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Depression, anxiety levels and general psychological profile in Behcet's disease
Background: Behcet's disease (BD) is a multisystem disease with unknown etiology. Until today, the role of emotional stress and the real incidence of psychiatric symptoms in this disease have not been clarified yet. Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the general psychological profile of the patients diagnosed as having BD as well as their depression and anxiety levels in order to investigate the psychiatric aspects of this disease. Material and Methods: Twenty-three patients with BD and 17 patients with chronic plaque-type psoriasis who made up the control group were examined by the Beck Depression (BDI), Beck Anxiety (BAI) and Brief Symptom Inventories (BSI). Results: The mean BDI score of the BD group was 11.69 +/- 6.93, and the corresponding value was 9.11 +/- 7.34 for the psoriasis group. The mean BAI score of the BD group was 21.39 +/- 13.68 and this level was 12.41 +/- 10.70 for psoriasis patients. The mean BSI score of the BD group was 61.30 +/- 43.66 and it was 30.41 +/- 28.77 for the control group. The mean BDI, BAI and BSI scores of the patients diagnosed as having BD were significantly higher than those of the control group (F = 0.234, F = 0.508, F = 0.549 and p < 0.05). Conclusion: BDI, BAI and BSI scales are useful to evaluate the psychiatric aspects of BD. The results of our study revealed that the collaboration of a dermatologist and psychiatrist is essential for the follow-up of patients with BD. Copyright (C) 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel
NEIGHBORHOOD-LEVEL SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION DURING EARLY PREGNANCY AND THE RISK OF GASTROSCHISIS
Background: Studies have shown that pregnant women in low socioeconomic neighborhoods are at a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including birth defects. However, few studies have explored this association with gastroschisis. Using data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS), we investigated the association between neighborhood-level socioeconomic position (nSEP) during early pregnancy and the risk of gastroschisis, and evaluated whether nSEP modifies the associations between maternal age at conception and pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gastroschisis. Methods: We analyzed data from singleton case infants diagnosed with gastroschisis and singleton non-malformed control infants delivered between 1997 and 2011. To characterize nSEP, two principal component analysis (PCA)-derived indices were constructed including the Neighborhood Deprivation Index (NDI) and a Neighborhood-level Socioeconomic Position Index (nSEPI). Maternal neighborhood was defined as the self-reported address mothers lived at the longest between one month prior to conception to the third month of pregnancy. Generalized estimating equations were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs), and relative excess risks due to interaction (RERI) were calculated to assess modification by nSEP on the additive scale. Results: Mothers in moderate (NDI aOR: 1.25; 95% CI: 1.05, 1.49 and nSEPI aOR: 1.25; 95% CI: 1.04, 1.49) or low SEP neighborhoods (NDI aOR; 1.27; 95% CI: 1.05 1.54 and nSEPI aOR: 1.32, 95% CI: 1.09, 1.61) were more likely to deliver an infant with gastroschisis compared with mothers in high SEP neighborhoods. Residing in low SEP neighborhoods sub-additively modified the association between maternal age at conception and gastroschisis. Young mothers (< 20 years) in high SEP neighborhoods had double the risk of having an infant with gastroschisis (aOR: 6.55; 95% CI: 4.59, 9.35) compared with young mothers in low SEP neighborhoods (aOR: 3.13, 95% CI: 2.59, 3.78). However, nSEP did not modify the association between pre-pregnancy BMI and gastroschisis. Regardless of nSEP, young maternal age at conception and normal or underweight BMI were consistently associated with elevated odds of gastroschisis. Conclusions: Future studies of nSEP should consider examining potential mechanisms through which contextual factors may influence individual-level characteristics and/or its association with gastroschisis.Doctor of Philosoph
The entrepreneurial university and academic discourses: The meta‐synthesis of Higher Education articles
The innovative teaching, knowledge and technology production and societal service activities of academics are largely discussed within the entrepreneurial university discourse in Higher Education journals. Therefore, this research focuses on a meta-synthesis of Higher Education articles to better understand the concepts of the entrepreneurial university and entrepreneurial academic. After the systematic elimination based on keywords and titles, 25 articles have been selected from the top 10 Higher Education journals in the SCImago Journal Rankings. Content analysis was performed on these articles to highlight the common operational areas in entrepreneurial universities and activities of entrepreneurial academics. The meta-synthesis shows that, both for universities and academics, entrepreneurship is overwhelmingly characterised by the commercialisation of scholarly activities that enrich institutional income revenue as well as academics' personal income. However, such an approach can distance universities from their mission of public good; so Higher Education administrators should create mechanisms that would allow both to take place in a balanced way
The Effects of the Estrogen Receptor Blocker, Faslodex (ICI 182,780), on Estrogen-Accelerated Bone Maturation in Mice
Can the ADO Index Be Used as a Predictor of Mortality from COVID-19 in Patients with COPD?
Esra Ertan Yazar,1 Gulsah Gunluoglu,2 Burcu Arpinar Yigitbas,1 Mukadder Calikoglu,3 Gazi Gulbas,4 Nilgün Yılmaz Demirci,5 Nurhan Sarioglu,6 Fulsen Bozkus,7 Nevin Taci Hoca,5 Nalan Ogan,8 Seda Tural Onur,2 Muzaffer Onur Turan,9 Filiz Kosar,2 Evrim Eylem Akpinar,8 Burak Mete,10 Can Ozturk5 1Department of Chest Diseases, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey; 2Department of Chest Diseases, Yedikule Chest Disease and Chest Surgery Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; 3Department of Chest Diseases, Mersin University, Medical Faculty, Mersin, Turkey; 4Department of Chest Diseases, Inonu University, Medical Faculty, Malatya, Turkey; 5Department of Chest Diseases, Gazi University, Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey; 6Department of Chest Diseases, Balikesir University, Medical Faculty, Balikesir, Turkey; 7Department of Chest Diseases, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Medical Faculty, Kahramanmaras, Turkey; 8Department of Chest Diseases, Ufuk University, Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey; 9Department of Chest Diseases, Prof Dr, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Atatürk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey; 10Department of Public Health Çukurova University, Medical Faculty, Adana, TurkeyCorrespondence: Esra Ertan Yazar, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Medical Faculty, Department of Chest Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey, Email [email protected]: Several studies have shown that the risk of mortality due to COVID-19 is high in patients with COPD. However, evidence on factors predicting mortality is limited.Research Question: Are there any useful markers to predict mortality in COVID-19 patients with COPD?.Study Design and Methods: A total of 689 patients were included in this study from the COPET study, a national multicenter observational study investigating COPD phenotypes consisting of patients who were followed up with a spirometry-confirmed COPD diagnosis. Patients were also retrospectively examined in terms of COVID-19 and their outcomes.Results: Among the study patients, 105 were diagnosed with PCR-positive COVID-19, and 19 of them died. Body mass index (p= 0.01) and ADO (age, dyspnoea, airflow obstruction) index (p= 0.01) were higher, whereas predicted FEV1 (p< 0.001) and eosinophil count (p= 0.003) were lower in patients who died of COVID-19. Each 0.755 unit increase in the ADO index increased the risk of death by 2.12 times, and each 0.007 unit increase in the eosinophil count decreased the risk of death by 1.007 times. The optimum cut-off ADO score of 3.5 was diagnostic with 94% sensitivity and 40% specificity in predicting mortality.Interpretation: Our study suggested that the ADO index recorded in the stable period in patients with COPD makes a modest contribution to the prediction of mortality due to COVID-19. Further studies are needed to validate the use of the ADO index in estimating mortality in both COVID-19 and other viral respiratory infections in patients with COPD.Keywords: body mass index, COVID-19, eosinophils, FEV1, mortality, pneumonia, pulmonary disease, chronic obstructiv
Correction to:Investigating recurrence in pilonidal sinus disease: results of a nationwide, multicenter study in Turkey (PISI TURKEY)
The collaborative Author names are missing in the published proof. The Supplementary material is updated with 2 additional names in the collaborative Author’s list. Ali Yalcinkaya, Ahmet Yalcinkaya, Sezai Leventoglu, Bengi Balci, Alp Ozgun Borcek, Elif Ozeller, Ece Ozturk, Gulsum Sueda Kayacan, Berkay Enes Karaca, Ahmet Faruk Oyanik, Omer Faruk Gul, Basak Bolukbasi, Huseyin Gobut, Cagri Buyukkasap, Aydin Yavuz, Dara Aydin, Zeynep Akdagcik, Alina Pataeva, Douigou Hasan, Omar Hussein, Arda Ozgur Ozturk, Cem Arda Elumar, Ali Derman Dere, Asra Zeynep Balci, Rasim Ozturk, Yasar Copelci, Murat Kartal, Serkan Tayar, Mustafa Yeni, Tolga Kalayci, Ramazan Yavuz, Bulent Calik, Semra Demirli Atici, Selen Ozturk, Gizem Kilinc, Korhan Tuncer, Cengiz Aydin, Mustafa Yener Uzunoglu, Alp Yildiz, Aybala Yildiz, Can Sahin, Mehmet Caglikulekci, Elbrus Zarbaliyev, Murat Sevmis, Baris Sevinc, Nurullah Damburaci, Omer Karahan, Ozgen Isik, Said Kural, Xhenet Hysejni, Ahmet Aktas, Baris Yildiz, Gultekin Ozan Kucuk, Ahmet Can Sari, Mert Candan, Mehmet Mahir Ozmen, Cem Emir Guldogan, Emre Gundogdu, Munevver Moran, Mevlut Recep Pekcici, Saygin Altiner, Enes Cebeci, Tugba Yigit, Bedri Burak Sucu, Mert Col, Omer Faruk, Ozkan Hanife, Seyda Ulgur, Murat Kalin, Emre Furkan Kirkan, Abdullah Yildiz, Sema Yukseksag, Cagri Buyukkasap, Erdinc Kamer, Mesut Ozogul, Nihan Acar, Melek Gokova Bekler, Arif Atay, Halis Bag, Server Sezgin Uludag, Ahmet Necati Sanli, Sefa Ergun, Ergin Erginoz, Veysi Basbayandur, Mehmet Faik Ozcelik, Ahmet Askar, Yuksel Altinel, Adnan Hacim, Serhat Meric, Merve Tokocin, Talar Aktokmakyan, Yunus Aktimur, Kamil Ozdogan, Fikret Calikoglu, Tugba Koc Calikoglu, Ahmet Barcin, Ahmed Salhat, Guray Durmaz, Volkan Ozben, Erman Aytac, Zumrud Aliyeva, Arda Ulas Mutlu, Mert Tanal, Mustafa Fevzi Celayir, Aydin Eray, Tufan Ali Yuksel, Elif Baran, Banu Yigit, Erhan Eroz, Aykhan Abbasov, Hakan Yanar, Huseyin Onur Aydin, Murathan Erkent, Tugan Tezcaner, Tevfik Avci, Murat Kus, Mehmet Abdussamet Bozkurt, Adem Ozcan, Nezihe Berrin Dodur Onalan, Serhan Yilmaz, Yasin Kara, Ali Kocatas, Fatih Yanar, Ali Fuat Kaan Gok, Irem Karatas, Berke Sengun, Ilknur Erenler Bayraktar, Onur Bayraktar, Zulal Emsal, Irem Dalkilic, Cengiz Dibekoglu, Sami Acar, Erman Ciftci, Yunus Yapalak, Cihad Tatar, Mert Mahsuni Sevinc, Ali Emre Nayci, Egemen Saygili, Yavuz Selim Komek, Bayram Kaymak, Fatih Altintoprak, Emrah Akin, Necattin Firat, Emre Gonullu, Ugur Can Dulger, Atilla Kurt, Sinan Soylu, Musa Serin, Omer Topcu, Ali Cihat Yildirim, Mehmet Fatih Ekici, Sezgin Zeren, Ismail Ahmet Bilgin, Tayfun Karahasanoglu, Ismail Hamzaoglu, Afag Aghayeva, Bilgi Baca, Inci Sahin, Osman Bozbiyik, Mustafa Ozgur Kilincarslan, Mustafa Ali Korkut, Erhan Akgun, Cemil Caliskan, Tayfun Yoldas, Timucin Erol, Hilmi Anil Dincer, Omer Cennet, Muhammed Salih Suer, Muhammet Bunyamin Dalkilic, Ibrahim Alkan, Busenur Kirimtay, Emre Balik, Emre Ozoran, Ibrahim Halil Ozata, Derya Salim Uymaz, Tutku Tufekci, Salih Nafiz Karahan, Orhan Agcaoglu, Naciye Cigdem Arslan, Mehmet Yilmaz, Orhan Ureyen, Can Murat Kale, Enver Ilhan, Eray Kara, Semra Tutcu Sahin, Onur Haspolat, Alperen Dalkiran, Ergun Yuksel, Mehmet Kocaoglu, Omer Tasan, Cevdet Tokat, Cihan Ozen, Alptug Mertcan Koc The Original article has been corrected.</p
Correction to:Investigating recurrence in pilonidal sinus disease: results of a nationwide, multicenter study in Turkey (PISI TURKEY) (International Journal of Colorectal Disease, (2025), 40, 1, (194), 10.1007/s00384-025-04921-x)
The collaborative Author names are missing in the published proof. The Supplementary material is updated with 2 additional names in the collaborative Author’s list. Ali Yalcinkaya, Ahmet Yalcinkaya, Sezai Leventoglu, Bengi Balci, Alp Ozgun Borcek, Elif Ozeller, Ece Ozturk, Gulsum Sueda Kayacan, Berkay Enes Karaca, Ahmet Faruk Oyanik, Omer Faruk Gul, Basak Bolukbasi, Huseyin Gobut, Cagri Buyukkasap, Aydin Yavuz, Dara Aydin, Zeynep Akdagcik, Alina Pataeva, Douigou Hasan, Omar Hussein, Arda Ozgur Ozturk, Cem Arda Elumar, Ali Derman Dere, Asra Zeynep Balci, Rasim Ozturk, Yasar Copelci, Murat Kartal, Serkan Tayar, Mustafa Yeni, Tolga Kalayci, Ramazan Yavuz, Bulent Calik, Semra Demirli Atici, Selen Ozturk, Gizem Kilinc, Korhan Tuncer, Cengiz Aydin, Mustafa Yener Uzunoglu, Alp Yildiz, Aybala Yildiz, Can Sahin, Mehmet Caglikulekci, Elbrus Zarbaliyev, Murat Sevmis, Baris Sevinc, Nurullah Damburaci, Omer Karahan, Ozgen Isik, Said Kural, Xhenet Hysejni, Ahmet Aktas, Baris Yildiz, Gultekin Ozan Kucuk, Ahmet Can Sari, Mert Candan, Mehmet Mahir Ozmen, Cem Emir Guldogan, Emre Gundogdu, Munevver Moran, Mevlut Recep Pekcici, Saygin Altiner, Enes Cebeci, Tugba Yigit, Bedri Burak Sucu, Mert Col, Omer Faruk, Ozkan Hanife, Seyda Ulgur, Murat Kalin, Emre Furkan Kirkan, Abdullah Yildiz, Sema Yukseksag, Cagri Buyukkasap, Erdinc Kamer, Mesut Ozogul, Nihan Acar, Melek Gokova Bekler, Arif Atay, Halis Bag, Server Sezgin Uludag, Ahmet Necati Sanli, Sefa Ergun, Ergin Erginoz, Veysi Basbayandur, Mehmet Faik Ozcelik, Ahmet Askar, Yuksel Altinel, Adnan Hacim, Serhat Meric, Merve Tokocin, Talar Aktokmakyan, Yunus Aktimur, Kamil Ozdogan, Fikret Calikoglu, Tugba Koc Calikoglu, Ahmet Barcin, Ahmed Salhat, Guray Durmaz, Volkan Ozben, Erman Aytac, Zumrud Aliyeva, Arda Ulas Mutlu, Mert Tanal, Mustafa Fevzi Celayir, Aydin Eray, Tufan Ali Yuksel, Elif Baran, Banu Yigit, Erhan Eroz, Aykhan Abbasov, Hakan Yanar, Huseyin Onur Aydin, Murathan Erkent, Tugan Tezcaner, Tevfik Avci, Murat Kus, Mehmet Abdussamet Bozkurt, Adem Ozcan, Nezihe Berrin Dodur Onalan, Serhan Yilmaz, Yasin Kara, Ali Kocatas, Fatih Yanar, Ali Fuat Kaan Gok, Irem Karatas, Berke Sengun, Ilknur Erenler Bayraktar, Onur Bayraktar, Zulal Emsal, Irem Dalkilic, Cengiz Dibekoglu, Sami Acar, Erman Ciftci, Yunus Yapalak, Cihad Tatar, Mert Mahsuni Sevinc, Ali Emre Nayci, Egemen Saygili, Yavuz Selim Komek, Bayram Kaymak, Fatih Altintoprak, Emrah Akin, Necattin Firat, Emre Gonullu, Ugur Can Dulger, Atilla Kurt, Sinan Soylu, Musa Serin, Omer Topcu, Ali Cihat Yildirim, Mehmet Fatih Ekici, Sezgin Zeren, Ismail Ahmet Bilgin, Tayfun Karahasanoglu, Ismail Hamzaoglu, Afag Aghayeva, Bilgi Baca, Inci Sahin, Osman Bozbiyik, Mustafa Ozgur Kilincarslan, Mustafa Ali Korkut, Erhan Akgun, Cemil Caliskan, Tayfun Yoldas, Timucin Erol, Hilmi Anil Dincer, Omer Cennet, Muhammed Salih Suer, Muhammet Bunyamin Dalkilic, Ibrahim Alkan, Busenur Kirimtay, Emre Balik, Emre Ozoran, Ibrahim Halil Ozata, Derya Salim Uymaz, Tutku Tufekci, Salih Nafiz Karahan, Orhan Agcaoglu, Naciye Cigdem Arslan, Mehmet Yilmaz, Orhan Ureyen, Can Murat Kale, Enver Ilhan, Eray Kara, Semra Tutcu Sahin, Onur Haspolat, Alperen Dalkiran, Ergun Yuksel, Mehmet Kocaoglu, Omer Tasan, Cevdet Tokat, Cihan Ozen, Alptug Mertcan Koc The Original article has been corrected.</p
Correction to:Investigating recurrence in pilonidal sinus disease: results of a nationwide, multicenter study in Turkey (PISI TURKEY)
The collaborative Author names are missing in the published proof. The Supplementary material is updated with 2 additional names in the collaborative Author’s list. Ali Yalcinkaya, Ahmet Yalcinkaya, Sezai Leventoglu, Bengi Balci, Alp Ozgun Borcek, Elif Ozeller, Ece Ozturk, Gulsum Sueda Kayacan, Berkay Enes Karaca, Ahmet Faruk Oyanik, Omer Faruk Gul, Basak Bolukbasi, Huseyin Gobut, Cagri Buyukkasap, Aydin Yavuz, Dara Aydin, Zeynep Akdagcik, Alina Pataeva, Douigou Hasan, Omar Hussein, Arda Ozgur Ozturk, Cem Arda Elumar, Ali Derman Dere, Asra Zeynep Balci, Rasim Ozturk, Yasar Copelci, Murat Kartal, Serkan Tayar, Mustafa Yeni, Tolga Kalayci, Ramazan Yavuz, Bulent Calik, Semra Demirli Atici, Selen Ozturk, Gizem Kilinc, Korhan Tuncer, Cengiz Aydin, Mustafa Yener Uzunoglu, Alp Yildiz, Aybala Yildiz, Can Sahin, Mehmet Caglikulekci, Elbrus Zarbaliyev, Murat Sevmis, Baris Sevinc, Nurullah Damburaci, Omer Karahan, Ozgen Isik, Said Kural, Xhenet Hysejni, Ahmet Aktas, Baris Yildiz, Gultekin Ozan Kucuk, Ahmet Can Sari, Mert Candan, Mehmet Mahir Ozmen, Cem Emir Guldogan, Emre Gundogdu, Munevver Moran, Mevlut Recep Pekcici, Saygin Altiner, Enes Cebeci, Tugba Yigit, Bedri Burak Sucu, Mert Col, Omer Faruk, Ozkan Hanife, Seyda Ulgur, Murat Kalin, Emre Furkan Kirkan, Abdullah Yildiz, Sema Yukseksag, Cagri Buyukkasap, Erdinc Kamer, Mesut Ozogul, Nihan Acar, Melek Gokova Bekler, Arif Atay, Halis Bag, Server Sezgin Uludag, Ahmet Necati Sanli, Sefa Ergun, Ergin Erginoz, Veysi Basbayandur, Mehmet Faik Ozcelik, Ahmet Askar, Yuksel Altinel, Adnan Hacim, Serhat Meric, Merve Tokocin, Talar Aktokmakyan, Yunus Aktimur, Kamil Ozdogan, Fikret Calikoglu, Tugba Koc Calikoglu, Ahmet Barcin, Ahmed Salhat, Guray Durmaz, Volkan Ozben, Erman Aytac, Zumrud Aliyeva, Arda Ulas Mutlu, Mert Tanal, Mustafa Fevzi Celayir, Aydin Eray, Tufan Ali Yuksel, Elif Baran, Banu Yigit, Erhan Eroz, Aykhan Abbasov, Hakan Yanar, Huseyin Onur Aydin, Murathan Erkent, Tugan Tezcaner, Tevfik Avci, Murat Kus, Mehmet Abdussamet Bozkurt, Adem Ozcan, Nezihe Berrin Dodur Onalan, Serhan Yilmaz, Yasin Kara, Ali Kocatas, Fatih Yanar, Ali Fuat Kaan Gok, Irem Karatas, Berke Sengun, Ilknur Erenler Bayraktar, Onur Bayraktar, Zulal Emsal, Irem Dalkilic, Cengiz Dibekoglu, Sami Acar, Erman Ciftci, Yunus Yapalak, Cihad Tatar, Mert Mahsuni Sevinc, Ali Emre Nayci, Egemen Saygili, Yavuz Selim Komek, Bayram Kaymak, Fatih Altintoprak, Emrah Akin, Necattin Firat, Emre Gonullu, Ugur Can Dulger, Atilla Kurt, Sinan Soylu, Musa Serin, Omer Topcu, Ali Cihat Yildirim, Mehmet Fatih Ekici, Sezgin Zeren, Ismail Ahmet Bilgin, Tayfun Karahasanoglu, Ismail Hamzaoglu, Afag Aghayeva, Bilgi Baca, Inci Sahin, Osman Bozbiyik, Mustafa Ozgur Kilincarslan, Mustafa Ali Korkut, Erhan Akgun, Cemil Caliskan, Tayfun Yoldas, Timucin Erol, Hilmi Anil Dincer, Omer Cennet, Muhammed Salih Suer, Muhammet Bunyamin Dalkilic, Ibrahim Alkan, Busenur Kirimtay, Emre Balik, Emre Ozoran, Ibrahim Halil Ozata, Derya Salim Uymaz, Tutku Tufekci, Salih Nafiz Karahan, Orhan Agcaoglu, Naciye Cigdem Arslan, Mehmet Yilmaz, Orhan Ureyen, Can Murat Kale, Enver Ilhan, Eray Kara, Semra Tutcu Sahin, Onur Haspolat, Alperen Dalkiran, Ergun Yuksel, Mehmet Kocaoglu, Omer Tasan, Cevdet Tokat, Cihan Ozen, Alptug Mertcan Koc The Original article has been corrected.</p
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