Browsing by Author "Ozdemir, P.G."

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Assessment of Impulsivity, Circadian Preferences, and Job Satisfaction in Nurses Working With Shift System
(Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, 2023) Bingöl, H.; Ozdemir, P.G.
Shift work, particularly night shifts may deteriorate many factors like impulsiveness and job satisfaction along with the impairment in physical and mental performance as well as familial and social relationships. In this study, our objective was to evaluate impulsiveness, circadian preferences, and job satisfaction in nurses and to compare their effects on the day and night shift work. For this purpose, a total of 100 nurses of a university medical center hospital (50 working day shift and 50 working night shift) were included in the study between March 2020 and May 2020. They were evaluated with socio-demographic information form, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire, and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. Correlation coefficient was calculated to determine the relationships between scales. In our study, for the shift working nurses, the mean scores of the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale and Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire were 58.13±13.44, 68.62±10.64, and 53.00±7.19 respectively. The Barratt Impulsiveness total score and the sub-dimensions of scale attentional impulsiveness and motor impulsiveness were significantly higher in night shift workers (p values≤0.05). Job satisfaction was not statistically associated with sex and shift work type. It was found that impulsivity scale sores of night-shift workers were higher than daytime workers. Effective management of impulsivity and assessment of workers’ suitability for the shift system according to their chronotypes are important for preventing deficiencies in the health system. © 2023, Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi. All rights reserved.
Dream Anxiety Is an Emotional Trigger for Acute Myocardial Infarction
(2011) Selvi, Y.; Aydin, A.; Gumrukcuoglu, H.A.; Gulec, M.; Besiroglu, L.; Ozdemir, P.G.; Kilic, S.
Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between nightmares and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) occurring during sleep, and also to evaluate the influence of several related factors. Method: The sample comprised AMI patients who had been admitted to the coronary care unit. The patients were grouped into two categories; the asleep-AMI group consisted of 36 patients who had the onset of symptoms of AMI during sleep, and the awake-AMI group included 183 patients who had AMI while they were awake. The sleep quality and dream anxiety for the 1-month interval before AMI were assessed with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Van Dream Anxiety Scale (VDAS), respectively. Results: Asleep-AMI patients reported significantly poorer subjective sleep quality, significantly higher global PSQI scores, and displayed significantly higher nightmare frequency, difficulty in falling asleep after a nightmare, higher autonomic hyperactivity, dream recall frequency, daytime anxiety, psychological problems, and higher global dream anxiety scores than awake-AMI patients. Conclusion: The present study suggests that sleep anxiety and related emotions are associated with AMI during sleep. © 2011 The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine.
The Evaluation of Dream Anxiety and Sleep Quality in Hemodialysis Patients
(Kure Iletisim Grubu A.S., 2017) Selvi, Y.; Ozdemir, P.G.; Soyoral, Y.; Tasdemir, M.; Aslan, M.
Sleep problems are prevalent in hemodialysis patients. Although several studies have investigated the sleep quality and its causes in hemodialysis patients, there is no report available on dream anxiety in hemodialysis patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sleep quality and dream anxiety in hemodialysis patients. We also investigated related factors which influence sleep quality and dream anxiety. Fifty-Two hemodialysis patients and 38 healthy individuals were included in the present study. The sleep quality and dream anxiety were assessed with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Van Dream Anxiety Scale (VDAS); respectively. The majority of hemodialysis patients had poor sleep quality (%92.3) in our study. Hemodialysis patients had significantly longer sleep latency, higher sleep disturbances and daytime dysfunction than healthy individuals. Hemodialysis patients had higher global dream anxiety scores than healthy individuals. There was a negative relationship between hemoglobin levels and Global VDAS score. Global PSQI score was negative correlated with serum creatinine and phosphorus levels, while positive correlated with C-reactive protein levels. Our results suggest that hemodialysis patients had poor sleep quality, higher sleep disturbances and daytime dysfunction compared with healthy subjects. Moreover, we demonstrated that dream anxiety was significantly higher in hemodialysis patients.
Neurological Soft Signs, Circadian Preferences and Emotion Regulation in Bipolar Disorder and First-Degree Relatives
(Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, 2023) Erkus, B.; Ozdemir, P.G.; Işik, M.
Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between neurological soft signs (NSS), circadian preferences, and emotional regulation difficulties in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and their unaffected first-degree relatives (FDRs). Materials and Methods: A total of 105 people (35 BD patients, 35 FDRs, and 35 healthy controls) enrolled in the study. They completed a sociodemographic information form, the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), and Neurological Evaluation Scale (NES). Results: NES motor coordination, complex motor movements, other subscale and total scores were significantly higher in BD and FDRs compared to the control group. The subscales of the DERS including nonacceptance, goals, impulse, strategies, accessibility, and total DERS scores were also significantly higher in patients than the relative and control groups. A statistically positive, weak, and significant relationship emerged between the patient group’s other NES sub-dimension and the DERS sub-dimensions of impulse and awareness. Meanwhile, significant relationship was found in the FDRs between NSS and the NES sub-dimensions emotional integration and complex motor movements. A significant relationship was also found between the DERS sub-dimension nonacceptance and the NSS sub-dimension complex motor movements. Conclusion: This study discovered that NSS are associated with negative emotional regulation strategies in patients with BD during in euthymic period and FDRs. NSS and circadian preferences may be endophenotype candidates for BD. © 2023, Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi. All rights reserved.
Psychotic Attacks Due To Toxic Neurobrucellosis in Two Adolescent Patients
(Yerkure Tanitim ve Yayincilik, 2014) Ozdemir, O.; Baran, A.I.; Cilingir, V.; Bulut, M.D.; Ozdemir, P.G.; Yilmaz, E.
Brucellosis is a multisystem disease which can present with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations and complications and affect the central nervous system directly or indirectly. Immunopathologic mechanisms like T-cell mediated cytotoxicity and microglia activation are suggested to play a role in neurobrucellosis. The diagnosis of toxic neurobrucellosis is confirmed by isolation of Brucella organism from blood cultures and/or positive Coombs Wright test and the Standard agglutination test (SAT) in serum when there are no cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of brain in patients with neurobrusellosis may show different findings mimicking such neurological diseases as inflammation, white matter changes and vascular involvements and other infectious and inflammatory conditions. Different clinical manifestations of neurobrucellosis have been described including meningitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, and psychiatric disorders. It has been indicated in case studies that neurobrucellosis may lead to psychotic disorders. In this study, we present two adolescents who presented with psychotic symptoms due to toxic neurobrucellosis.
Social Media and Suicide Risk: a Multidimensional Approach
(Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, 2024) Yiğitoğlu, D.; Ozdemir, P.G.
A Supportive Therapeutic and Diagnostic Modality: Sleep Deprivation
(Kure Iletisim Grubu A.S., 2017) Ozdemir, P.G.; Atilla, E.