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Publication Open Access Suicide among doctors in Turkey: Differences across gender, medical specialty and the method of suicide(2023-03-01) YILDIZ, MESUT; HIDIROĞLU, SEYHAN; YILDIZ M., Batun K. D., Sahinoglu H., Eryilmaz M. S., Ozel B., Ataoglu B., HIDIROĞLU S.Background. Doctors have higher rates of mental illness and suicide than the general population worldwide. Suicides of doctors are known to be underreported in developing countries. To the best of our knowledge, there are no studies investigating suicides among medical students and doctors in Turkey.Objectives. To investigate the characteristics of suicides in medical school students and doctors in Turkey.Materials and methods. In this retrospective study, newspaper websites and Google search engine were searched for information on medical school student and doctor suicides in Turkey between 2011 and 2021. Cases of suicide attempt, parasuicide or deliberate self-harm were not included in the study.Results. Sixty-one suicides were reported between 2011-2021. There was a male predominance (45 (73.8%)), and more than half of the suicides (32 (52.5%)) occurred among specialist doctors. Self poisoning, jumping from heights and firearms were the most common methods of suicide (18 (29.5%), 17 (27.9%) and 15 (24.6%), respectively). Cardiovascular surgery, family medicine, gynecology, and obstetrics specialties had the highest numbers of suicide deaths. Depression/mental illness was the most common speculated etiology. These results show that suicides among medical students and doctors in Turkey have characteristics that differ from both suicided among the general population in Turkey and doctor suicides in other countries.Conclusions. In this study, we identified the suicidal characteristics of medical students and doctors in Turkey for the first time. The results help us to better understand this understudied topic and provide an avenue for future studies. The data also indicate that it is important to monitor the individual and systemic difficulties experienced by doctors, starting from the medical education stage, and to provide individual and environmental support to help decrease the risk of suicide.Publication Open Access The emotions experienced by family medicine residents and interns during their clinical trainings: a qualitative study(2023-01-01) HIDIROĞLU, SEYHAN; YILDIZ İNANICI, SİNEM; GÜLPINAR, MEHMET ALİ; Tanrıöver Ö., Peker Ş., Hıdıroğlu S., Kitapçıoğlu D., Yıldız İnanıcı S., Karamustafalioğlu N., Gülpınar M. A.Background: The family medicine residents and final year medical students are challenged with increased workload and they experience various emotions during their clinical trainings. They are confronted with uncertainties in their role descriptions and they witness illness, suffering and deaths as part of their everyday duties which may lead to burnout. Only several studies have focused on these experiences to find out what the family medicine residents and medical students were literally feeling. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the family medicine residents’ and final year medical students’ emotions during their clinical trainings. Method: This qualitative study was performed with 15 family medicine residents and 24 final-year medical students using a convenience sample from two medical faculties to explore and analyze their emotions. Data were gathered by means of focus group interviews, including six interviews conducted and recorded through online meetings. Data were analyzed for themes using a thematic analysis approach. Since the interviews reached saturation in terms of content, the interviews were terminated at the end of sixth focus group meetings. Each interview took an average of 45–60 min. Results: Three main themes emerged from the data regarding residents’ and interns’ emotions. These were the \"clinical climate’s role\", \"emotions during patient encounters\" and \"coping strategies with negative emotions\". The most commonly encountered emotions were tension and anxiety followed by frustration and uncertainty. Conclusions: The family medicine residents and final-year medical students are challenged with emotions during their clinical trainings. Therefore, medical educators have to be aware of the need to support them in reflecting their emotions by prioritizing residents’and interns’ well-beingPublication Open Access QUALITY OF LIFE AND COVID-19 PHOBIA OF CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY IN A STATE HOSPITAL DURING PANDEMIC: CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY(2022-01-01) HIDIROĞLU, SEYHAN; Hidiroglu S., Ataoglu B. N. , Pastirmacioglu E., Cakir G., Yorganci S., Ghachem A.Objective: COVID-19 pandemic has become a global public health problem and led to phobia among people. There is also no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic had a great impact on the quality of people\"s lives. The goal of this study was to assess the factors that might be affecting the quality of life and COVID-19 phobia of the cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2021 and April 2022 in an outpatient chemotherapy unit within a state hospital in Istanbul. Participants\" data was gathered by a questionnaire that had 3 components: participants\" characteristics, the COVID-19 phobia scale, and the WHOQOL-BREF scale. Results: The results showed that perceived economic status, education level, having comorbidities, having a caregiver and who is the caregiver had an impact on the Quality of Life, and people who have an acquaintance who died due to COVID-19 had higher COVID-19 phobia total score. Furthermore, it was seen that as the age or COVID-19 phobia total score increased, each component of the Quality of Life score decreased. Conclusions: Quality of life and COVID-19 phobia of cancer patients were observed to be inversely proportional in chemotherapy receiving patients in a state hospital in Istanbul.Publication Open Access Untitled Reply(2022-01-01) KARAVUŞ, MELDA; ILGIN, CAN; AY, NADİYE PINAR; LÜLECİ, NİMET EMEL; SAVE, DİLŞAD; HIDIROĞLU, SEYHAN; Ozdemir M., Ilgin C., KARAVUŞ M., HIDIROĞLU S., LÜLECİ N. E., AY N. P., Sarioz A., SAVE D.Publication Open Access Evaluation of a school of medical students' attitudes towards violence against women in Istanbul(2022-05-01) DAVUN, SELİN; KURNAZ AY, MERVE; KARAVUŞ, MELDA; HIDIROĞLU, SEYHAN; Davun S., Kurnaz Ay M., Hıdıroğlu S., Karavuş M.Introduction: Violence against women has become an important public health and human rights issue. In this study, we aimed to determine and evaluate the attitudes of students in a medical school in Istanbul towards violence against women. Material and Methods: This is a descriptive study. The population of the study consists of 1523 undergraduate students studying at the Faculty of Medicine of a university on the Anatolian side of Istanbul in the 2020-2021 academic year. The sample size was calculated as a minimum of 307 people with a 95% confidence interval and 5% margin of error and %50 prevalance (since the prevalence of medical students' attitudes towards violence against women is not known exactly, it was taken as 50%). This study was carried out with 504 participants in total. The research data were collected using a questionnaire designed to determine the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants and the "Attitudes towards Violence Scale (SITO)", which evaluates the attitudes of the participants towards violence. Results: Among the participants %65.3 were female and 34.7% were male. While 41.9% of the participants in this study were preclinical medical students, 58.1% were clinical medical students. There is a statistical significant difference between the total scores of men and women from the SITO (Attitudes towards Violence Scale) scale (p<0.001). While the mean SITO(Attitudes towards Violence Scale) total score of preclinical medical students was 32.38±0.37, the mean SITO(Attitudes towards Violence Scale) total score of clinical medical students was 33±0.47. Considering the scores obtained from the all SITO(Attitudes towards Violence Scale) subscales, there was a significant difference between whether the students were preclinical or clinical and the scores they got from the SITO(Attitudes towards Violence Scale) emotional subscale (p<0.05). When the scale scores of the participants were examined according to the region they were born, a significant difference was observed between the participants in terms of the scores obtained from the SITO (Attitudes towards Violence Scale) economic subscale according to the region of birth (p<0.05). Conclusion: Sex, class level, place of residence, region of birth, economic status of the students and their parents' work and education levels affect their attitudes towards violence against womenPublication Open Access Are neighborhood characteristics associated with physical activity levels among school children?(2023-01-01) AY, NADİYE PINAR; HIDIROĞLU, SEYHAN; Kaya G., AY N. P., HIDIROĞLU S.Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of insufficient physical activity (IPA) and neighborhood characteristics associated with it, among school children. The impact of sociodemographic characteristics and ownership of electronic devices on physical activity (PA) were also evaluated. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out among 5-7th grade students attending schools and their parents. IPA was defined as having moderate-vigorous activity for 0.05).Conclusion: The prevalence of IPA is alarmingly high among school children. The impact of neighborhood characteristics on PA might be obscured since both variables were measured subjectively. Devices related information/communication technologies increase IPA; we need to find novel ways to use these devices for PA promotion. There is also a need to increase structured PA opportunities.Publication Open Access Adaptation and integration of the thinking healthy programme into pregnancy schools in Istanbul, Turkey(2023-04-12) BORAN, PERRAN; DÖNMEZ, MELİKE; BARIŞ, HATİCE EZGİ; ALTAŞ, ZEYNEP MEVA; HIDIROĞLU, SEYHAN; SAVE, DİLŞAD; BORAN P., DÖNMEZ M., Atif N., Nisar A., Barış E., Us M. C., ALTAŞ Z. M., HIDIROĞLU S., SAVE D., Rahman A.BACKGROUND: Perinatal mental health is a major public health concern. In Turkey, public hospitals operate pregnancy schools which provides an opportunity to integrate an evidence-based Thinking Healthy Programme (THP) for perinatal depression. The aim of this study is to adapt the THP for universal use in the group setting and to understand its acceptability and feasibility for integration into the existing antenatal care programme for both face-to-face and online delivery. METHODS: Following an expert-led adaptation process using the Bernal Framework, field testing was conducted on a group of women and facilitators followed by in-depth interviews (n:8) and group discussions (n = 13). Data were analysed using Thematic Framework Analysis. RESULTS: Minor but significant adaptations were made to the individually delivered THP for use in the universal group pregnancy schools. Initial findings indicate that the THP-group version was acceptable to its target population and could be integrated into the antenatal care plan for delivery during face-to-face and online group classes. CONCLUSION: THP is transferable to the Turkish cultural and healthcare context. The THP-group version has the potential to add value to Turkey\"s existing perinatal healthcare programme.