The Investigation of Health Workers Beliefs and Practices for Hand Hygiene

Introduction: This research; that is a descriptive and cross-sectional was planned, determine the beliefs and practices of the healthcare workers hand hygiene (physicians and nurses) working in the internal, surgical, emergency and intensive care units of the hospital. Materials and Methods: The population of the study consisted of physicians and nurses working in the internal, surgical, emergency and intensive care units of a public hospital in Izmir (n = 600). Our sample (n = 260) consisted of 110 nurses, 89 expert physicians and 61 assistant physicians who agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected through one-to-one interview method and data collection tools. Data collection tools are The Personal Information Questionnaire developed by the researcher, Hand Hygiene Belief Scale and Hand Hygiene Practices Inventory. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SASS) 21.0 computer program used for statistical analysis of the research data. Researchers evaluated number and percentage distributions of the collected data, average and standard deviations given as individual tables. It was used number percentage distribution, independent samples t test and Mann-Whitney U for relationship between two groups, ANOVA and Kruskal Wallis to compare the more than two groups. Results: 61.5% of the health workers participated in the study were women (n= 160), 42.3% were nurses (n = 100) and 77.7% were undergraduate (n = 202). The average age of the research sample was 35.7 +/- 7.41, and the study year was 11.9 +/- 7.8, the current service working year is 5.06 +/- 4.44. 45.1% of the employees stated that they worked with an 8-hour shift. Hand Hygiene Belief Scale average score was 87.50 +/- 9.35, Hand Hygiene Practice Inventory average score was 64.67 +/- 5.03, Hand Hygiene Importance sub-scale mean score was 65.06 +/- 6.79 and belief sub-scale mean score was 25.17 +/- 6.03. Conclusion: In our study, healthcare worker's hand hygiene beliefs and practices was found to be high. It is thought that inservice training and the Infection Control Committee's effective plans

The effect of diabetes education based on learning modality in individuals with diabetes incompatible with treatment on compliance and metabolic goals: A randomized controlled trial

Background: The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of education based on learning modality in diabetic individuals who are incompatible with treatment, on treatment compliance and metabolic goals. Methods: This study is a randomized controlled trial. Among the individuals who applied to the outpatient clinic and were eligible for inclusion in the study, the odd numbers were assigned to the intervention group (n:30), and the even numbers to the control group (n:30). The practice group of 30 people and the control group were divided into 3 groups. Three groups in the intervention group was given according to the learning modality. The auditory group in the post-training practice group; calling by phone, to the visual group; by Short Messaging Servis, to the tactile group; reminder alerts were made by phone + Short Messaging Servise. Standard training was given to the control group. Result: It was observed that the total scale score of the intervention group decreased significantly after the training, while the total scale score of the control group increased significantly after the training. As a result of the diabetes education given based on learning modality, significant decreases were observed in A1C, fasting blood glucose, post-prandial blood glucose, body mass index, high-density lipoprotein and blood pressure values of the intervention group compared to the control group. Conclusion: Study findings show that the diabetes education given to the intervention group according to their learning modality positively affects the diabetes management and treatment compliance of the individuals. (c) 2021 Primary Care Diabetes Europe. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Effect of allicin on wound healing: an experimental diabetes model

WOS: 000550773300004PubMed: 32654608Objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of allicin on wound healing in an experimental diabetes model. Method: in this randomised controlled study, 50 Wistar albino rats (25 females, 25 males) each weighing 200-300g were used. To develop the diabetes model, 30 rats were induced with 50mg/kg streptozotocin (STZ); 20 rats were not induced in order to compare diabetic and nondiabetic rats. the diabetic rats were divided into three groups, according to dressing material used (allicin, physiological serum and control, where no dressing was used), and the nondiabetic rats were divided into two groups (allicin and control, where no dressing was used). the wound area was calculated and recorded on days 0, 7, 14 and 21. in addition, biopsies were taken from the wound area on days 0, 7, 14 and 21 and used for microscopic examination. Day 0 was used as a reference to calculate wound healing percentage. Results: on days 7 and 14, there were statistically significant differences between groups. Wound surface areas were smaller in the allicin group than in other groups on days 7 and 14. There were no statistically significant differences between the groups on day 21. in addition, it was determined that neutrophil, mononuclear cell, intraepithelial oedema and dermal oedema density were lower and fibroblast, angiogenesis and collagen density were higher in the allicin groups on days 7 and 14. Conclusion: in this study, allicin was found to be potentially effective on wound healing. Future research should be conducted in order to clarify how it affects wound healing

Development and testing of a novel symptom assessment scale for Behcet's disease

WOS: 000435653900007PubMed ID: 29914243Background/aim: This study was designed to develop a Behcet's disease (BD) symptom assessment scale based on the theory of unpleasant symptoms, which deals with understanding symptom experiences in a disease. Materials and methods: The BD Symptom Assessment Scale has two sections: the factors influencing symptoms and the situations influenced by symptoms. Both of these sections were developed through an initial item pool, and expert opinions were consulted during a pilot test performed with 30 patients with BD. We then tested the validity and reliability of this scale on 218 different patients with BD fulfilling the ISG criteria. Finally, we scored this scale. Results: The validity and reliability study of the first section found that the scale had favorable fit indices (chi(2) = 525.86, chi(2)/SD = 3.15, GFI = 0.90, CFI = 0.89, IFI = 0.89), constituting three dimensions and 20 items. The validity and reliability study of the second section found that the scale had favorable fit indices (chi(2) = 579.14, chi(2)/SD = 3.48, GFI = 0.91, CFI = 0.89, IFI = 0.89) and constituted three dimensions and 20 items. Conclusion: This novel symptom assessment scale for BD is a valid and reliable tool for evaluating patients with BD