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We aimed to understand the utilization of the mode of delivery and related risk factors. Further aimed to apply the Robson classification system to evaluate the data quality and analyze the CS rates in subgroups.
We conducted a retrospective descriptive study by reviewing the medical records of all women who delivered at the State Hospital in 2019....
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Vaccination is considered the most effective method of providing immunity in the community for controlling morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases. A safe and effective vaccine is considered a critical tool for controlling the COVID-19 morbidity and mortality as well. Hence, knowledge of the attitudes and perceptions...
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is one of the most cost-effective public health measures for preventing cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases. However, the vaccine uptake in many countries remains suboptimal. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the knowledge and awareness of parents towards HPV, related diseases, and HPV vacc...
The objective of this study was to assess the social participation features of mostly British patients aged ≥65 years admitted to a university hospital in Northern Cyprus. The data of this descriptive study were collected by a questionnaire, analysed by SPSS 18.0 statistical program and subjected to descriptive statistical analysis. Complete depend...
This descriptive study was conducted on patients and their relatives who presented to Kyrenia University Dr. Suat Günsel Hospital, Near East University Hospital, and the Primary Health Care Clinic. It aims to determine their sociodemographic characteristics, the frequency of caffeine consumption, the relationship between some sociodemographic chara...
Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı, Lefkoşa’daki bir tıp fakültesinin birinci sınıf öğrencilerinde acil kontrasepsiyon konusundaki bilgi ve tutumlarını değerlendirmek olarak belirlenmiştir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu kesitsel araştırmanın verileri Şubat 2016’da gözlem altında anket uygulanarak toplanmıştır. Tıp Fakültesi’nin toplam 467 birinci sınıf öğrencisinde...
Background:
Informing the individuals on family planning including emergency contraception is a significant step for preventing unintended pregnancies. Although there is a number of studies on family planning and emergency contraception globally and in Turkey, no such data are available in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The objective of...
Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı, Lefkoşa’nın bir bölgesindeki 65 yaş ve üzeri bireylerin sosyal yaşama katılım düzeyini belirlemek olarak tanımlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı nitelikte olan araştırmanın evrenini, Lefkoşa ilçesi Göçmenköy bölgesinde yaşayan ve 2011 nüfus sayımına göre belirlenen 65 yaş ve üstü 515 birey oluşturmaktadır. Nüfusun...
Status of non-communicable diseases and some other major health problems and associated risk factors among patients aged 65 years and over presenting to a family health care center in Kyrenia Introduction: The objective of this study was to determine the status of non-communicable (chronic) diseases and some other major health problems and associat...
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Elderly patients are at high risk from drug-drug interactions (DDIs). This study evaluates the potential DDIs in Turkish elderly patients at a primary health care outpatient clinic.
Materials and methods:
Online database systems were used to examine DDIs on the prescriptions of patients (n = 1206). The clinical severity of DDIs w...
A screening program was conducted to ascertain the incidence of hemoglobinopathies in the district of Antalya, Turkey. The survey sample was selected from the household registration forms of health centers by systematic random sampling. Heparinized blood samples were collected from 1,616 subjects from 884 families.
The prevalence of p thalassemia t...
H.pylori is an important global pathogen infecting approximately 50% of the world's population. This study was undertaken in order to estimate the prevalence rate of H.pylori-infection among adults living in Turkey and to investigate associated factors.
Methods
This study was a nationally-representative cross-sectional survey, using weighted-multi...
Rational drug use in elderly is of greater importance because of physiological, pharmacokinetic and pharmaco-dynamic changes and poor compliance. In the present study, it was planned to investigate whether general practitioners take the general principles of rational drug use into consideration while they manage their elder patients. One hundred si...