Reading Relation of Modernity and Space through Virginia Woolf’s and Arnold Bennett’s Works

The conviction about the inefficacy of discussing space as an absolute, but only as a physical concept has occasioned a broader conception of space and focused great attention on space as a social product and socially produced concept. This transformation, triggered by modernity, produced the ideas that space reserves personal and social relations and has diverse meanings which come as no surprise to us now. Virginia Woolf, best known for her modernist novels, and Arnold Bennett, best known for his provincial novels, have both experienced and reflected on the process of modernity and its effect on social life. Therefore, this study aims to discuss the relation between space and modernity in these writers’ novels, who reflected the influence of modernity on identity and physical space

Pulmonary thromboembolism associated with quetiapine: a case report

Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), which includes pulmonary embolism and deep-vein thrombosis is also a potentially fatal adverse drug reaction and little attention has been focused on this topic. Atypical antipsychotics are associated with an increased risk of pulmonary embolism. In this case we want to show pulmonary thromboembolism associated with quetiapine. A 36-year-old man with bipolar disorder, presented to the Emergency Department complaining of epileptic seizure, general weakness, mild fever, and dizziness. Pulmonary thromboembolism was considered as the result of clinical evaluation. There were no risk factors such as age, smoking, trauma, immobilization, surgery, heart disease, and genetic risk factors to explain pulmonary embolism. In this case we see that the pulmonary embolism was associated with quetiapine. We should be more careful about pulmonary thromboembolism. Physicians and individuals must be aware of this potentially fatal, though treatable, adverse drug reaction when starting treatment, especially in patients who have other risk factors for VTE

Desire to have other children in families with a chronically disabled child and its effect on the relationship of the parents

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the desire of the parents who had a chronically disabled child to have other children and to investigate the effect of having a disabled child on the relationship of the parents

Desire to have other children in families with a chronically disabled child and its effect on the relationship of the parents

AIM: The aim of this study was to examine the desire of the parents who had a chronically disabled child to have other children and to investigate the effect of having a disabled child on the relationship of the parents. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The families of 145 chronically disabled children were included in the study. After the sociodemographic information belonging to the child and family were obtained, the prepared questionnaire form was used to interrogate if the parents lived together, the number of children in the family, if they wished to have other children and the relation of the disabled child with the household. Ethics committee approval was obtained from Dokuz Eylül University (date: 18.10.2012, decision number, 2012/34-13). The data obtained in the study were expressed as figures and percentages. RESULTS: While 91.7% of the parents continued their relationship, 2.8% were divorced and 1.4% were left by their spouses. The rate of the parents who did not wish to have (or did not have) other children after a disabled child was found to be 65.2%. The major reason for the families not to wish to have other children was found to be the fact that they thought they could not spare enough time for their disabled child. While 35.1% of the parents stated that clemped together more tightly, 35.2% stated that their concerns about the future increased further. Fifty eight percent of the parents stated that social relations and community involvements were not affected, whereas others stated that they were affected in different ways. CONCLUSIONS: Although the relationship between the parents was not affected to a great extent in families who had chronically disabled children, it was found that parents intensively experienced concern for the future. It was found that this also affected the desire of the parents who had a chronically disabled child to have other children with the concern that the child will be disabled

Comparison of Physical Activity, Exercise Barriers, Physical Performance, and Fall Risks in Frail and Nonfrail Older Adults

© Copyright 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.Objectives: The present research aimed to identify the difference between physical activity, physical performance, balance, fall risk, and exercise barriers in frail and nonfrail older adults. Methods: One hundred nineteen voluntary individuals older than 65 years and living in Kirikkale were enrolled in the research. The Clinical Frailty Scale was employed to evaluate the frailty level of the individuals included in the study. In line with the data obtained after the evaluation, individuals were separated into 2 groups as frail and nonfrail individuals. Exercise barriers were evaluated with the Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale (EBBS), physical activity level was evaluated with the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE), lower extremity physical performance was assessed with the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) test, and fall risk was assessed with the Self-Rated Fall Risk Questionnaire (FRQ). Results: Ninety-three of the individuals enrolled in the study were found to be nonfrail and 26 to be frail older adults. The mean age of the individuals in the nonfrail group was 70.36 ± 6.10 years, and the mean age of the individuals in the frail group was 76.53 ± 7.37 years. In the statistical analysis, the difference was revealed between the groups in terms of the exercise barriers subscore, EBBS total score, PASE leisure activity score, PASE total score, FRQ total score, and SPPB total result (P <.05). In the correlation analysis, there was a negative correlation between the frailty scale score and SPPB and a positive correlation between the frailty scale score and FRQ in nonfrail older adults (P <.05). However, there was a positive correlation between the frailty scale score and exercise barriers subscore, EBBS and FRQ total scores, and a negative correlation between the PASE leisure activities, work activities and PASE total score, and SPPB score in frail individuals (P <.05). Conclusions: Our results demonstrated that the physical activity levels of frail older adults were poorer, they had a higher fall risk, and their activity performance, including the lower extremity, was poorer than that of nonfrail older adults