Kürtüncü M. | Ergöl Ş. | Demirbag B.C.

Article | 2013 | TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin12 ( 5 ) , pp.545 - 552

Aim: This study was conducted with elementary school students, 10-14 years of age, for the purpose of determining their problem-solving skills. Method: The study was carried out at an elementary school located in the provincial center of Zonguldak with a group of pupils, ages 10-14. The research was designed as a descriptive study; data was collected over the period April-May 2011. A group of 312 children were included in the study, all of them being in attendance at the elementary school where the study took place on the days on which data was collected. Results: Significant differences were seen between the students' avoidance sco . . .res according to their gender, between their self-control scores according to the grade they were in, between their selfcontrol and avoidance scores according to their fathers' vocation, between their avoidance scores according to their fathers' education, between their self-control scores according to how they spent their leisure time, between their avoidance scores according to their participation in school clubs, between problem-solving skills according to the person they confided in about their problems, and between problem-solving skills, self-control and avoidance scores according to the people the students felt understood them ( Daha fazlası Daha az

Erdogan A. | Akkurt H. | Boettjer N.K. | Yurtseven E. | Can G. | Kiran S.

Article | 2008 | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health44 ( 5 ) , pp.297 - 301

Objectives: Previous studies based on clinical samples report that enuresis in children is associated with behavioural problems and reduced self-esteem, but the relationship between behavioural problems and enuresis remains controversial. This population-based study investigated the prevalence and behavioural correlates of enuresis in a group of preparatory school children. Methods: This cross-sectional survey involved 356 parents and their children aged 5-7 years, all residents of Istanbul, Turkey. Parents completed the Child Behaviour Checklist and socio-demographic data form (response rate: 90%). Fifty-three children with enuresi . . .s were compared with 303 non-symptomatic children. Differences in the mean scores and the percentages of children falling beyond pre-selected clinical thresholds were compared between the groups. Results: The prevalence of enuresis was 14.9%, and enuresis was more frequent among boys. Children with enuresis were reported by their parents to have greater social problems and higher total problem scores than control children (P = 0.019, P = 0.048, respectively). However, there were no differences in the percentages of children falling beyond pre-selected clinical thresholds between the groups. Conclusions: Children with enuresis had higher mean scores for total and social behavioural problems than controls; however, clinically relevant behavioural problems did not show differences between the groups. Given the inconsistent research findings across studies, longitudinal research and outcome studies could help determine whether there is a causal relationship between psychopathology and enuresis. © 2007 The Authors Daha fazlası Daha az

Bozlak S. | Varkal M.A. | Yildiz I. | Toprak S. | Karaman S. | Erol O.B. | Yekeler E.

Article | 2016 | International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology82 , pp.81 - 87

Aim: Cervical lymphadenopathy (LAP) is a common sign and may raise fears about serious illnesses. The aim of our study was to evaluate the patients with cervical LAPs in a general pediatrics clinic setting, and to evaluate follow-up results for potential causes and risk factors for malignancies. Material and methods: Two hundred-eighteen patients aged between 79.4 ± 46.7 months with LAP were enrolled in this prospective cohort study. The patients were examined in terms of demographics, clinical, radiologic and serologic aspects like Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), parvovirus B19. A lymph node biopsy was performed in . . . selected patients. The patients were followed-up for 8 weeks and risk factors for malignancy were evaluated. Results: Seventy patients (41.3%) had specific etiology and 6 (2.7%) had malignant causes. The causes were as follows: 27% (n = 59) infections; 2.7% (n = 6) malignancies; 11.4% (n = 25) other causes. EBV was responsible for 27% of infectious causes. The other common infectious etiologies were CMV 4.3%, parvovirus B-19 2.9%, and group-A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GAS) 10.8%. Four of the six malignancies were lymphomas. Predictive factors for malignancy were having LAP larger than 30 mm, rubbery lymph node, high serum CRP and LDH values, no hilum in ultrasonography, and enlargement of lymph node in follow-up. High uric acid levels and leucopenia were also common in the malignancy group. Conclusion: Etiology of cervical LAPs was diagnosed in 41.3% patients. Infectious causes were the most common cause with 27%. Malignancy was diagnosed in 2.7% and lymphoma was the most common malignancy. © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Daha fazlası Daha az

Erdogan A. | Kiran S. | Aydogan G. | Boettjer N.K. | Yurtseven E. | Can G. | Konuk N.

Article | 2006 | Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research13 ( 4 ) , pp.225 - 230

Objective: Recent studies have found a correlation between television viewing and behavior problems in children. This study aimed to examine the extent of children's television-viewing time and its correlation with behavioral problems in a preschool age general population sample. Method: A total of 356 preparatory school students aged 5 to 7 years, were recruited for the study. The questionnaires on children's time spent on watching television, socioeconomic status of family (SES) and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) were administered to the parents of children's. Results: The overall mean ± SD daily television viewing time was 3 . . ..2±1.4 hours. Elevated scores of somatic complaints, depression and anxiety, social problems, thought problems, attention problems, aggressive behaviors, internalization, externalization subscales and total problems were associated with higher television watching times. Overall television viewing time had a positive correlation with social problem, somatic complaints problem, anxious/ depressed problem, internalization, externalization and total problem scores. Conclusion: Television viewing time is positively associated with internalization, externalization and total problems using CBCL in preschool children. Although this study does not suggest that time of the viewing television is one of the most important determinants of children's behavior problems, it indicates that heavy viewing may have a risk of behavioral problems for children. Our findings support the importance of parental monitoring of their children's television watching habits. © Universitätsverlag Ulm GmbH 2006 Daha fazlası Daha az

Yanik M. | Kuzlu Ayyildiz T.

Article | 2019 | Turkiye Klinikleri Pediatri28 ( 1 ) , pp.7 - 18

Objective: The application training given to the mothers of 3-6 year old group nebulizer by toys type nebulizer determines the maternal application skill behavior, level of anxiety and the effect of the child on anxiety. Material and Methods: The randomized controlled study was carried out in the children’s services of Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital in İstanbul between February 2017-January 2018. The sample of the study consisted of 60 children and their mothers aged 3-6 who took nebulizer treatment. In the collection of research data, descriptive information form, Children’s Emotional Manifestation Scale, State and Trait . . .Anxiety Scale, steps to evaluate the patient’s ability to use devices, nebulizer training brochure, toy type nebulizer was used. Results: The mean anxiety scores of children in the experimental group were decreased during inhaler treatment, and the anxiety scores of children in the control group were increased during the operation. There was no statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the control and experiment group pre-training application and evaluation stages, the second and the third evaluation. There was no statistically significant difference between pre- and post-treatment anxiety scores of mothers in the working and control group. Conclusion: Educational training with toy type nebulizer was found to have positive effects on children’s anxiety during nebu-lization treatment, it was determined that there was an increase in the mothers’ post-training skills and no effect on their anxiety. Copyright © 2019 by Türkiye Klinikleri Daha fazlası Daha az

Kurtuncu, M. | Akhan, L. Utas | Yildiz, H.

Conference Object | 2016 | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS175 ( 11 ) , pp.1764 - 1764

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Erdogan A. | Tufan E. | Karaman M.G. | Atabek M.S. | Koparan C. | Özdemir E. | Baranova Çetiner A.

Article | 2011 | Anadolu Psikiyatri Dergisi12 ( 1 ) , pp.55 - 61

Objective: Referral of sexually abused children and adolescents to the Forensic Medicine Council showed that sexual abuse of children and adolescents is prevalent in Turkey. Unfortunately, very few studies have examined the characteristics of sexual offenders against children and adolescents in Turkey. This study examined the sociocultural features of sexual offenders against children and adolescents from Western Black Sea, Mediterranean, Marmara and East Anatolia regions of Turkey. Methods: The sex offenders against children and adolescents referred for forensic psychiatric examination to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry outpati . . .ent clinics of University of Zonguldak Karaelmas Hospital, Elazig Mental Health Hospital, Adana Ekrem Tok Mental Health Hospital, Bursa Dörtçelik Childrens' Hospital were recruited for the study. Data for sex offenders were obtained from the medical and legal documents of children and adolescents. The sex offenders were assessed for demographic and legal characteristics: age, gender, marital status, education level, substance and alcohol use history and use of child pornography/ computer. Results: All of the sexual offenders against children and adolescents were male. In most of the cases the child knows the offender (e.g. neighbor, relative, family friend, or local individual with authority). Females were the most commonly abused, with the percentage of abused females increasing with age. In addition, most of the sex offenders was not married and had low level of education, substance and alcohol use history. Conclusion: Most of the sex offenders against children and adolescents were male and not married. They had high rates of substance use history, low level of education. Further research is needed to better identify clinically significant differences among the different types of sex offenders against children and adolescents in Turkey Daha fazlası Daha az

Piskin I.E. | Gümüs M. | Bayraktaroglu T. | Akalin T.C. | Yamaner F.

Conference Object | 2018 | Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness58 ( 6 ) , pp.852 - 856

Background: Adolescence is a crucial period for linear growth, and sports training during this time may have positive or negative effects on some physiological processes as growth. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of intense training during somatic growth on the onset of puberty and growth development in adolescent wrestlers. Methods: fifty adolescent male wrestlers and twenty-one sedentary healthy male controls aged between 13-15 years were selected. The wrestlers were from fve different wrestling schools and were active at competitive level. The maturity status of the subjects and data about the anthropometric . . . characteristics including age, body weight, height, and Body Mass index (BMi) were evaluated. Serum testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate, follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, prolactin, cortisol, insulin like growth factor-1 (iGf-1), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSh) and free thyroxin were determined. Results: Anthropometric characteristics and puberty levels according to the Tanner stage were similar in both groups. There were no signifcant differences between wrestlers and sedentary control groups in sex hormones, cortisol, iGf-1, prolactin levels (p>0.05) but TSh concentrations differed signifcantly (P=0.015). Conclusions: The results suggested that training in adolescent male wrestlers did not signifcantly change resting sex hormones or alter the onset of puberty as determined by assessment of pubertal stages. The wrestlers had lower body fat and greater energy expenditure per week, there were no signifcant differences in height, weight, or BMI. © 2017 Edizioni Minerva Medica Daha fazlası Daha az

Erdogan, Ayten | Karaman, Mehmet Goeksin

Article | 2008 | ANADOLU PSIKIYATRI DERGISI-ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY9 ( 4 ) , pp.244 - 252

The child with a serious medical illness is at greater risk for developing emotional problems. Unlike a child with a temporary sickness, the child with a chronic illness must cope with knowing that the disease is here to stay and may even get worse. The children are hurt emotionally by the uncertainity about illness and treatment. Chronic illness also affects psychological health of their parents. Hence, in addition to the physical aspects it is necessary also, to focus on the psychological health of the child and their parents in order to ensure compliance and thus treat the child comprehensively. It is important to develop a suppo . . .rtive communication with the child and his family for the sake of treatment and effective interventions. To meet children's needs for information and support in health care settings, it is necessary to understand the children's level of understanding about the illness, hospitalization process, and death. The purpose of this paper was to review the information on the recognition and management of the psychological problems that accompany chronic physical illnesses in children and adolescents. Also in this paper the information of children's level of understanding about the illness, hospitalization process and death are reviewed. (Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry 2008; 9:244-252 Daha fazlası Daha az

Topan A. | Bayram D. | Özendi M. | Cam A. | Öztürk Ö. | Ayyıldız T.K. | Kulakçı H.

Article | 2016 | Journal of Medical Systems40 ( 10 ) , pp.244 - 252

The main objective of this research is to examine child cancer cases in Zonguldak/Turkey descriptively in epidemiological aspect with the help of GIS. Universe of the study is composed of 60 children between 1 and 19 years old who were treated in Children Oncology Clinic with a diagnosis of cancer. Whole universe was reached without selecting a sample in the study. Data were collected by using a form prepared by obtaining expert advice and they were applied to children and their parents at study dates. Results were expressed as percentages. Chi-Square test was used in intergroup comparisons, results were assessed within 95 % confide . . .nce interval and p < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Variables that were used in the study were assessed, recorded in prepared data collection form and distribution maps were produced. When disease diagnosis of the children participated in the study were evaluated, the most observed three types are ALL with 33.3 % (n = 20), Medullablastoma with 13.3 % (n = 8) and Hodgkin-nonHodgkin Lymphoma with 11.7 % (n = 7). Kdz. Eregli with 31.7 % (n = 19), Center with 31.7 % (n = 19), and Caycuma with 18.3 % (n = 11) are the first-three counties where the cases were mostly observed. Statistically significant difference was found (p = 0.016) comparing disease diagnosis with living place, and distribution maps of the number of cancer cases were produced. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York Daha fazlası Daha az

Öztürk Şahin Ö. | Topan A.

Article | 2019 | Journal of Religion and Health58 ( 3 ) , pp.1011 - 1023

Illness and hospitalization are conditions leading to negative effects in children’s lives regardless of their age. This study was performed descriptively in order to examine the fears of hospitalized children for illness and hospital. The study was descriptive and sectional and performed in Karabük University (Turkey) Training and Research Hospital between February 1 and May 1, 2015. Sample of the study was composed of 144 children who were hospitalized due to an acute illness and their parents who approved to participate in the study. Participant information form and an information form that was prepared to evaluate the fears of c . . .hildren for illness and hospital were used as data collection tools. Data were collected by face-to-face interview technique. Statistical analyses were used to assess data. It was found that 56.2% of children in the study were males and were between 7 and 10 years of age; 42.4% were scared of getting illness. 39.5% of 86 children who were previously hospitalized have stated that they experienced fear due to hospitalization; injections were in the first place among causes of fear by 64.7%. When the causes of children’s fear for illness and hospital were examined, it was determined that “undergoing an operation (3.21 ± 1.13),” “staying away from the family during hospitalization (3.11 ± 0.96)” and “worrying the family when he/she gets an illness (3.02 ± 1.05)” were in the first three ones. When the relationship between some characteristics of the children and their parents and children’s status of fear for illness was investigated, it was detected that there was a significant difference between their previous fear of hospitalization and their current status of fear for getting illness (p = 0.003). It was observed that children in the study experienced fear for illness and hospitalization and the percentage of children with fears was found to be high. It was also determined that undergoing an operation, staying away from the family during hospitalization and worrying the family when he/she gets an illness were among the first causes of their fears. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature Daha fazlası Daha az

Konuk N. | Erdogan A. | Atik L. | Ugur M.B. | Simsekyilmaz Ö.

Article | 2006 | Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research13 ( 2 ) , pp.59 - 64

Objective: There are big discrepancies among the reported prevalence rates of emotional/behavioral problems for deaf children. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence rate of emotional and behavioral problems and to assess the effect of subject characteristics on these problems in a group of deaf Turkish children and adolescents. Method: Seventy-two students from a regional residential school for the deaf children and adolescents, aged 6 to 18 years, were recruited as the study group. The control group consisted of 45 age-matched healthy children and adolescents. A questionnaire on sociodemographic features and the Child Behavior Checkl . . .ist (CBCL) were administered to the parents of the children and adolescents. Results: The deaf students group showed significantly more internalizing problems than controls. The largest difference was found for the Anxious/Depressed and Somatic Complaints scale. Deaf adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years had significantly higher anxious/depressed and somatic complaints subscores of CBCL than deaf children aged between 6 and 11 years. Furthermore girls had significantly higher subscores of Anxious/Depressed and Somatic Complaints than the boys in the deaf group. The correlation analysis revealed that degree of hearing loss, academic achievement, and teacher-rated communication level were not related to any emotional or behavioral problems. Conclusion: Deaf children and adolescents have more internalizing problems than normal hearing controls. The results underline the need of screening the deaf children and adolescents more often concerning their mental health. © Universitätsverlag Ulm GmbH 2006 Daha fazlası Daha az