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Objective: In the twenty-first century, despite the development in infection management, and improvement of vaccines and therapeutic agents in the field of health, new viral outbreaks that can still be fatal in humans and animals are emerging. The infection of zoonosis COVID-19 from bat origin, the intermediate host of which is still being unclear, has appeared in people who visited animal bazaar in December 2019, in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization declared this infection a pandemic in February 2020. Millions of people have been affected by this pandemic. The fight against the pandemic has had a great economic cost and continues to do so. Even people have changed their lifestyle. In this context, there have been concerns about companion animals with COVID-19 transmission, from human to animal or animal to human. The purpose of this review was to examine the studies on the presence and transmission of COVID-19 in companion animals such as cats, dogs, hamsters and horses. Result and Discussion: It has been reported in studies that most of the companion animals (cat, dog and hamster) were susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, and humans could be a source of infection for them. However, the potential role of companion animals in transmission to humans is not fully known. It is clear from this pandemic that the necessity of epidemiological investigation of infectious agents, especially zoonotic ones, in one health concept has emerged once again.Copyright © 2022 University of Ankara. All rights reserved.
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Objective: In the twenty-first century, despite the development in infection management, and improvement of vaccines and therapeutic agents in the field of health, new viral outbreaks that can still be fatal in humans and animals are emerging. The infection of zoonosis COVID-19 from bat origin, the intermediate host of which is still being unclear, has appeared in people who visited animal bazaar in December 2019, in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization declared this infection a pandemic in February 2020. Millions of people have been affected by this pandemic. The fight against the pandemic has had a great economic cost and continues to do so. Even people have changed their lifestyle. In this context, there have been concerns about companion animals with COVID-19 transmission, from human to animal or animal to human. The purpose of this review was to examine the studies on the presence and transmission of COVID-19 in companion animals such as cats, dogs, hamsters and horses. Result and Discussion: It has been reported in studies that most of the companion animals (cat, dog and hamster) were susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, and humans could be a source of infection for them. However, the potential role of companion animals in transmission to humans is not fully known. It is clear from this pandemic that the necessity of epidemiological investigation of infectious agents, especially zoonotic ones, in one health concept has emerged once again.Copyright © 2022 University of Ankara. All rights reserved.
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Objective: In the twenty-first century, despite the development in infection management, and improvement of vaccines and therapeutic agents in the field of health, new viral outbreaks that can still be fatal in humans and animals are emerging. The infection of zoonosis COVID-19 from bat origin, the intermediate host of which is still being unclear, has appeared in people who visited animal bazaar in December 2019, in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization declared this infection a pandemic in February 2020. Millions of people have been affected by this pandemic. The fight against the pandemic has had a great economic cost and continues to do so. Even people have changed their lifestyle. In this context, there have been concerns about companion animals with COVID-19 transmission, from human to animal or animal to human. The purpose of this review was to examine the studies on the presence and transmission of COVID-19 in companion animals such as cats, dogs, hamsters and horses. Result and Discussion: It has been reported in studies that most of the companion animals (cat, dog and hamster) were susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, and humans could be a source of infection for them. However, the potential role of companion animals in transmission to humans is not fully known. It is clear from this pandemic that the necessity of epidemiological investigation of infectious agents, especially zoonotic ones, in one health concept has emerged once again.Copyright © 2022 University of Ankara. All rights reserved.
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Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate nurses' knowledge of protective precautions and their experiences of various factors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the snowball method was selected for sampling to access nurses (n = 392) serving in the fight against the Covid-19 infection nationwide. The online data collection form had two parts: a sociodemographic form and a second part including 25 items on institutional protective measures, personal protective measures, and nursing care. Results: Most of the nurses caring for patients with Covid-19 were well-informed about institutional, personal, and patient protective precautions. The scores of female nurses, married nurses and those with children were higher. Multiple regression analysis revealed that in-service training, working in a clinic, and having colleagues diagnosed with Covid-19 positively affected knowledge, while having 0–5 years of professional experience negatively affected knowledge. Conclusion: This study may enlighten medical authorities and policymakers in their efforts to promote the quality of care delivered to patients with Covid-19 and the quality of working conditions of healthcare providers. © 2022 Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery.
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Objective: Practices such as the use of masks, cleaning measures, and social distancing have come to the fore to prevent the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In addition to this, the most important way to fight the pandemic seems to be vaccination. However, "vaccine hesitancy" is seen as an important obstacle to attempts to control the pandemic. With this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of having inadequate or incorrect information, one of the possible determinants of attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine. Methods: The data of this descriptive study were collected via an online questionnaire from patients (N=496) involving Sociodemographic Data Form, Turkey Health Literacy Scale-32 and Anti-Vaccine Scale. Results: The data revealed that 7.5% of the participants would not be vaccinated and 14.3% were indecisive. We found a negative correlation between vaccine refusal and health literacy, thus confirming the main hypothesis of our study. Also, an increase in education years was a negative predictor of vaccine hesitation. Conclusion: Currently, the most important approach in fighting the pandemic is the vaccination of society. Having the right information is extremely important to fight vaccine refusal attitudes. The fight against vaccination requires joint efforts from governments and media resources, including social media.
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This study aimed to examine the COVID-19 patients' hospital anxiety, depression levels and independence in activities of daily living. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with n=100 COVID-19 patients. The data was collected using a patient descriptive information form, the "Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living", and the "Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale". Descriptive statistics, Student t-test, Mann Whitney U test, One-way ANOVA test, and Kruskal Wallis test were used to compare groups. The significance level is pre-specified as 0.05. The mean age of the patients was 41.77 +/- 12.10 years (Min: 20, Max: 70). More than half of the patients were male (68%), and 86% were treated and cared for in the service isolation rooms. Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale mean scores were 6.66 +/- 6.05 (Min: 0, Max: 21) and the Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living mean scores were 5.57 +/- 1.27 (Min: 0, Max: 6). It was determined that as the patients' level of independence in their daily living activities increased, their hospital anxiety and depression levels decreased. A negative moderate correlation (r = -0.530, r = -0.552) was found between the mean scores of these variables. Since these patients usually receive care in isolation in their rooms, activities of daily living should be monitored and supported in terms of the hospital anxiety and depression levels.
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Peritraumatic distress, which is regarded as a predictor of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), expresses the feeling of fear and helplessness experienced in the face of a traumatic event. It has been evaluated that the COVID-19 pandemic can lead to peritraumatic reactions and PTSD symptoms. The study aimed to adapt the "COVID -19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI)", which was developed to determine peritraumatic distress levels during the COVID-19 pandemic, to Turkish culture. The study was conducted with 248 participants. The CPDI scale items were translated into the Turkish language. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to determine the construct validity of the scale. And the Cronbach alpha (a) reliability coefficient was calculated for reliability. As a result of the analyses, the original structure of the scale was confirmed and construct validity was ensured. This measurement tool can be used to assess the peritraumatic distress levels of the Turkish population.
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Objective: Several public health measures were introduced to reduce viral transmission and disease spread at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. These measures had the potential to impact the transmission of other respiratory viruses. In September 2021, schools started face to face in and an increase in viral respiratory infections was observed. This study aims to determine the distribution and clinical features of viral agents in this period when complete face-to-face education was started for the first time in Turkey. Material and Methods: Diagnosis and clinical data of the pediatric patients who were tested for respiratory viral infections between October 1, 2021-January 1, 2022 were retrospectively retrieved from hospital records. Viral agents detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the nasopharyngeal aspirate samples obtained at the first application of the patients during the pandemic period were investigated. Results: There were 404 patients who were diagnosed with respiratory tract infections and tested for respiratory viruses. The leading viral agents in children who applied to our center between October and December 2021 were COVID-19 (32.7%), multiple viral agents (23.9%), RSV (15.3%) and rhinovirus (8.7%). 43.8% of patients diagnosed with RSV needed hospitalization. Conclusion: Our study shows that after complete face-to-face education and, the viral diversity is observed again in this winter period like before the pandemic. The high rate of hospitalization in RSV cases was remarkable.
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Purpose: In the present study, the possibility of predicting mortality with the change in coagulation parameters depending on the severity of Covid-19-associated pneumonia was investigated. Materials and Methods: A total of 137 patients with Covid-19-associated pneumonia were included in the study. The patients were divided into three groups according to the severity of pneumonia as mild, moderate and severe. According to the severity of pneumonia, the parameters of complete blood count and the levels of biochemical parameters were compared between the groups. By examining blood parameters according to mortality, ROC analysis and regression analysis were performed to determine the net effect of these parameters on mortality. Results: As the severity of pneumonia increased, Prothrombin time (PT), International normalized ratio (INR) and Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) values were also increased, and a statistically significant difference was found between the groups in PT and INR values. PT, INR and aPTT levels were higher in cases with mortality. Mortality can be predicted with 93.5% sensitivity and 97.5% specificity. according to the >45.1 seconds(sec) cut-off value of the coagulation parameter (aPTT +PT. Conclusion: The coagulation parameter (aPTT + PT), whose level increases secondarily to the increase in Covid-19-associated pneumonia severity, provides successful results in predicting mortality, and may be a parameter that we can recommend in clinical use.