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Eating attitude in the obese patients: the evaluation in terms of relational factors

ACCESSIBLE SUMMARY • Obesity has become an important health problem because of the gradually increasing incidence seen within all age groups. People with obesity problems are affected lifespan and health negatively. • Obesity can be described as disease that affects lifespan and health negatively, because of body fat deposition. • The eating attitudes, body perception, strategies for coping with stress in patient being treated for obesity and investigated the relationship between their eating attitudes and socio-demographic characteristics, body perceptions and strategies of coping with stress. • Misperception of the body and the ability to solve the problem increased as eating attitude defects increased. A positive correlation was between the eating attitude defects and habitude of pursing social support and ability of coping. ABSTRACT Obesity, a complex disease, involves many psychological problems besides eating disorders. In this study, we aimed to examine the relationship between the eating attitude and body perception, which is thought to affect the eating attitude in the patients diagnosed as obese, the ability to solve the problem, the strategy of coping with stress and some socio-demographic features. A total of 99 adults aged between 20 and 68 years, who were examined in the Polyclinic of Endocrinology and Metabolism Diseases, Ege University, Türkiye, constituted the sample of the study. Eating Attitude Test, The Body Perception Scale and The Scale of Coping with Strategies were used in order to collect the data. Misperception of the body and the ability to solve the problem increased as eating attitude defects increased. A positive correlation was determined between the eating attitude defects and the habitude of pursuing social support and the ability of coping.

Quality of life, depression, and anxiety among hepatitis B patients.

This descriptive cross-sectional study was designed to determine the depression and anxiety levels, and their effects, on quality of life of patients with chronic Hepatitis B. Chronic infection with Hepatitis B virus has a profound effect on health-related quality of life. Medications, including interferon, that are commonly used to treat chronic viral Hepatitis B may cause depression as an adverse effect. However, little is known about the impact of depression and anxiety on quality of life in patients with Hepatitis B. A total of 96 patients aged between 15 and 61 years were included in the study. Slightly more than half of them (52%) were female. Three scales—the Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Scale, and Short Form of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF)—were used in the study. The scores obtained from the BDS in 91.7% of the patients were above the cutoff value of 17. Moreover, 80 patients received interferon. There was a negative correlation between the physical, environmental, and cultural areas on the Beck Anxiety Scale and WHOQOL-BREF (Turkish) (p< .05). A high level of depressive symptoms was established in this study, and the physical, environmental, and cultural aspects of quality of life were determined to increase as the anxiety level increased.

Bir grup sağlık çalışanında öfke ve mizaç özellikleri: İlişkisel bir inceleme / Anger and temperament characteristics of a group of health workers: a relational analysis

Anger and temperament characteristics of a group of health workers: a relational analysis Objective: The aim of this cross-sectional, causal study was to determine the temperament characteristics, anger and associated variables of medical secretaries. Methods: The study population included medical secretaries working in a university hospital. The sample of the study included 95 individuals who agreed to participate in this research. Study data were obtained using the Socio-demographic Data Form, Temperament and Character Inventory, Trait Anger Expression Inventory. Results: Trait anger was higher in men and divorced ones. Outward anger was higher in individuals with higher level of education. A positive correlation was determined between inward anger and self-transcendence scores of participants. A negative correlation was determined between outward anger and self-transcendence, cooperation, persistence, reward dependence, harm avoidance, novelty seeking scores of participants. A positive correlation was determined between anger control and self-transcendence, cooperation, selfdirectedness, persistence, reward dependence, harm avoidance and novelty seeking scores of participants. Conclusion: These results show that medical secretaries have high trait anger and lack means to express

Mobbing in healthcare institutions: is it an obstacle to entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is a concept with an increasing emphasis on the health sector. Mobbing is the most important formation that affects the motivation of health personnel in the negative direction. In this study, it is aimed to examine the effect of the mobing in the workplace on the entrepreneurship activities of the individual. Articles on entrepreneurship are searched by key words such as mobbing, entrepreneurship, in PubMed, Medline, EBSCOHost, PsycINFO, Turkish Medline, Cukurova Index Databases and Google Scholar and it has benefited from the work that is appropriate for review. Today, as in other fields, mobbing is also mentioned in the field of health and there is serious loss of workplace performance in health personnel exposed to mobinge. Individuals can have more devastating consequences than other types of stress. However, systematic violence within an institution may cause an individual to live anxiety, threat, insecurity about the future. This may jeopardize the entrepreneurship of the individual as it can affect the decision-making power, autonomy, in business life. In health institutions, administratively, initiatives to prevent mobiling can help to support the entrepreneurial traits of the staff and improve their performance.

Investigation of depressive symptoms and related variables with depressive symptoms in alcohol and substance abusers

Investigation of depressive symptoms and related variables with depressive symptoms in alcohol and substance abusers Objective: It is aimed to evaluate the bonding and personality traits which are thought to affect the level of depressive symptoms in alcohol and substance abusers. Methods: The study sample consists of 289 patients diagnosed with alcohol and substance dependence, that have been followed up at inpatient or outpatient units of Ege University, The Institute on Drug Abuse, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science and Ege University, Department of Psychiatry Alcohol/Drug Dependency Unit. In the study, sociodemographic data form, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory (ECRI) were applied by means of face to face interviews. Results: The mean age of the patients in the study was 32.5±11.0 years. It was found that 76.8% of the patients had high levels of depressive symptoms (BDI>17). It was determined that there was a significant difference between the level of avoidant attachment scores and depressive symptoms scores of the patients. In the evaluation of TCI scores according to BDI cut-off scores, it was found that depressive patients (BDI>17) have significant differences on the harm avoidance, cooperate and self-transcendence scores than those non-depressive patients (BDI<17). Conclusion: Our study showed that certain personality and bonding characteristics of the patient affected the depressive symptoms levels.

Female gender and entrepreneurship

Kadin girisimci sayisinin bir ulkede fazla olmasi, sosyal anlamda ileri olmanin onemli bir kanitidir. Bu calismada, kadin cinsiyetine sahip olmanin kadinlarin girisimcilikleri uzerine olan etkileri incelenecektir. Sosyal bilimler ve saglik bilimleri alanlarinda veri tabanlari taranmis, arastirma sonuclari derlenmistir. Kadinlar, genel olarak girisimcilerin karsilastiklari sorunlarin yani sira bir de kadin olmaktan dolayi birtakim sorunlar yasamaktadirlar. Rol catismasi, guvensizlik, cinsel beklentiler, tecrube yetersizligi, bilgi eksikligi, toplumun kadinlar hakkindaki deger yargilari ve baskisi, basarisizlik beklentisi, ortak bulmada gucluk cekme, ev isi ve cocuk bakimi, rakiplerin engellemeleri, yasal ve burokratik engeller, sermaye bulma guclugu gibi konular kadinlarin is hayatina girmesinde engel teskil etmektedir. Ulkemizin hem sosyal hem de ekonomik gelisimini artirmak amaciyla ekonomiye katki saglayan kadin girisimcilerin sayilarinin arttirilmasi, bunun saglanabilmesi icin de kadinlarin kadin olmalarindan dolayi karsilastiklari engellerin ve zorluklarin ortadan kaldirilmasi gerekmektedir

The importance of personality structure within an organization

Amac: Bu yazida orgut ortamindaki kisilik yapilarinin onemi konusunu tartismak ve sonuclarini degerlendirmek amaclanmaktadir. Yontem: Bunun icin, Uluslararasi ve Ulusal veri tabanlarindaki makaleler taranmistir. Bulgular: Yapilacak olan is ile bireyin kisiliginin uyumu kisiler ve orgutler acisindan uzerinde durulmasi gereken onemli bir konudur. Ise uygun kisinin secilememesi durumunda; ise alim surecinin tekrar izlenmesinin dogurdugu ek giderler, is gorenin ise alismasi surecinde gecen zaman ve olasi is kazalarinin dogurdugu olumsuz sonuclar orgute ekstra masraflar dogurmaktadir. Ayrica farkli kisilik tipleri vardir. A tipi kisilikler; agresif, sabirsiz ve is merkezlidir. B tipi kisilikler ise; kisilerle, zamanla daha az catisma halindedir ve yasama karsi daha dengelidir. Tartisma: Calisanlarin kisilik ozellikleri ile is tatmini, liderlik, catisma yonetim tarzlari gibi orgutsel degiskenler arasinda anlamli bir iliski oldugu bilimsel calismalarla desteklenmektedir. Calisanlara duzenli olarak iletisim, stresle bas etme, kendini tanima, kisilik ozellikleri gibi egitim programlarina yer verilmesi orgutlerin refahi acisindan onemlidir