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Investigation of the Factors Influencing Family Functions Style

The purpose of this study is to explore the factors which affect the family functions. Participants of this study consisted of married employees with children at the Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. The sample size is determined using a random sampling method (n = 551). In this research, family functioning style scale, support functions scale, and family needs scale developed by Dunst, Trivette and Deal (1988) used as well as the socio-economic data such as age, gender, level of education, number of children, and the income level. The majority (64.6%) of the sample was men, 35.4% were women. The ages of the participants ranged from 23-65 years (M = 39.76 years, SD =6.98). More than half of were college or more degree (57.0%) and 43.0% had high school or less graduates. Results of means comparisons showed significant differences on the family functioning style by working hours and working status. Regression analysis results suggested significant relationships exist among emotional support and agency support and family functioning style when controlling for socioeconomic variables

EXPLORING SAVING BEHAVIOR OF TURKISH FAMILIES IN ANKARA/TURKEY

The purpose of the present study is to explore saving behavior of Turkish families in Ankara, Turkey. The research is composed of 600 people living in the neighborhood of Dr. Halil Ulgen Health Center (Mamak-Ankara-Turkey). Results indicated that the vast majority of Turkish families were not saving and not willing to take any financial risk. More than half of the participants did not discuss finance with their parents when they were growing up. Majority of the families reported that over the past year their family’s spending exceeded their income and the current economic situation significantly impacted more than half of the families’ saving behavior and attitudes. Most of the families indicated that their parents were savers while they were growing up. Interestingly, families who reported both parents were savers while they were growing up were less likely to be saving than those who reported neither were savers. As expected, having experience of negative financial events in the last two years was significantly related to the likelihood of saving

Psoriasiform skin eruption in a patient receiving certolizumab-pegol for ankylosing spondylitis: Report of a case and review of the literature.

Certolizumab-pegol is the first and only pegylated TNF-alpha antagonist approved in the treatment of Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. We herein present a case of certolizumab-pegol induced generalized psoriasiform eruption in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis. The diagnosis was based on typical clinical and histopathological findings and further confirmed with Naranjo Adverse Drug Reaction Probability Scale which revealed a total score of nine supporting a definite causal relationship between the drug and skin eruption. As an important finding, a significant improvement of the generalized plaque lesions was achieved upon a therapy including high-potency topical corticosteroid and oral antihistamine without discontinuation of certolizumab-pegol. Moreover, we also present a literature review of the previously published cases with certolizumab-pegol induced psoriasiform eruption. Since all of these cases had Crohn's disease or rheumatoid arthritis as the underlying disease, this is the first case report of certolizumab-pegol induced psoriasiform eruption in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis, to the best of our knowledge

A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Three Risk Tolerance Measures: Turkey and the United States Case

An individual’s attitude toward financial risk tolerance (FRT) is an important preference that influences financial decision-making under uncertainty. FRT involves inter-temporal resource allocation. Accurate and reliable measures of FRT are essential for professionals advising consumers as well as researchers who are trying to predict, and understand consumer behavior. This study explores cross-cultural risk tolerance by comparing random samples from Turkey, and the United States. Similar and distinctive attitudes and patterns regarding FRT are identified. Three subjective measures of FRT are employed in this study: Grable and Lytton (1999), Hanna, Gutter and Fan’s (2001) improved version of Barsky, Juster, Kimball and Shapiro (1997), and the Survey of Consumer Finance’s item on risk tolerance. Data was collected via an online survey that used the above-mentioned FRT measures. There were two versions: the original American English version, and a culturally translated Turkish version. To explore the correlation of FRT among measures, we use bivariate analysis by individually employing Pearson Chi-square test of independence, and cross tabulations analysis to each sample. In addition, by pooling both samples, we conduct cumulative logistic regression. We delineate FRT differences and consistencies between countries across subjective financial risk tolerance measures

In vitro Activity of Ceftaroline to MRSA Isolates: A Multicenter Study

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an emerging pathogen that cause severe community- and hospital-acquired infections. Studies continue on searching alternatives due to the limited number of therapeutic options in MRSA infections. Ceftaroline is a wide-spectrum new generation cephalosporin which has been begun to be used in treatment of skin and respiratory tract infections caused by MRSA. The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro activity of ceftaroline against MRSA strains isolated from various clinical specimens in microbiology laboratories of seven hospitals located at different provinces (Bolu, Samsun, Rize, Tekirdag, Sakarya, Amasya, Osmaniye) of Turkey. A total of 192 MRSA isolates (89 skin/wound/abscess, 38 blood, 36 respiratory tract, 29 urine/sterile body fluids/catheter) were included in the study, and ceftaroline susceptibilities of the strains were detected by broth microdilution method. MIC values of 181 (94.3%) isolates were determined as 0.05). MIC50 and MIC90 values in Samsun and Bolu isolates were found to be the same with the whole group, however, MIC50 and MIC90 were 0.5 mu g/ml and 0.5 mu g/ml in Amasya isolates and 1 mu g/ml and 1 mu g/ml in Rize, Tekirdag, Osmaniye and Sakarya isolates, respectively. When evaluating MIC50 and MIC90 values and isolation rates of intermediate strains according to the specimen types, there were no significant differences (p > 0.05). Susceptibility rates to ceftaroline and the distribution profiles of MIC values of the isolates obtained from seven centers of Turkey have been detected similar with the previous American and European reports. With this study, initial data on the activity of ceftaroline against MRSA were obtained from Turkey. These preliminary findings indicate that ceftaroline is effective even on Turkish isolates and can be a suitable treatment in cases requiring wide-spectrum antimicrobiotic use, however further large-scaled studies are needed

A Single Clone Acinetobacter baumannii Outbreak in a State Hospital in Turkey

ERTURK, AYSE/0000-0001-6413-9165WOS: 000320094900014PubMed: 23698489Acinetobacter baumannii is an important pathogen in hospitalized patients, particularly those in the intensive care unit (ICU). A total of 21 A. baumannii (6 from 5 patients and 15 from environmental samples) were isolated in the ICU and the isolation room of a state hospital in June 2011. The possible source of the outbreak was investigated. A. baumannii isolates were identified using conventional biochemical tests, BBL Crystal Identification Systems, OXA-51 specific PCR, and 16S rDNA sequencing. All the isolates were multidrug-resistant, showing resistance to cephalosporins, carbapenems, fluoroquinolones, and the aminoglycoside group of antibiotics. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis suggested that all A. baumannii isolates were derived from a common source