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    Attitude and Practice Toward Use of Cigarettes and Electronic Cigarettes Among Pregnant Women: A Questionnaire-Based Survey
    (2022) PINAR ÇELİK; FUSUN TOPÇU; Fusun Yildiz; nursel turkoglu selcuk; Yelda Varol; Gulru Polat; Eylem Tunçay; Hilal Altınöz; Özlem Erçen Diken; tijen atacag; arzu yorgancıoglu; Serir Özkan; Elif YILDIRIM; Serap Akcalı duru; tülin sevim; Bilun Gemicioglu; ipek ozmen; Birsen Ocaklı; Yaşam Kemal Akpak; NESE DURSUNOGLU; Derya Kilic; Pinar Yildiz Gulhan; pelin duru cetinkaya; Elif Yelda Ozgun Niksarlioglu; Esra Uzaslan; Nurdan Kokturk
    OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate attitude and practice toward use of regular tobacco cigarettes and electronic cigarettes among pregnant women. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 1123 pregnant women participated on a voluntary basis in this questionnaire survey. Maternal charac- teristics, cigarette consumption parameters, and personal opinions regarding the adverse effects of smoking during pregnancy were evaluated. RESULTS: Active smokers composed 12.4% (9.4%: regular tobacco cigarettes, 3.0%: electronic cigarettes) of the study population. Smoking during the current pregnancy, particularly via regular tobacco cigarettes, was more likely for women with smoking during previ- ous pregnancies (56.0% vs. 7.8%, P < .001), previous history of low birth weight infant delivery (16.1% vs. 8.6%, P = .013), premature delivery (16.7% vs. 7.0%, P < .001), and stillbirth (22.8% vs. 11.7%, P = .002). The presence versus absence of smoking during preg- nancy was associated with a lower likelihood of being a housewife (70.5% vs. 80.5%, P = .010) and a higher likelihood of having an actively smoking mother (25.9% vs. 11.2%, P < .001) or partner (65.7% vs. 46.9%, P < .001). Regular tobacco cigarette users considered electronic cigarettes to have a higher risk of adverse impacts (11.1% vs. 2.9%, P = .012), while electronic cigarette users considered regular cigarettes to have a higher risk of nicotine exposure (55.9% vs. 13.0%, P < .001). CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate being employed, having an actively smoking mother or partner, as well as smoking in previous pregnancies, to be the risk factors for increased likelihood of smoking during pregnancy.
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    Relationship between functional status and fatigue after COVID-19 infection: a multicenter study from Türkiye
    (2024) ipek candemir; Pınar Ergün; DİCLE KAYMAZ; Mustafa Engin Şahin; ipek ozmen; Elif YILDIRIM; Asli Gorek Dilektasli; BÜŞRA KAHRAMAN; Ayten Odabaş; Deniz Kızılırmak; SEÇİL SARI; Celalettin Korkmaz; CANTÜRK TASÇI; YAKUP ARSLAN; Sema SAVCI; BUSE OZCAN KAHRAMAN; AYLIN TANRIVERDI; Can Sevinc; Melda Saglam; Deniz Inal-Ince; Naciye Vardar-Yagli; Ebru Calik Kutukcu; Dilber Durmaz; Neslihan Duruturk; gaye ulubay; lütfiye Kılıç; Benan Çağlayan; Aylin Aylin; GÜVEN ÖZKAYA; Sabri Serhan OLCAY
    Background/aim: Symptoms of COVID-19 may persist for months. One of the persistent symptoms of COVID-19 is fatigue, which reduces functional status. The relationship between fatigue, functional status, and various other factors has received little attention, which this study aims to address.. Materials and methods: Patients with COVID-19 infection were included in this multicenter cross-sectional study. Age, sex, body mass index (BMI), marital status, smoking status, presence and duration of chronic disease, comorbidity index, regular exercise habits, time since COVID-19 diagnosis, hospitalization status, length of hospital stay, intubation status, home oxygen therapy after discharge, participation in a pulmonary rehabilitation program, presence of dyspnea, presence of cough, presence of sputum, and modified Medical Research Council, Post-COVID Functional Status (PCFS), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), and EQ-5D-5L Questionnaire scores were recorded. Results: We enrolled 1095 patients, including 603 (55%) men and 492 (45%) women with a mean age of 50 ± 14 years. The most common chronic lung disease was COPD (11%) and 266 (29%) patients had nonpulmonary disease. The median time elapsed since COVID-19 diagnosis was 5 months; the hospitalization rate was 47%. The median PCFS grade was 1 (0–4) and the median FSS score was 4.4 (1–7). The PCFS and FSS were positively correlated (r = 0.49, p < 0.01; OR: 1.88, 95% CI: 1.68–2.10). Both functional status and fatigue were associated with quality of life, which was lower in older patients, those with higher BMI, those with systemic disease, those not exercising regularly, and those with more severe COVID-19 infection (defined by dyspnea, pneumonia as indicated by computed tomography, hospitalization, length of stay, ICU admission, intubation, and the need for home oxygen after discharge). Conclusion: Fatigue may cause poorer functional status regardless of the time since COVID-19 diagnosis. In this study, patients with FSS scores of >4.78 showed moderate to severe functional limitations. It is important to address modifiable patient risk factors and reduce the severity of COVID-19 infection.