Browsing by Author "Basli, AA"

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    Comparison of interface pressures on three operating table support surfaces during surgery
    Basli, AA; Van Giersbergen, MY
    Aim of the study: To investigate the effect of support surface usage and positions on interface pressure during surgery. Materials and methods: This randomized controlled experimental study was conducted between October 2018 and June 2019. The study included patients who had planned surgery in supine and prone positions. The sample size was 72 patients. Patients were assigned to three groups (gel support surface, viscoelastic support surface and standard operating table) according to the determined randomization table. During the surgery, the pressure in the patients' body was recorded. The statistics program IBM SPSS Statistics 25.0 packaged software was used in the analyses of data. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the total body average interface pressure (mmHg) values between the supporting surfaces in the prone position. There was a statistically significant difference between the total body average interface pressure (mmHg) values between the support surfaces in the supine position, and the average interface pressure measured on the viscoelastic foam support surface was significantly lower than the gel support surface and the standard operating table. Conclusion: In the study, the use of viscoelastic foam support surface was found to be more effective than the use of a standard operating table and gel support surface. Viscoelastic foam support surface is recommended for patients at risk for pressure injury in the operating room.
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    Validation of the Turkish Form of Short Form-12 health survey version 2 (SF-12v2)
    Gündüz, ÖS; Mutlu, S; Basli, AA; Gül, C; Akgül, Ö; Yilmaz, E; Aydemir, Ö
    Objectives: In this present study, we aimed to perform the reliability and validity analyses of the Turkish Form of Short Form-12 version 2 (SF-12v2) in different groups of patients. Patients and methods: After the permission for the validation study of the Turkish Form, Optum provided the authors the validly translated Turkish Form of SF-12v2. The study was carried out in rheumatological, psychiatric, and surgical wards of Manisa Celal Bayar University Hafsa Sultan Training and Research Center between September 2019 and June 2020. Taking possible dropouts into consideration, a total of 136 patients (67 males, 69 females; mean age: 43.5 +/- 14.4 years; range 19 to 82 years) constituted the study group. In addition to SF-12v2, for concurrent validity, Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) was used as the comparator instrument. Results: In internal consistency, for the physical component summary score, the Cronbach alpha coefficient was 0.80, and item-total score correlation coefficients were between 0.32 and 0.73. The Cronbach alpha coefficient of the mental component summary score was found to be 0.88 where the item-total correlation coefficients varied between 0.60 and 0.78. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a two-factor solution, representing mental and physical components. For criterion validity, convergent and discriminant validity analyses were performed using NHP with SF-12v2, and domains of SF-12v2 correlated well with the domains of NHP accordingly. In criterion validity, the psychiatric group had the lowest mean score in mental health, vitality, social functioning and role difficulties due to emotional problems, whereas the surgical group had the lowest mean score in bodily pain, role difficulties due to physical problems, and physical functioning. Conclusion: Our study results show that the Turkish form of SF-12v2 is valid and reliable both in clinical practice and clinical trials.
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    Assessment of Pressure Injuries Following Surgery: A Descriptive Study
    Yilmaz, E; Basli, AA
    BACKGROUND: Pressure injury is a common problem for patients undergoing surgery and is a significant quality indicator for perioperative care. PURPOSE: To determine the rate of intraoperative pressure injuries and evaluate risk factors in surgical patients. METHODS: A descriptive study was conducted from May to December 2019 among consecutive patients older than 18 years of age undergoing a nonemergent (planned) surgical procedure lasting longer than 2 hours in a hospital in Turkey. Patients with a history of preoperative pressure injury were not eligible for participation. Data collected included demographic and clinical information, preoperative Braden Scale scores, and 3S Intraoperative Risk Assessment Scale scores. The presence of a pressure injury was evaluated immediately postoperatively and 24 hours postoperatively. Descriptive statistics, chi-square, Student t test, Mann-Whitney U test, one-way analysis of variance, and the Kruskal-Wallis test were used for postoperative skin integrity and factors affecting the risk of pressure injury in the intraoperative period. RESULTS: The 164 participants ranged in age from 18 to 80 years (mean, 51.58 +/- 15.96 years). The most common procedures were orthopedic (47, 28.7%), the mean Braden Scale score was 19.96 +/- 1.81, and the mean 3S Intraoperative Risk Assessment Scale score was 17.92 +/- 3.03. Immediately postoperatively, 64,0% of patients had blanchable erythema and 6.7% had a stage 1 pressure injury. Also immediately postoperatively, noblanchable erythema was found to be affected by comorbidities, long hospitalization time before surgery, long operation time, American Society of Anesthesiologists score of II, lithotomy position, low body temperature, hypotension during surgery, and wetness under the gluteal and sacral area during surgery. In the skin assessment conducted 24 hours after surgery, 4.9% of patients had blanchable erythema.
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    Effect of Perceptions of Professional Image on the Profession Preferences of Nursing Students: A Multi-Centered Study
    Dikmen, BT; Altinbas, Y; Soyer, ERO; van Giersbergen, MY; Uslu, Y; Basli, AA; Geot, S; Yazur, A
    Stepping into the nursing profession, staying in the profession and career development in the profession are stated to be the result of perceptions of nurses about the image of the profession. The study aims to determine the effect of perceptions of the professional image of nursing students on their profession preferences. The descriptive study was conducted in nursing departments of six universities in Turkey and Cyprus. The sample consisted of 874 freshman students who voluntarily agreed to participate in the research. The data were collected using the introductory information form and the Image of Nursing Profession Scale. The average score of the nursing students on the Image of Nursing Profession Scale was 152.2 +/- 11.4. A statistically significant difference was found in the Image of Nursing Profession Scale total score average in terms of the gender, undergraduate program, choosing the nursing profession willingly, consideration the image of the profession when choosing the nursing profession variables (p<.05). The nursing students were found to have a good level of perceptions of professional image towards the nursing profession. Individual characteristics and the economic situation of the profession were found to positively affect the voluntary choice of the nursing profession.