Covıd-19 Pandemisinde Hizmete Devam Eden Kargo Sektörü Çalışanlarında Íşçi Sağlığı ve Íş Güvenliği (ÍSÍG) Algısı ve Tutumları

Ínternet alışverişine olan eğilim COVID-19 salgını ile ivme kazanmış ve bu durum kargo sektörü çalışanlarının çalışma koşullarını etkilemiştir. Çalışma şartlarındaki değişikliklerin ve çalışanların pandemi sürecine ilişkin algı ve tutumlarının belirlenebilmesine yönelik yapılan bu çalışma kapsamında sendika üyesi 469 kargo çalışanı ile çevrimiçi anket gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma soruları kapsamında kurulan hipotezler, istatistiki yöntemlerle test edilmiştir. Anket sonuçları, pandemi döneminde kargo sektöründe çalışanların çalışma sürelerinde (%64) ve hizmet verdiği insan sayısında (%83) artış olduğunu göstermiştir. Íş yerlerinde temizlik, maske ve mesafe önlemlerinin büyük oranda uygulandığı ancak mesai saatlerinin düzenlenmesi, çalışan sayısının asgari seviyede tutulması vb. tedbirlere başvurulmadığı belirlenmiştir. Ankete katılanların %70'i pandemi döneminde ÍSÍG eğitimi almıştır. KKD kullanımı cinsiyet, yaş grupları, eğitim durumu, iş yerindeki görev ve ÍSÍG eğitim durumuna göre farklılık göstermemektedir. ÍSÍG eğitiminin en önemli katkıları;çalışma arkadaşları ile sosyal mesafe uygulamaya özen gösterme, maskenin hijyen kurallarına uygun kullanımı ve maske türleri arasındaki farkları öğrenme konularındadır. ÍSÍG eğitimi alanlar, pandemi döneminin ÍSÍG açısından daha başarılı yürütüldüğünü düşünmektedir. Sonuç olarak kargo çalışanları iş yükü, çalışma stresi, sağlık riskleri vb. birçok açıdan pandemiden olumsuz anlamda etkilendiklerini ancak alınan ÍSÍG önlemleri ve genel tedbirler ile bu risklerin bertaraf edildiğini düşündükleri tespit edilmiştir.Alternate :The trend towards online shopping is gaining momentum with the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the working conditions of cargo sector employees. This research was conducted by applying an online questionnaire to 469 union-member cargo sector employees to determine the changes in working conditions and their perceptions and attitudes towards the pandemic. The hypotheses established within the scope of the research questions were tested with the Chi-Square test. The survey results showed an increase in the working hours of the cargo sector employees (64%) and the number of people they served (83%). It has been determined that while hygiene, mask usage, and social distance measures were generally applied in workplaces, measures such as regulating working hours and keeping the number of employees at a minimum level still needed to be implemented. 70% of the respondents received OHS training during the pandemic. Gender, age groups, education level, job description in the workplace, and OHS education level do not make any difference in using PPE. It has been determined that the most important contributions of OHS training are practicing social distancing with colleagues, using the mask by hygiene rules, and learning the differences between masks. There is a higher rate of thought that the pandemic is carried out successfully in terms of OHS in those who receive OHS training. As a result, cargo sector employees stated that the pandemic adversely affected their workload, work stress, and health risks. However, they also thought these risks were eliminated with OHS measures.

Is diagnostic performance of SARS-CoV-2 detection dogs reduced -due to virus variation- over the time?

Medical detection dogs have a high potential for use as alternative diagnostic tools not only for organic diseases, but also for infectious diseases. However, new variants emerging over time may affect the accuracy and sensitivity of diagnostic methods including medical detection dogs in case of viral pandemics. To the best of our knowledge, this is a pioneer study aimed to investigate diagnostic performances and generalization ability of SARS-CoV-2 detection dogs against the new variant after being trained with the original virus. Two SARS-CoV-2 detection dogs were used in this study. In total, 1002 samples including the Omicron variant were introduced to the dogs using a double-blinded design. Two different refresher training sessions were conducted to train the dogs to identify the scent of the Omicron variant. In the first refreshment training, mixed samples (original virus and Omicron variant) were used. The diagnostic performances of the dogs were significantly increased only after the second refreshment training where only the Omicron variant was introduced. This study illustrates that diagnostic performances of SARS-CoV-2 detection dogs were not consistent over time with the emerging new variants. Thus, refreshment training with new variant(s) should be conducted with every new variant which may affect the diagnostic performances of those dogs in such infectious outbreaks.

Specialty-Training Program During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single Center Survey on over 300 Trainees and Trainers

Objective: COVID-19 pandemic caused significant modifications in education of trainees who are in medical speciality training programs. Limiting the number of residents in the clinics, cancelling elective surgical procedures, stopping face to face practical education, and transforming theoretical education into distance learning platforms resulted in alterations in the curriculum. Limited number of studies in the literature surveyed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on specialty training in various medical disciplines. Methods: We addressed to assess the situation of trainees' education using an online questionnaire from the trainees' and directors' perspective during the pandemic. The survey platform SurveyMonkey® was used to distribute the survey and to collect responses. We generated a list of multiple-choice questions about how social distancing affected the delivery of medical education, potential compromise in core training and difficulties in conducting clinical research for the thesis. Results: A total of 364 trainees among 552 (65.9%) under training at our university hospital and 90% of the directors (37 of 41) responded the survey. Almost 78 percent of the trainees claimed that they have been negatively affected during the pandemic. Although majority of the trainees (60.3%) reported that extension of their education program is not necessary, most of the program directors were in tendency of extending the duration of the speciality training period. The participants predominantly considered that online training would keep on being a part of the training program after the pandemic. Conclusion: Education programs are negatively affected during pandemics. However, authorities should manage this deficiency by a new perspective since present trainees are familiar to use technology-driven virtual sources for their education. After the pandemic, computer-assisted online learning and webbased programs should be integrated into educational curriculum. (English) [ FROM AUTHOR] Amaç: COVID-19 pandemisi tıpta uzmanlık eğitimi alan uzmanlık öğrencilerinin eğitim programında belirgin değişikliklere neden olmuştur. Kliniklerde asistan sayıları azaltılmış, elektif ameliyatlar ertelenmiş, yüz yüze pratik eğitim sonlandırılmış ve teorik eğitim uzaktan eğitime dönüştürülerek müfredat düzenlenmiştir. COVID-19 pandemisinin farklı tıp dsiplinlerinde uzmanlık eğitimini nasıl etkilediğine ait çalışma sayısı sınırlıdır. Yöntemler: Pandemi döneminde eğitimin sorgulanması için uzmanlık öğrencilerine ve anabilim dalı başkanlarına yönelik "online" bir anket hazırlanmıştır. Anket "SurveyMonkey®" programında hazırlanmış ve dağıtılmıştır. Sosyal mesafe kurallarının tıp eğitimini nasıl etkilediği, çekirdek eğitim müfredatının nasıl yürütüldüğü, tez çalışmalarının ve klinik araştırmaların durumunu sorgulayan çoktan seçmeli sorular hazırlanmıştır. Sonuçlar: Üniversite hastanemizde eğitim alan toplam 552 uzmanlık öğrencisinden 364'ü (%65.9) ve anabilim dalı başkanlarının %90'ı (41'den 37'si) anketi cevaplandırmıştır. Uzmanlık öğrencilerinin %78'si pandeminin eğitimlerini olumsuz yönde etkilediğini bildirmiş, ancak, çoğunluk (%60.3) uzmanlık eğitim süresinin uzamasını istememiştir. Tersine, anabilim dalı başkanlarının çoğunluğu sürenin uzatılması gerektiğini bildirmiştir. Katılımcıların çoğu uzaktan "online" eğitimin pandemiden sonra da eğitim programına dahil edilmesi gerektiğini bildirmiştir. Tartışma: Pandemi döneminde eğitim olumsuz etkilenmiştir. Ancak, eğitim sorumluları günümüz uzmanlık öğrencilerinin teknolojinin kullanıldığı uzaktan eğitim modellerine daha yatkın olmalarından yararlanarak, eğitim sistemlerini yeni bir bakış açısı ile güncellemelidir. Pandemi sonrasında, bilgisayar temelli eğitim kaynakları uzmanlık eğitim müfredatına yerleştirilmelidir. (Turkish) [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Gazi Medical Journal is the property of Gazi Medical Journal and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Nonpharmaceutical interventions in Turkey and worldwide during COVID-19 pandemic

Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are actions apart from getting vaccinated and medications, in order to promote deceleration of the spread of illness among people and communities during pandemic. In this article, we aim to examine NPIs applied in Turkey and worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the NPIs such as isolation, quarantine, and contact tracing were maintained with updates of the Ministry of Health guidelines in Turkey. Some NPIs including travel and partial or full curfew mobilization restrictions were set in accordance with the various periods by the number of cases. Periods of restrictions at autumn 2021 to summer 2022 are national partial curfews, national extended curfews, local decision-making phase, revised local decision-making phase, partial lockdown, full lockdown and gradual normalization. Mitigation and suppression have been implemented in Turkey with restrictions of varying severity throughout the course of the epidemic. It is seen that the restrictions implemented in Turkey contributed to the flattening of the epidemic curve. Even some countries mainly applied the suppression method, and others applied the mitigation method, in general, it is seen that similar methods were applied with different weights. Examples of different countries demonstrated that NPIs are effective for flattening epidemic curve. NPI have been the main instrument for a year and a half from the beginning of the epidemic to mid-2021 in Turkey as well as worldwide.

Anxiety Levels of Primary Caregivers of Children With Tracheostomy During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We aim to evaluate the anxiety levels of caregivers of children with tracheostomy during the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Caregivers of 31 children with tracheostomy and 105 healthy children (control group) were included. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was administered via teleconference in order to investigate how participants describe how they feel at a particular moment (State) and how they generally feel (Trait). The trait anxiety levels of caregivers of children with tracheostomy were significantly higher (P = .02). Their state anxiety levels were similar. The state and trait anxiety levels of caregivers of children with tracheostomy correlated (r = 0.70, P < .001). At the end of the teleconference, caregivers of children with tracheostomy experienced greater anxiety relief than controls (P < .001). Trait anxiety scores were higher among caregivers of children with tracheostomy, but their state anxiety levels were comparable to those of controls. Caregivers with high trait anxiety also exhibited high state anxiety. Informing caregivers of children with tracheostomy about COVID-19 via teleconference can reduce their anxiety during such stressful times.

Sleep disturbances in children with cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia and typically developing children during COVID-19 pandemic.

AIM: We aimed to investigate sleep disturbances in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) and typically developing (TD) children during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Primary care givers of children with CF and PCD aged 3-16 years were asked to enrol in the study. Primary care givers of TD children were included as control group. The Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) was used, and questions related to sleep habits during the pandemic were asked. Results of the three groups were compared. RESULTS: Primary care givers of 33 children with CF, 16 children with PCD and 66 TD children were included in the study. There were no differences in terms of age and gender between the three groups. Changes in sleep patterns during the pandemic were more common among TD children and their families, with 75% of the children and 80% of their families sleeping later than before. The sleep initiation and maintenance disorder scores were higher in TD children (P = 0.001), whereas the sleep breathing disorder scores were higher in children with PCD (P = 0.001), and the sleep hyperhidrosis scores were higher in children with CF and PCD (P = 0.011). No relationships were found between sleep parameters and clinical findings of children with lung disease. CONCLUSIONS: Children's sleep habits have changed during the pandemic. Children with chronic lung diseases and even TD children may experience sleep disturbances during this period.

Covid-19 salgininda savunmasiz gruplardan biri: Göçmenler

A new type of coronavirus caused a serious public health crisis in early 2020 and virus started to spread rapidly and required serious preventions. Understanding and implementing these preventions may be insufficient in some vulnerable groups. The migrants is one of these groups. Migrants may not be able to adequately understand the suggestions expected to reach the public due to language differences. Some negative living conditions brought by the migration process may make it difficult for them to implement these preventions adequately. Also such as socioeconomic level and legal status can restrict migrants access to healthcare. Especially with regard to infectious diseases and epidemics that require rapid intervention, immigrants' disregard may prevent the measures from achieving their intended purpose. Therefore, immigrant groups should be included in the intervention plans and health strategies of the states. immigrants should be made part of the holistic efforts against the COVID-19 epidemic in the general community. It should be ensured that all measures can be taken and implemented for immigrants, regardless of their status and inclusion.