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    A University Hospital Patients and Their Relatives' Opinions on Violence in Health
    (2017) Yasar, Zehtiye Fusun; Durukan, Elif; Buken, Erhan; 0000-0002-4779-0623; 0000-0002-8579-5564; AAL-6847-2021; AAJ-8621-2021
    Background. Currently, sectors rendering service for the public such as health, education transport and etc. are frequently exposed to violence without discriminating between age, gender, educational level and occupation. Within these sectors, health sector constitutes the most risky group because it generally renders service to individuals who are distressed and need care Aims. The study aimed to determine the opinions of patients and patient relatives s on violence against health professionals Methods: This descriptive study conducted in January-February 2015 and was implemented on 192 patients and patient relatives applied to a university hospital and who consented to participate the study. A questionnaire form was applied to the participants. IBM SPSS 22.0 statistical package program was used to analyze the data. Results. The mean age of the study participants was 41.3 +/- 13.7; 52,1 % were females and the educational level of 65.6% is university/doctorate level. Nearly 88% of patients stated that violence is not a method for seeking legal remedies, and they believed that it is wrong to use violence against the intervening doctor even in case where it was not possible to save the patient (91.7%). The participants stated that the cause of the increase in violence against health care workers; was related to lack of education of the patients and their relatives (73.2%) and was associated with longer waiting times in hospitals for examination (53.2%). Participants stated the reasons for getting angry in a healthcare facility as being ignored by healthcare professionals (76.6%) and failure in being informed about their patients' status. (54.2%). Thirteen (6.8%) of participants stated that they used violence against healthcare professionals and 7 of these stated that the incident took place in the emergency room. Conclusion. To prevent the violence cases, all individuals constituting the public, including patients/patient relatives and healthcare professionals should be trained. We think that presence of health care providers having high communication skills to communicate the individuals applied to health institution due to their illnesses and presence of effective security systems will contribute to solving of the problem.
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    RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME FREQUENCY IN HEALTH WORKERS
    (2019) Ocal, Ruhsen; Atguden, Gizem; Aycan, Cagri; Balaban, Zeynep; Senar, Seran; Yavuz, Sena; 31517455
    Introduction - Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) is a disease, primarily composed of sensational symptoms, caused by the urge to move lower extremities especially at night, and characterized by undesired feelings of the legs. Decreasing of the dopaminergic effect at night is thought to be responsible from these symptoms. RLS patients suffer from low quality of sleep affecting their daily life activities even causing socio-economic loss. Although RLS is a common and treatable disease, it can not be diagnosed easily due to the variability of symptoms. Aim - The purpose of this study is to determine the frequency of RLS among health workers and to define the disease causing factors. Method - A questionnaire was applied to 174 randomly selected health workers at Baskent University Medical Faculty (KA17/285). The demographic information, history of illnesses or usage of drugs, socioeconomic status, working hours and daytime sleepiness were questioned. Included in the questionnaire were diagnostic criteria for RLS, frequency assessment scale, and survey of sleep quality. We used "the diagnostic criteria of international RLS working group" for the diagnosis, and "Pittsburgh sleep quality index survey" to determine the quality of sleep. Reliability and validity studies were performed on both tests. Results - A significant relationship between socio-economic status and RLS was found (p<0.05) as an increase of RLS frequency in parallel with decreased socio-economic status. RLS was found to be common among health workers. We suggest that health workers should be checked regularly, and they should be informed about the disease in order to raise an awareness and hence increase their quality of life.