Browsing by Author "Kurhan, F."

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Decreased Nesfatin-1 Level in Overweight Depressed Patients
(Medicinska Naklada Zagreb, 2022) Teksin, G.; Sahpolat, M.; Kurhan, F.; Sesliokuyucu, C.; Bayazit, H.
Background: Nesfatin-1 (NF-1) is a parameter that has been shown to have an important potential in the modulation of the emotional state such as depression. The study focused to investigate the relationship between the plasma NF-1 level and depression. Subjects and methods: Seventy-three patients who have a major depressive disorder (MDD) and 71 healthy individuals participated in the study. Plasma NF-1 was analyzed by Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and compared according to the groups. Results: The mean NF-1 was lower in the patients with MDD than being in the healthy (p:0.019). Plasma NF-1 level was statistically significantly lower in the overweight MDD than in the non-overweight MDD (p:0.024). We observed a negative correlation between plasma NF-1 level and age (r:-0.178, p:0.033), BMI (r:-0.212, p:0.011), HAM-D scores (r:-0.185, p:0.026). However, there was no correlation for smoking status in both groups (r:0.095, p:0.259). Conclusion: This study demonstrated the relationship between plasma NF-1 level and MDD as well as overweight. Therefore, NF-1 might be related to certain nervous system pathologies as well as adipose tissue in the body. © 2022 Medicinska Naklada Zagreb. All rights reserved.
Evaluation of Psychological Variables in Women Who Takes Infertility Care
(Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, 2021) Kurhan, F.; Çöpoğlu, Ü.S.
Infertility can cause many psychological problems in many women with numerous different ways. We aim to evaluate social support and family relation among women who takes treatment of infertility and who have depression, anxiety and guiltiness, shyness and infertility problems inventory. 71 women who have applied to department of obstetrics and gynaecology have been included in that study. Control group consist of 71 women between 18-45 ages, who were volunteer and had never taken treatment of infertility and also they had child. Various tests were applied to these women such as Hamilton Depression Test (HAM-D), Hamilton Anxiety Test (HAM-A), Shyness-Guiltiness Test, Multi-Dimensional Perceived Social Support Scale (ÇBASDÖ) and Family Support Test. Average age of infertile group was 30.0+ 3.6 years and average age of control group was 28.7+5.0 (p:0.084). According to analysis there was not difference between infertile group and control group of depression rate (infertile group %14.1 control group %9.9, p.0.438);but there was a significant difference between infertile and control groups for anxiety levels (infertile group 10.2-42, control group 7.0-34 p<0.001), shyness-guiltiness (infertile group in 101 control group 69, p<0.001), perceived social support (infertile group 55 control group 52, p<0.001), fertility problems (infertile group 170, control group 135 p<0.001).These results of infertile group were really higher than results of control group. Perceived family supports rates of infertile group were lower than rates of control group (infertile group 30, control group 37. p<0.001). In our study, we determined that anxiety, shyness and guiltiness were very high in infertile people and on the other hand family support was low. Our findings showed that infertile patients need psychological support from the time of diagnosis and during the treatment. For this reason, it can be said that it is useful to set a good connection be tween infertile polyclinic and psychiatry polyclinic. © 2021, Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi. All rights reserved.
Examining of the Individuals Who Have Attempted Suicide in the East of Turkey in Terms of Psychological Factors
(Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, 2021) Kurhan, F.; Kamiş, G.Z.; Atli, A.
We aimed to retrospectively review the data of the people applying to our hospital due to suicide attempt in the last 8 years and to examine the psychiatric diagnoses and sociodemographic data of the patients. Methods: The data of 940 patients examined in our hospital between 2012-2019 due to suicide attempts were reviewed retrospectively. Characteristics like age, gender, occupation, marital status, previous psychiatric treatment, presence of psychiatric illness and presence of psychiatric drug if the attempt is by drug were examined from patients’ data files. Results: In this study, 403 (42.9%) of the applicants were male and 537 (57.1%) were female. Suicide attempts were done by a sharp device, hanging, jumping off respectively, and the least by firearm and the most by drugs. Considering the distribution of psychiatric diagnoses, it was seen that 153 (31.1%) of them had depressive disorders, 121 (24.6%) had substance and alcohol use disorder and 55 (11.2%) had personality pathology. Conclusion: A significant number of the applicants applying the emergency department for suicide attempt were single, unemployed and students. The most common suicide attempt age range was 20-25. Psychological problems and psychiatric disorder history are important predictors of a person' s future suicide attempt. © 2021, Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi. All rights reserved.
Social Appearance Anxiety in Patients With Contact Dermatitis
(Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, 2021) Kurhan, F.
Contact dermatitis is a dermatological disease that can cause skin lesions on visible and invisible parts of the body. Lesions in the visible parts of the body can negatively affect the body perception of people and cause them to worry about their appearance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the social appearance anxiety of individuals with contact dermatitis lesions on the visible parts of their bodies using the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) and to compare them with healthy controls. A total of 129 patients aged between 18-65 years with a diagnosis of contact dermatitis and 89 healthy controls were included in the study. Patients and healthy controls were asked to fill in Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS), Hospital Anxiety Depression (HAD) scales, and dermatological quality of life and visual analog scales were applied to the patient group. In terms of the mean Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) scores, the mean SSI score in the patient group was 57.11, while the mean SSI score in the control group was 19.27. Thus, the mean SDSS score of the patient group was found to be considerably higher than the control group (p<0.01). A significant positive correlation was found between SSQ score and VAS score (r=0.282, p<0.05). Lesions appearing in visible places in contact dermatitis patients cause anxiety in individuals due to their appearance. This situation revealed that those with contact dermatitis lesions should receive psychiatric treatment in addition to dermatological treatments. © 2021, Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi. All rights reserved.
Somatic Symptom Disorder Responding To Risperidone Treatment
(Medicinska Naklada Zagreb, 2023) Kurhan, F.; Aktas, S.