School Based Adolescent Health Screening Program Results

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to present the results of the school-based adolescent health screening program conducted within the scope of public health nursing practices. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted in three different schools affiliated to the Tekirdağ Provincial Directorate of National Education in the 2019-20 academic year. The research data were collected from 1913 students. Hypertension, height, weight, visual acuity, hearing, tooth decay, scoliosis, head lice and digital game addiction were screened in schools. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 21 package program using number, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Results: The average age of the students is 14,60±2,21, 52,7% of them are male. Health risks identified in students as a result of the screening are as follows: tooth decay in 51,75%, overweight in 23,9%, digital game addiction at 20,49%, scoliosis in 18,98%, decrease in visual acuity in 14,85% right eye, 13,23% left eye,7,42% in both eyes, hypertension at 10,82%, and being underweight at 9,5%. Conclusion: It has been shown that school health nurses can assume important responsibilities and roles at the stages of determining the health risks of children within the scope of school health services, trying to prevent these risks, or providing guidance for early diagnosis and treatment. The widespread use of school health nursing practices will contribute to the improvement of children's health, reducing the burden of health services, increasing the healthy and productive population and the development of the country's economy

Pregnant Health Care Workers Occupational Risk and Protective Approaches

Çalışanın sağlığı ve güvenliği bakımından, sağlık kurumları önemli riskler taşıyan kurumlardır. Sağlık çalışanlarınınsağlık ve güvenlik risklerinin diğer tüm sektörlerden daha fazla olduğu belirtilmektedir. Çok tehlikeli ve tehlikeli işyerisınıfında yer alan sağlık kurumlarında çalışan sağlık çalışanları, çeşitli mesleki risklere maruz kalmaktadırlar. Gebelikdöneminde çalışma ortamında maruz kalınan fiziksel, kimyasal, biyolojik, ergonomik ve psikososyal risklerin anne ve fetüssağlığı üzerinde olumsuz etkisi olmaktadır. Çalışma ortamındaki mesleki risk faktörlerine bağlı olarak, gebelik dışındakizamanlarda da bazı maruziyetler üreme sistemi üzerinde etkili olabilir. Gebelik dışındaki etkilenme, çeşitli fertilitebozukluklarına yol açabilirken, gebelik sırasındaki bir etkilenme gebeliğin; düşük, ölü doğum, erken doğum, intrauteringelişme geriliği, düşük doğum ağırlığı ve/veya çeşitli malformasyonlara yol açabilmektedir. Bu nedenle işçi sağlığı ve işgüvenliğinde kadınlar özel bir risk grubu olarak tanımlanmakta ve kadınların çalışma hayatında “koruma” altında olmasıgerekmektedir. Kadın hayatında özel bir dönem olan gebelik döneminde çalışma ortamında kadının korunması, desteklenmesive bunun için uygun stratejilerin geliştirilmesi özellikle vurgulanması gereken bir konudur.Health care institutions pose significant risks with regard to the health and safety of employees. Indeed, it has been shown that the health and safety risks faced by healthcare professionals are more than those associated with all other industries. Health care workers, working at work places categorized as very dangerous and hazardous, are exposed to various occupational risks. Exposure to these phycsical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psycho-social risks during pregnancy have negative effects on maternal and fetal health. Depending on occupational risk factors at workplaces, some exposure may effect the reproductive systems of worker seven at periods of no pregnancy. Exposure at periods of no pregnancy can lead to various fertility disorders where as, during pregnancy this can cause spontan abortus, stillbirth, premature birth, intrauterine growth retardation, low birth weight and/or may cause various malformations. Women are defined as a particular risk group with regard to occupational health and safety, and are under protection within the work environment, due to the negative impact that occupational risk factors may have on fertility-related variables. Therefore, the protection and support of pregnant healthcare professionals within their working environment during pregnancy and particularly the development of appropriate strategies in this regard, must be considere

Ergenlerde Psikososyal Sorunlar ile İlişkili Risk Faktörleri

Amaç Bu çalışmada ergenlerde psikososyal davranış risklerini belirlemek ve bazı ilişkili faktörlerin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem ve Gereçler Kesitsel tipte olan bu çalışma Tekirdağ ilinde 10–16 yaş grubundaki 1025 öğrenci ile yürütülmüştür. Veriler, ebeveynlerden Psikososyal ve Davranış Sorunları Kontrol Listesi-17 ve öğrencilerden sosyodemografik bilgi formu ile toplanmıştır. Bulgular Öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 13,27+1,82 yıl olup %54,1’i erkektir. Öğrencilerin Psikososyal ve Davranış Sorunları Kontrol Listesi ölçeği puan ortalaması 8,44 ±5,05 olup öğrencilerin %24,5’inin kesme puanının (>12) üzerinde puan aldığı tespit edilmiştir. Öğrencilerin Psikososyal ve Davranış Sorunları Kontrol Listesi Ölçeği puan ortalaması ile okul kademesi, ebeveynlerin ayrı olması ve annenin çalışma durumu arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark bulunmuştur (p<0,05). Ayrıca öğrencilerin, haftalık dijital oyun oynama süresi ile düzenli kahvaltı yapma durumu arasında anlamlı fark bulunmuştur (p<0,05). Sonuç Çalışmada yaklaşık her dört öğrenciden birinin duygusal ve davranışsal sorunlar yönünden risk altında olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ergenlerin psikososyal sorunlarının ve etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesi, ergenin fiziksel ve psikolojik sağlığının geliştirilmesi için önemlidir

Working conditions and anxiety levels of employees who have to work during the COVID-19 pandemic

This study aims to evaluate the anxiety levels of employees by determining the working conditions and protective practices in the workplace of individuals who had to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was carried out with 801 employees from different sectors who continued to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. RESULTS: The mean age of the employees was 33.1±10.3 years, and 63.4%were male while 46.1%were workers. The GAD-7 anxiety level mean score of the participants was determined as 6.6±5.1. Per this, 25.2%of the participants showed a high tendency to anxiety and 38.5%showed a moderate tendency. A statistically significant difference was found between anxiety level and gender, sector and profession. Besides, there was a statistically significant difference between the perception of workplace risk, the way of transportation to the workplace, the social distance in the workplace, measures taken for COVID-19 in the workplace, and anxiety levels (p<0.05). In the multiple regression analysis, age, gender, work sector, COVID-19 anxiety levels, infection status, knowledge level and life satisfaction levels were determined as effective predictors on common anxiety disorder and explained 23.2%of the developed model variance (R2=0.232, p?0.001). CONCLUSION: During the pandemic, it was determined that the anxiety susceptibility levels of the employees were very high and their protective practices against COVID-19 in the workplace were insufficient. © 2021 - IOS Press. All rights reserved

Increase of Knowledge Level of Nursing Students About Occupational Health and Safety

Aim:This aim of the study is to determine the knowledge of nursing students about work related risk factors, work accidents and occupational diseases and to raise the awareness of the about occupational health and safety.Materials and Methods:This study was carried out as a semi-experimental study. It was conducted with the 62 Namık Kemal University, College of Health, Nursing Department third class students who accepted to participate, between February and May 2015. After applying a pre-test, a training program about occupational health and safety was implemented to the students and a post-test was applied at the end of the training program. The content of training program and pre-test and post-test were developed by the researchers. Data was analyzed with IBM SPSS Ver.18 and descriptive statistics were used.Results:The meanage of students is 21.70±1.32. nearly eighty percent of them female and 21% of them stil working in a health facility. The ratio of the true answers about the description of occupational health, work related risk factors, risk groups, occupational diseases, protection principles and precautionary measures is 20% in pre-test and it raised nearly 90-95% in post-test.Conclusion:A significant increase in the knowledge and awareness of the nursing students was determined with the training program. Occupational health and safety coursess hould be implemented to curriculum of health colleges

Comparison of Reaction Time, Manual Dexterity, and Working Memory Levels of Adolescent Video Game Players and Non-Players

Objective: This study aims to examine differences between adolescent video game players and non-players in terms of their reaction time, manual dexterity, and working memory levels. Methods: The sample of the study, which has a comparative cross-sectional design type, consists of 432 adolescents at the grades between 9 and 12. Non-video game players, and video game players were subjected to simple visual and auditory reaction time tests, manual dexterity tests, matrix, and digit span working memory test. Results: Compared to non-video game players, video game players were found to have shorter visual and auditory reaction times. Also, several motor dexterity subtest skills of video game players were found to be lower, while working memory did not differ between the two groups. Conclusion: Our findings support the idea that playing video games seem to improve some aspects of cognitive and motor skills but reduce several other aspects

The Smartphone Addiction Levels and the Association With Communication Skills in Nursing and Medical School Students

Background The use of smartphones among young people is quite common. However, smartphones are associated with negative effects when used excessively. It has been reported that smartphone use may adversely affect learning in the classroom, cause safety issues, and negatively affect interpersonal communications. Purpose The aims of this study were to determine the level of smartphone addiction among nursing and medical school students and to examine the effect of smartphone addiction level on communication skills. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted with medical school and nursing students at a public university (502 participants). Data were collected using a personal information form, the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV), and the Communication Skills Assessment Scale. Results All of the participants in the study owned smartphones. Most (70.9%) were female, and 58.2% were in the nursing program. The participants used smartphones for a mean time of 5.07 +/- 3.32 hours a day, primarily for messaging. The mean total SAS-SV score for the participants was 31.89 +/- 9.90, and a significant difference in SAS-SV mean scores was found with regard to the variables of department, gender, daily smartphone use duration, academic success, status regarding smartphone use in the classroom, participation in sports, easy communication with patients and relatives, preferred mode of communication, health problems tied to phone use, and injury status (p < .05). In addition, a positive weak-to-moderate relationship was found between SAS-SV mean scores and the variables of daily smartphone use duration and years of smartphone use, whereas a negative weak relationship was found between SAS-SV mean scores and Communication Skills Assessment Scale scores. Daily smartphone use duration was found to be the most important predictor of smartphone addiction. Conclusions/Implications for Practice Higher SAS-SV scores have a negative impact on interpersonal communication and social life and reduce learning efficacy in students. Therefore, students and lecturers should be better informed regarding the benefits and risks of smartphone use in education, with precautions provided against excessive and needless use

8-14 Yaş Grubu Çocukların COVID-19 Pandemi Döneminde Sağlıkla İlgili Yaşam Kalitelerinin ve Etkileyen Faktörlerin Belirlenmesi

Amaç: Araştırmada çocukların pandemi döneminde sağlıkla ilgili yaşam kalitesi düzeyleri ve ilişkili faktörlerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.Materyal ve Metot: Kesitsel tasarım tipindeki araştırma üç ayrı ilde belirlenen altı okulda 8-14 yaş arası çocuğu olan gönüllü 1221 aile üyesi ile yürütülmüştür. Çalışmada sosyo-demografik özellikler soru formu, COVID-19 pandemi sürecinde çocuğun sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları soru formu ve KIDSCREEN-27 ölçeği kullanılmıştır.Bulgular: Çalışmada; erkek, 12-13 yaş grubu, dört ve daha fazla kardeşe sahip, ailesi düşük ekonomik düzeyde olan, sessiz-sakin, duygusal-alıngan, içe dönük kişilik özelliğine sahip olan çocukların yaşam kalite puanları daha düşük bulunmuştur. Ayrıca, pandemi sürecinde uyku alışkanlığı, sosyal ilişkileri, kişisel hijyen alışkanlıkları ve sağlıklı besinleri tüketim davranışları olumsuz olarak etkilenen, dersleri için kullanımları dışında ekran maruziyeti süresi artış gösteren, kitap okumaya, hobilerine, spor ve egzersize ayırdığı süre azalan çocukların yaşam kalitesi puanları da düşük bulunmuştur.Sonuç: Çalışma sonuçları düşük yaşam kalitesi riski altında olan çocuklar için planlanacak müdahale programlarına rehber olması açısından önemlidir.

Occupational Anxiety of Nursing Students After Graduation and Impacting Factors

Amaç: Bu araştırma hemşirelik öğrencilerinin mesleki kaygılarını ve mesleki kaygıları etkileyen faktörleri belirlemekamacıyla yapıldı.Yöntem: Araştırma Şubat-Nisan 2017 tarihlerinde bir devlet üniversitesi sağlık yüksekokulunda yürütüldü. Veriler hemşirelikbölümünde okuyan 230 öğrenciden toplandı. Veri toplamada öğrencilerin sosyo-demografik özellikleri, mesleği tercih etmeve sürdürme isteği ve mesleki kaygılara yönelik soruları içeren anket formu kullanıldı.Bulgular: Öğrencilerin en fazla kaygılı olduğu ilk üç konu mesleğine bağlı bir hastalığa yakalanmak (%77), toplumdamesleğine yönelik saygının yeterli olmaması (%77) ve lisans mezunu olmayan hemşirelerle aynı statüde değerlendirilmekti(%74). Öğrencilerin en az kaygı duyduğu konular ise istediği kurumda iş bulamamak (%6.5), bakım verdiği bireylerle (%3)ve sağlık ekibiyle (%4.3) etkin iletişim kuramamaktı. Kadın öğrencilerde, hemşireliği isteyerek seçmeyen öğrencilerde vemezuniyet sonrası hemşire olarak çalışmak istemeyen öğrencilerde bazı mesleki kaygılar daha fazlaydı.Sonuç: Öğrencilerin çalışan güvenliği ve mesleki statü başta olmak üzere mesleklerine yönelik çeşitli kaygılarıbulunmaktadır. Bu sonuçlara dayalı olarak öncelikle öğrencilerin klinik eğitimleri kapsamında iş güvenliği önlemlerininarttırılması gerekmektedir. Öğrencilerin eğitim hayatları süresince hemşireliği sevmeleri ve benimsemelerine de önemverilmelidir. Ayrıca hemşireliğin profesyonel bir meslek olarak kabul görmesi ve saygınlığının artması yönünde hemşirelerin,hemşirelik okullarının ve hemşirelik hizmeti veren kurumların iyi örnekler sunmalarına, birlik olarak hareket etmelerineihtiyaç bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışmadan elde edilen sonuçların hemşirelik okullarının eğitim planlamalarına yol göstereceği veöğrencilerin çalışma hayatına daha iyi hazırlanmalarına yardımcı olacağı düşünülmektedir.Aim: This research was carried out in order to determine the occupational anxiety of nursing students and the factors affecting these anxieties. Method: This research was conducted at a school of health of a state university between February and April 2017. The data was collected from 230 students attending the nursing program. A questionnaire including questions about the students’ sociodemographic attributes, the reasons for choosing this particular profession and eagerness for its maintenance, and also questions regarding occupational anxiety were used for data collection. Results: The first three issues the students were most anxious about were to contract a profession-related illness (77%), profession oriented lack of respect in the community (77%), and being put in the same equation with nurses who do not have a bachelor’s degree. The least concern the students were anxious about were not being able to find a position in a desired workplace (6.5%), not being able to establish a communication with the patients they deal with (3%) or with the healthcare professionals (4.3%). Some occupational anxiety areas were higher among female students, students who did not choose nursing intentionally, and students who did not want to work as a nurse after graduation. Conclusions: Students have various anxieties about their occupation, two of which were in particular employee safety, and occupational status. Based on these results, it is necessary that precautions on occupational safety be increased within the scope of clinical practise trainings of students. It is also necessary to place importance on the love and interiorisation of nursing during nursing education. In addition, nurses, nursing schools and institutions giving nursing services should provide good examples, and act as unity in order to increase nursing care as a professional occupation and to increase its respectability. It is thought that the results obtained from this study will guide nursing schools' educational planning and help students prepare for working life better

Evulation of the occupational risk factors on pregnant midwives and nurses working in Tekirdag and the effects on their pregnancy period and on their newborn baby

Doktora TeziBu araştırma; ebe ve hemşirelerin hamilelik döneminde karşılaştıkları mesleki riskleri belirlemek ve bu risklerin hamilelik süreci ve yenidoğan bebeklerinin sağlığı üzerindeki etkilerini değerlendirmek amacıyla prospektif tipte tanımlayıcı olarak planlanmıştır. Araştırmaya Mart 2013-Ağustos 2014 tarihleri arasında örneklem grubu özelliklerine uyan 152 hamile ebe ve hemşire alınmıştır. Bu sağlık çalışanlarının 127 tanesine ulaşılmıştır. Araştırma verileri; sosyodemografik ve gebelik dönemindeki mesleki riskleri içeren form, gebelik dönemi özelliklerini içeren form, doğum sonrası yenidoğan sağlığını değerlendirme formu ve araştırma yapılan kurumların özellikleri ile ilgili formlarla toplanmıştır. Verilerin istatistiki değerlendirmesinde; sayı ve yüzdelik hesaplama ile ki-kare testi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre hamile ebe ve hemşirelerin; %47.3’ünün vardiyalı, %75.6’sının çoğunlukla ayakta çalıştığı, %74.8’inin hamilelik döneminde gece nöbeti tuttuğu belirlenmiştir. Çalışmamızdaki hamilelerin %89.8’inin mesleki risklere maruz kaldığı, bu mesleki riskler sıklıkla; %86.6’sı biyolojik riskler, %75.6’sı havalandırma, %73.2’si stres, %57.4’ü gürültü, %55.1’i dezenfektanlar ve %35.4’ü radyasyon olarak tespit edilmiştir. Katılımcıların %65.4’ünde gebelik döneminde en az bir komplikasyonun geliştiği ve gebelik komplikasyonu gelişenlerde vardiyalı çalışma, ayakta çalışma, radyasyon, dezenfektan, ağır kaldırma ve stres risk faktörlerine yönelik maruziyetin daha yüksek oranda olduğu belirlenmiştir (p<0.05). Hamilelerin %37.0’sinin riskli gebelik olduğu, %11.0’inin istemsiz düşük yaptığı, %20.5’inin erken doğum yaptığı belirlenmiştir. Vardiyalı çalışma, ayakta çalışma, haftalık çalışma saatinin fazla olması ve radyasyon maruziyeti olanlarda anlamlılık saptanmıştır(p<0.05). Yenidoğanların %30.4’ünün riskli yenidoğan olduğu, %11.6’sının düşük doğum ağırlıklı olduğu, %20.8’inin yoğun bakımda yattığı ve %1.7’sinin erken neonatal dönemde kaybedildiği tespit edilmiştir. Radyasyon riski olan gebelerde fark önemli bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Bu sonuçlar doğrultusunda, araştırmanın daha büyük örneklem üzerinde tekrarlanarak, sağlık çalışanlarını temsil edecek prevalansların ortaya konulması, bu sonuçların sağlık çalışanlarının hamilelik döneminde korunmasını sağlamaya yönelik politikaların oluşturulmasında yararlanılması önerilmiştir.AbstractThis research was planned as a prospective type descriptive research in order to determine the occupational risk factors of midwives and nurses and their effects on their pregnancy period and their newborn babies. The reseach was carried out between March, 2013 and August, 2014 with 152 pregnant midwives and nurses suitable for the sample group. 127 of these midwives and nurses were available. The data of the research were collected through the sociodemographic forms and forms including occupational risks during the prenancy period as well as forms of postnatal period, neonatal babies and forms including institutional features of the working places. Frequence, percentage chi square test were used in the statistical assessment of the data. According to the results, it was determined that 47.3% of the midwives and nurses worked in shifts, 75.6% of them standing worked, and 74.8% of them worked at night shifts during their gestation period. It was determined that 89.8% of them were exposed to occupational risks, which of them were often biological risks at 86.6%, air conditioning at 75.6%, stress at 73.2%, noise at 57.4%, sanitizer at 55.1%, and radiation at 35.4%. It was determined that the participators had minimum one complication and that this complication during pregnancy period was the exposure to risks were shift work, working on foot, radiation, sanitizer, lifting heavy things, and stress at high level. It was found out that 37.0% of the pregnancies were high-risk pregnancies, 11.0% of the pregnancies resulted in involuntary miscarriage, and 20.5% of them resulted in preterm delivery. During the research, shift working, standing working, excessive weekly working hours, and exposure to radiation was significant. It was found out that 30.4% of the neonatal babies were at high risk, 11.6% of them had low birth weight, 20.8% of them were in intensive care unit, and 1.7% of them deceased during their neonatal period. It was determined that pregnant midwives and nurses under radiation risk were at significant level.It was suggested that in accordance with these results, the research should be repeated with a bigger group of subjects, and the results of this research to be used in order to reveal the prevelance representing the health workers, and used to establish the policies in order to protect the female health workers during their pregnancy period