Preschool children’s knowledge about health and safety in Turkey

Objective: To evaluate the health and safety knowledge of preschool children. Methods: The descriptive study was conducted in the Aegean Region of Western Turkey from November 2009 to February 2010, and comprised children aged 4-6 years attending five nursery schools. The data-collection period lasted 3 months and the subjects were enrolled from class lists using random sampling technique. Preschool Child Health and Safety Knowledge Assesment Form and a sociodemographic data form were used for data collection. Results: Of the 298 children, 146(49%) were girls and 152(51%) were boys. Overall mean age was 5.20±0.75 years Less than 75% correct answers were given to 5 items on the safety subsection, and 1 item on the health promotion subsection. As the age of the children increased, the level of knowledge also increased (p<0.05). Conclusion: Healthcare professionals have the responsibility to keep any eye on prechool childern's health and safety knowledge for devising effective ways to make them knowledgeable adults. © 2018, Pakistan Medical Association. All rights reserved

Büyükanne ve büyükbabalarda torun bakmanın depresyon ve yaşam kalitesine etkisi

Başlangıç seviyesi projesiAmaç: Bu araştırma “Büyükanne ve büyükbabalarda torun bakmanın depresyon ve yasam kalitesine etkisini incelemek amacıyla planlanmış ve uygulanmıştır. Materiyal ve Metod: Araştırma tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel niteliktedir. Denizli il merkezinde 60 yas üzeri torun bakan ve bakmayan büyükanne ve büyük babalar araştırmanın evrenini oluşturmuştur. Toplum sağlığı merkezlerinden rastlantısal olarak birer aile sağlığı merkezi seçilmiş ve her birinden ikişer aile hekimliği bölgesi randomizasyon örnekleme yöntemi ile belirlenmiştir. Örnekleme çıkan her bir aile hekimliği bölgesinde kayıtlı olan 60 yas üzeri yaslı nüfus, toplam nüfusa orantılanmış ve bölgelerden kaçar yaslının örnekleme alınacağı belirlenmiştir. Evreni bilinen örneklem formülüne göre araştırmaya alınacak örneklem sayısı 920 olarak bulunmuştur. Veri toplama araçları olarak; Birinci bölümde “Büyükanne, büyükbaba ve toruna yönelik tanıtıcı bilgi formu” “, İkinci bölümde Büyükanne ve babaların depresyon düzeylerini ölçebilmek için “Geriatrik Depresyon Ölçeği, Üçüncü bölümde ise, Büyük anne ve babaların yasam kalitesini belirlemek amacıyla Dünya Sağlık Örgütü Yasam kalitesi Ölçeği (WHOQOL –OLD ) kullanılmıştır. Araştırmaya başlamadan önce benzer örneklemde ön uygulama yapılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde, SPSS 11.0 programı kullanılmış ve veriler sayı yüzde dağılımları, Independent t testi, varyans analizi, ki kare ve korelasyon analizi ile değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Arastırmaya katılan büyük anne ve büyükbabaların yas ortalaması 62.20±7.71dir. Büyükanne ve büyükbabaların %59.6’sını bayanlar, %42.2’si ilkokul mezunu, %91.9’u gelir getiren herhangi bir iste çalısmıyor, %46.2’sinin aylık geliri 500-999TL arasındadır. Büyükanne ve büyükbabaların %49.6’sı torun baktığını, %50.4’ü torun bakmadığını belirtmiştir. %40.3’ü torun bakmanın ekonomik yük getirmediğini, %47.4’ü bundan kazanç elde etmediğini, %17.5’i torun bakmanın kendisini daha mutlu hissettirdiğini, %11.0’ı ise torun bakmanın aşırı yorgunluğa neden olduğunu belirtmiştir. Büyükanne ve büyükbabaların yasam kalitesi değerlendirildiğinde, yasam kalitesi ölçeğinin duygusal işlevler ile ölüm ve ölmek alt boyutlarında torun bakan ve bakmayanlar arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark olduğu saptanmıştır ( p<0.05). Torun bakanların %23.6’sında depresyon riski görülürken, %76.4’ünde depresyon riski yoktur. Torun bakmayanların %33.4’ünde depresyon riski görülürken, %66.6’sında depresyon riski yoktur. Algılanan sağlık durumu ile depresyon görülme riski ve yasam kalitesi arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu belirlenmiştir. Sonuç ve Öneriler: Sonuç olarak, torun bakan büyükanne ve babalarda bakmayanlara göre depresyon görülme riskinin daha az olduğu, yine torun bakmanın yasam kalitesi ölçeğinin duygusal işlevler ile ölüm ve ölmek alt boyutlarında etkili olduğu belirlenmiştir. Subjektif sağlık algısı hem depresyon görülme riskinde hem de yaşam kalitesinde etkili bulunmuştur. Projenin bulguları ülkemizde bir ilki oluşturmuştur. Bu yüzden bu arastırmanın farklı örneklemlerde yapılması önerilmektedir.Purpose: This study was planned and carried out in order to observe the effect of grandmother and grandfather’s looking after grandchildren on depression and life quality. Material and Method: The study is descriptive and cross-sectional. The universe of the study was composed of grandmothers and grandfather over the age of 60 years and who look and do not look after grandchildren in Denizli. One family health center was chosen randomly from public health centers and two family practice areas per each center were detected with randomization sampling method. Population over the age of 60 years registered in each family practice area for sampling was proportioned to total population and how many elder people was to be taken for sampling was determined. Sampling to be included in the study according sampling formula was determined to be 920. As data collection tool; In the first section “Identifying Information Form for the grandmothers, grandfathers and grandchild; in the second section “Geriatric Depression Scale” in order to measure grandmothers and grandfathers’ depression level, in the third section World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL – OLD) in order to determine life quality of grandmothers and grandfathers were used. For the evaluation of data; SPSS 11.0 program was used and data were evaluated with percentage distribution, Independent t test, variance analysis, chi square and correlation analysis. Findings: Average of age of grandmothers and grandfathers who are involved in the study is 62.20±7.71. 59.6% of the grandparents are female, 42.2% of them are graduate of primary education, 91.9% of them do not work in a job that brings an income, monthly income of 46.2% of them is between 500-900 TL. It was detected that 49.6% of the grandparents look after grandchildren and 50.4% do not. 40.3% of grandparents expressed that looking after grandchildren do not bring any economic burden to them, 47.4% expressed that they do not gain profit from it, 17.5% expressed that they feel themselves happy for looking after their grandchildren, 11.0% expressed that looking after children brought overfatigue. When life quality of grandparents were considered, it was detected that there was a statistically meaningful difference in the lower dimensions of emotional functions and death and dying of life quality scale between grandparents who look and do not after grandchildren ( p<0.05). There is a risk of depression in 23.6% of grandparents who do not look after grandchildren while there was no risk of depression in 66.6% of them. It was detected that there was a statistically meaningful relation between health condition and risk of depression and life quality. Results and Suggestions: As a result, it was detected that the risk of depression is lower in grandparents who look after grandchildren compared with those who do not look after grandchildren and that looking after grandchildren is effective in the lower dimensions of emotional functions and death and dying of life quality scale. Subjective health perception was found to be effective in both the risk of depression and life quality. Findings of the project were a first in our country. Therefore the study was suggested to be carried out in different samplings as well

THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 PHOBIA ON ABUSE OF CHILDREN BY PARENTS

Background: This study aims to determine the effect of parents\u27 levels of COVID-19 phobia on the risk of abuse and neglect towards their children. Subjects and methods: A total of 472 parents, who have children between the ages of 0-18, who use social media and volunteer to participate in the research, were included in the study. The sociodemographic information form, Corona Virus 19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S), and Abuse Awareness Scale-Parent Form were used to collect the study\u27s data. Results: 57.9% of the parents participating in the study were female, and the mean age was 42.08±10.33. It was found that 55.9% of the participants continued to go to the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. While 12% of the parents were treated for COVID-19, 21.4% were quarantined. The average C19P-S score of the parents was found to be 50.2. The mean score of the subdimensions of the scale varies between 8.4 and 18.5. The average score of the parents from the Abuse Awareness Scale-Parent Form was 55.4. A positive correlation was found between the Abuse Awareness Scale-Parent Form and the C19P-S score averages. Conclusion: The findings have shown that the family\u27s risk of children being exposed to abuse and neglect increases due to the negativities experienced during the pandemic period

Bedtime Rituals and Routines of Turkish Children and Perceptions of Their Mothers

Objective The aim of this study is to determine the mother’s perceptions of sleeping problems and sleeping behaviors of their children. Materials and Methods This descriptive study was conducted with 294 mothers with children from birth to 2 years of age. Questionnaires on socio-demographic information, behaviors to put a child into the sleep and to determine maternal sleeping habits were applied to mothers. Results It was determined that 33% of the children enrolled in the study had sleep problems; 70.1% of the mothers considered this problem to be moderate, and 16.5% of the mothers considered the problem to be serious. Methods that the mothers used most frequently to put their children to sleep were rocking on legs (49.7%), feeding/breastfeeding (44.6%) and singing a lullaby/song (28.2%). Conclusion The results of this study show that many children have sleeping problems and the mothers use various methods to put their children to sleep. These results can be useful for increasing the awareness of pediatric health professionals when evaluating a child’s sleeping behavior and sleeping habits and coping with children’s sleeping problems

Molecular analysis of the effects of glucose and nitrogen signal transduction pathways on the transcription of nth1 gene

Trehaloz genellikle stres koşullarında S. cerevisiae hücrelerinde fazla miktarda sentezlenip hücreleri olumsuz üreme koşullarına karşı korur. Trehaloz TPS enzim kompleksi tarafından sentezlenir. Trehalozun glukoz birimlerine yıkımı ise trehalaz enzimi tarafindan gercekleştirilmektedir. S. cerevisiae`da iki farklı trehalaz belirlenmiştir. Bu enzimler nötral trehalaz (Nth1p) ve asit trehalazdır (Ath1p). Bu araştırmada NTH1 geninin transkripsiyonuna glukoz ve azot sinyal iletim yollarının etkileri incelendi. NTH1 geni transkripsiyonunun haploid ve diploid S. cerevisiae suşlarında benzer şekilde kontrol edildiği gösterildi. Bu araştırmada elde edilen sonuçlar NTH1 geni transkripsiyonunun durağan fazda ve düşük glukoz ortamında da birkaç kat aktive edildiğini gösterdi. Düşük glukoz sinyaline yanıt olarak NTH1 geni transkripsiyonunun protein kinaz Snf1p tarafından düzenlendiği bulundu. Bu sonuçlara ek olarak S. cerevisiae da azot sinyal iletim yolunun da NTH1 geni transkripsiyonuna etki ettiği belirlendi.Trehalose is generally over-synthesized under stress inducing conditions and protects S. cerevisiae cells from unfavorable growth conditons. Trehalose is synthesized by TPS enzyme complex. Degredation of trehalose to glucose subunits is catalyzed by trehalase enzyme. Two different trehalase enzymes have been identified in S. cerevisiae. These enzymes are neutral trehalase (Nth1p) and acid trehalase (Ath1p). In this study, the effects of glucose and nitrogen signaling pathway on the transcription of NTH1 gene was investigated. It was shown that the NTH1 transcription is controlled by a similar mechanism in haploid and diploid S. cerevisiae cells. Results of this study also showed that the transcription of NTH1 gene increases several fold in stationary stage and in low glucose medium. It was found that the protein kinase Snf1p regulates NTH1 transcription in response to low glucose signaling. In addition to these results, it was shown that the nitrogen signaling pathway also affects the transcription of NTH1 gene in S. cerevisiae

Mothers’ Preferences for Safe Sleep in Newborns

Objective: It is extremely important to provide safe sleep for babies to be protected from sudden infant death syndrome. The aim of this study is to determine the preferences of newborn mothers to sleep their babies. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted with a total of 300 mothers. The data were collected with a questionnaire developed in the light of the literature by researchers. Results: Eighty percent of the mothers put their babies to bed in a non-supine position in daytime sleep and night sleep, 87% of the mothers put their babies to bed in a non-supine position after nutrition; 51% used a soft mattress, 63% used a pillow when they put their babies to bed and 42% shared their beds with their babies. Conclusion: It was determined that mothers have risky behaviors that may cause sudden infant death syndrome while sleeping their baby