they learnt. Each true answer given to the questions was scored as 1, and each wrong answer was secored as 0; therefore a total grade was obtained. For data analysis, Mann Whitney-U and t Tests analysis methods have been used. Score averages have been compared using Chi-square statistics and calculated using Odds ratio (OR). Consistency between the average scores of the answers given to short and long forms were evaluated through kapa statistics. RESULTS: 100% of the answers obtained using the long form was above the average, 20% of the answers obtained using the short form was above the average and 80% was below the average. Kappa between the answers in the long and short from was found as 81%. The results obtained from the long form were determined to be seven times better than the short one (OR:7,0). The non-random alignment between responses to the long and short form was found to be 81% (Cohen Kappa: 0,814). When the score average scores obtained from the answers given according to the demographic qualities of the participants, no meaningful relation was found. CONCLUSION: The long version of the context of informed was found more effective than the short one.Item 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.Item The Relationship between quality of life and social support in homosexuals living in Izmir, Turkey(Elsevier B.V., 2012) Altiparmak S.; Temel A.B.; Taner; Altıparmak O.; Yildirim G.[No abstract available]Item Accident prevalence and accident associated risk factors among elderly people living in nursing homes in; [Huzurevleri̇nde kalan yaşlilarda kaza sikliǧi ve kaza i̇le i̇li̇şki̇li̇ faktörler](2012) Altiparmak S.; Horasan G.D.Introduction: Accidents of old age is an important health problem for the cases of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the accident prevalence and to identify associated risk factors among elderly people living in nursing homes in Manisa city. Materials and Method: This cross sectional study was conducted in all nursing homes (n=4) Manisa city in Aegean region of Turkey. The data were collected in March 2010- May 2010. The population of the study included elderly people living nursing homes (n=260). Of those elderly people, 210 (80.8%) were face to face interviewed by means of a questionaire. The questionaire included three forms: "sociodemographic variables form", "Brief Disability Questionnaire", and "accident experience form". All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 11.0. Descriptive statistics, the χ2 test, p for trend and logistic regression models were used for data analysis. Results: Prevalence of at least one accident experience in the previous year was 38.6% (n=81) in the study population. The most frequent accident type and accident place were falls (63.3%) and stairs, respectively. The most frequent accident reasons were balance disorder among personal reasons (20.2%) and wet and uneven floor among enviromental reasons (12.8%). We have found the use of an assistive device and disability was an important risk factor for accidents. Conclusion: Accidents are common among elderly elderly people living in nursing homes.Item 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.Item Emotıonal burden of mothers of chıldren wıth developmental dısabılıty(Drunpp-Sarajevo, 2012) Sari H.Y.; Altiparmak S.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the elements comprising the emotional burden of mothers of children with developmental disability. Method: The research was conducted using the in-depth interview method, one of the qualitative research methods. In the study, the purposive sampling method was used to select the sample, 12 mothers were interviewed. The interviews were ended since data saturation was obtained. Inductive content analysis was performed. Results: The themes identified in this qualitative study are as follows: motherly love, joy and sorrow, hope-hopelessness, anger, a constant and desperate problem, supervision and control, and challenge.Item 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.Item How children aged 0 to 6 benefits from health services, permanent service resources and the factors affecting them; [0-6 yaş çocukların saǧlik hizmet kullanımları, sürekli hizmet kaynakları ve etkileyen faktörler](Gulhane Military Medical Academy, 2012) Altiparmak S.; Yildirim Sari H.AIM: Aim of the research is "How children aged 0 to 6 benefit from health services, permanent service resources and the factors affecting them". METHOD: The 3839 children aged 0-72 months and followed by the 3rd Family Health Center in Manisa comprise the population of this descriptive study. The sample size was determined as 192 based on the Epi info Statcalc statistical program with a prevalence of 8.3%, a sampling error of 12:05, and a confidence limit of 99%. In the study, the following two forms were used: socio-demographic questionnaire, evaluation form for the use of health services. The data were evaluated with the 15.00 SPSS package program. To assess the data points, chi-square test and descriptive statistics such as percentage were used. RESULTS: The distribution of age groups of the children participating in the study is 37.4 ± 22.3 months (min: 0 months, max: 72 months). Of the children in the study, 52.1% were male. Of the 0-6 age group children in the study, 28.6% had a health problem and 20.8% presented to a medical facility. The institutions preferred most were state institutions. All of the children received at least one preventive health service. Of the children, 78.1% had permanent health care and 57.3% of them received health care from family health centers. There was a statistically significant difference between children with and without a congenital disease, and between children with and without social security. CONCLUSION: One of the results obtained from this study suggests that children with a congenital disease are expected to apply to health facilities more often. Another result is that having health insurance is an important factor which increases the use of health services.Item Child abuse and neglect based on the information obtained from mothers, and the factors affecting child abuse; [Annelerden ali{dotless}nan bilgilerle çocuk istismari{dotless} ve etkileyen etkenler](2013) Altiparmak S.; Yildirim G.; Yardimci F.; Erggn D.Objective: In recent years, the issue of child abuse has been gaining increasing importance in the world both from medical and social respect. Child abuse is an issue in Turkey as well. Unreported or hidden cases and difficulties in diagnosis aggravate the importance of the problem causes and consequences of family violence. This study aims to determine the levels and the factors affecting child abuse. Methods: The study is cross sectional. The data were collected between May 10, 2010 and July 10, 2010. The study was conducted in the province of Manisa located in western Anatolia Region and in the province of Sivas located in Central Anatolia Region in Turkey and and therefore 600 mothers (300 mothers in each province) were reached. For the collection of the data, three forms were used: the socio-demographic questionnaire, the questionnaire of abuse/neglect, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Results: In the study, mothers of 878 children were reached. Of the children in the study, 64.8% were exposed to physical abuse, 63.3% to emotional abuse, 36.0% to physical neglect and 7.0% to emotional neglect. Conclusion: In the study it was determined that women who had low economic status, underwent violence by their husbands, had been exposed to their parents violence during their childhood and/or had low self-esteem scores exerted more violence on their children. This problem can only be solved by training both the family and the society on the prevention of violence prevention, and by providing adequate.Item Skin cancer knowledge and sun protection behavior among nursing students(Blackwell Publishing Asia, 2014) Yilmaz M.; Yavuz B.; Subasi M.; Kartal A.; Celebioglu A.; Kacar H.; Adana F.; Ozyurek P.; Altiparmak S.Aim: The objective of this study was to determine skin cancer knowledge and sun protection behavior among nursing students. Methods: A total of 1178 nursing students in the Aegean Region of Turkey took part in this descriptive study. A score for knowledge on protection against skin cancer and a score for protective behavior against skin cancer were calculated. Results: In this study, first year students sunbathed more in the middle of the day than fourth year students, and their knowledge of skin cancer was lower. No statistical difference was determined for protective behavior between the two groups. The knowledge levels and protective behavior of first year students were alarmingly low, but the average scores for knowledge and behavior of the fourth year university students were higher. The knowledge levels of the fourth year students were average but their protective behavior was insufficient. It was found that the knowledge levels and the levels of protective behavior of light-skinned students were higher. Conclusion: This study revealed that the knowledge levels and protective behavior of first year nursing students against the harmful effects of the sun and for protection against skin cancer were alarmingly low. It also showed that the knowledge levels of the fourth year nursing students were average, but that their protective behavior was very insufficient. These findings suggest that it is of extreme importance to acquire knowledge and behavior for protection against skin cancers in the education of nursing students. © 2014 Japan Academy of Nursing Science.Item The effects of the informed consent given for cesarean section on anxiety and knowledge(S.O.G. CANADA Inc., 2014) Yildirim G.; Cetin A.; Aksu M.; Altiparmak S.; Guler N.Purpose: To determine the effects of information given before cesarean section on women's anxiety levels and their knowledge about informed consent regarding it. Materials and Methods: Sixty women who elected to undergo cesarean section were included in the study. The data were collected using the pregnancy-related clinical information form, informed consent form, cesarean information form, and State and Trait Anxiety Inventory. Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann-Whitney U test, chi-square test and Pearson correlation were used as statistical methods. Results: The women's knowledge scores before and after they were informed about cesarean section were 14.8 ± 5.5 and 29.8 ± 2.6, respectively (p < 0.05). Their state anxiety scores before and after they were informed about cesarean section were 28.4 ± 6.6 and 28.0 ± 5.9, respectively (p > 0.05). Conclusion: It was determined that the participants' pre-training knowledge scores about cesarean section increased significantly after they were informed, and that their state and trait anxiety scores decreased very little after they were informed.