Browsing by Author "GULIN FINDIKOGLU"

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    Evaluation of the physical and emotional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with fibromyalgia and chronic low back pain: A multicenter cross-sectional controlled study
    (2022) Merve KARAKAŞ; Ozlem Balbaloglu; Dilşad SİNDEL; Dilek Keskin; alev alp; SAİME AY; Burcu Yanık; Duygu Geler Külcü; Gülçin Ural; Fatmanur Aybala Koçak; meliha kasapoğlu aksoy; GULIN FINDIKOGLU; Arzu Atıcı; Şebnem Koldaş Doğan; Tuba Erdem Sultanoğlu; BANU ORDAHAN; Ebru KARACA UMAY; hanife caglar yagci; Mazlum Serdar Akaltun; YASEMİN ÖZKAN; Emine Eda Kurt; zeliha ünlü; canan Tıkız; Ozan Volkan YURDAKUL; SERAP SATIS; BİRKAN SONEL TUR; fatih bağcıer; Sibel Kibar; esma demirhan; Fatma Deniz Evcik; Ayşegül Ketenci; Kubra Neslihan Kurt Oktay; Filiz Eser; Nihal Tezel; Sevgi Atar
    Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the physical and emotional effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients. Patients and methods: The cross-sectional controlled study was performed with 1,360 participants (332 males, 1,028 females; mean age: 42.3±12.5 years; range, 18 to 65 years) between September 2020 and February 2021. The participants were evaluated in three groups: the FMS group (n=465), the CLBP group (n=455), and the healthy control group (n=440). Physical activity, pain levels, and general health status before and during the pandemic were evaluated in all participants. Stress levels were analyzed with the perceived stress scale (PSS) in all groups, and disease activity was analyzed with the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (FIQ) in patients with FMS. Results: Patients with FMS had worsened general health status and pain levels during the pandemic compared to the other groups (p<0.01). The FMS group showed significantly higher PSS scores than those in other groups (p<0.01). There was a weak-positive correlation between FIQ and PSS parameters in patients with FMS (p<0.05, r=0.385). Conclusion: The general health status, pain, and stress levels of the patients with FMS and CLBP tended to worsen during the pandemic. This high-stress level appeared to affect disease activity in patients with FMS.
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    Applying the WHO ICF framework to long COVID patients with persistent respiratory symptoms
    (2023) Belma Füsun Köseoğlu; BİRKAN SONEL TUR; Nilufer Kutay Ordu Gokkaya; ismail güneş gökmen; nur kesiktas; Başak Bilir Kaya; Refiye ONAL; FİGEN TUNCAY; Aysun GENÇ; GULIN FINDIKOGLU; Şebnem Koldaş Doğan; Serap Tomruk Sutbeyaz; Selda Sarıkaya; canan Tıkız; Hande Özdemir; Derya Demirbağ Kabayel; Merve Örücü Atar; Tuğba; Selcen Yüksel
    Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate long COVID patients with persistent respiratory symptoms through the application of the World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework. Patients and methods: This national, prospective, multicenter, cross-sectional study was conducted with 213 patients (118 females, 95 males; median age 56 years; range, 20 to 85 years) with long COVID between February 2022 and November 2022. The ICF data were primarily collected through patient interviews and from the acute medical management records, physical examination findings, rehabilitation outcomes, and laboratory test results. Each parameter was linked to the Component Body Functions (CBF), the Component Body Structures (CBS), the Component Activities and Participation (CAP), the Component Environmental Factors (CEF), and Personal Factors according to the ICF linking rules. Analysis was made of the frequency of the problems encountered at each level of ICF category and by what percentage of the patient sample. Results: In the ICF, 21 categories for CBF, 1 category for CBS, and 18 categories of CAP were reported as a significant problem in a Turkish population of long COVID patients with persistent respiratory symptoms. Furthermore, eight categories for CEF were described as a facilitator, and four as a barrier. Conclusion: These results can be of guidance and provide insight into the identification of health and health-related conditions of long COVID patients with persistent respiratory symptoms beyond the pathophysiological aspects, organ involvement, and damage of COVID-19. The ICF can be used in patients with long COVID to describe the types and magnitude of impairments, restrictions, special needs, and complications.