A total of 346 anesthesiology specialists and residents participated in the study. Although the majority of the participants exhibited the correct attitudes toward airway management, research assistants with little professional experience were observed to be undecided or had the tendency to make incorrect decisions. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly worldwide. The incidence of COVID-19 cases is increasing daily, and this disease can cause patient death. Anesthesiology specialists and residents who perform emergency operations on these patients in settings other than intensive care units should follow simple and easy-to-understand algorithms to ensure safety. The provision of theoretical and practical training to healthcare providers before they meet patients will help ensure patient-healthcare provider safety and prevent panic, which can cause distress among healthcare providers.

Tremendous physical and psychological pressure has been placed on health care workers because of the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019. This study aimed to examine the anxiety and depression levels and related factors among health care professionals working in operating theaters (anesthetic technicians and nurses) during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Design: The universe of this descriptive study consisted of health care professionals working in operating theaters in various health care institutions in Turkey. Methods: Data were collected online between April 9, 2020 and April 12, 2020 using a SurveyMonkey Questionnaire (SurveyMonkey, San Mateo, CA) and health care workers who volunteered to participate in the study were contacted via the social media platforms Twitter, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp and asked to answer the questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS version 22.0 software. Findings: A total of 702 health care professionals working in operating theaters participated in the study. The mean depression and anxiety scores of the participants were found to be 9.4 ± 4.6 (min 0 to max 21) and 10.0 ± 4.5 (min 0 to max 21), respectively. Depression scores were statistically significantly higher among females, single individuals, those who had children, those living with a person aged 60 years or older (P < .05). Meanwhile, anxiety scores were statistically significantly higher among females, single individuals (including widowed and divorced), university graduates, those with at least one chronic disease, and those whose workload increased (P < .05). Conclusions: The present study showed that anxiety and depression symptoms were high among health care professionals working in operating theaters. To reduce these symptoms, psychological conditions of health care professionals can be followed continuously and regularly via standard procedures, and necessary interventions can be provided in the early period.

Background: Health care workers exposed to coronavirus19 disease could be psychologically stressed. The objective of this study is to assess the anxiety, depression levels, and psychological resilience of physicians working during the Covid-19 outbreak and to evaluate the related factors that are associated with their psychological resilience. Methods: The sample of this descriptive study was composed of medical doctors and dentists. The data was obtained online between April 13-23, 2020 through a survey prepared by the researchers. In addition, a questionnaire about the participants' Information Classification: General sociodemographic characteristics, the Psychological Resilience Scale and Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HAD-A/HAD-D) was given. Results: The average age of the 671 participants was 44.0±9.0 years. Psychological resilience scores were significantly higher in those who had children, who had worked for 15 years or more, and who had received training about COVID-19 (p<0.05). Depression scores were higher among women and in those who reported having a chronic disease, whose workload increased after the outbreak, and who had physical contact with COVID-positive patients. The anxiety scores were also higher among women and in those whose workload had increased and who had contact with COVID-positive patients (p<0.05). The physicians with scores below the cutoff point on the HAD-D/HAD-A had significantly higher scores on the Psychological Resilience Scale (p<0.05). Discussion: Depression and anxiety levels were found to be significantly lower in physicians with greater psychological resilience. Psychological and social support of all health care workers, especially physicians, is important in the struggle with the pandemic. It is thought that determining the variables related to psychological resilience in health care workers will be a guide for psychosocial services.

GirişDünya Sağlık Örgütü'nün (DSÖ) 10-19 yaş arası olarak tanımladığı ergenler, dünyadaki her beş kişiden birini oluşturur; ergenlerin yaklaşık %85'i gelişmemiş ülkelerde yaşar (1). Türkiye'de 2010 yılı Adrese Dayalı Nüfus Kayıt Sistemi verilerine göre ergen yaş grubu nüfusu 12.846.048 (%17,4) kişidir (2). Ülkemizin de içinde olduğu DSÖ Avrupa Bölgesi'nin 21. yüzyılda ulaşmayı amaçladığı "Öncelikli 21 Sağlık Hedefi" listesinde gençlerin sağlığının geliştirilmesi hedefi ilk sıralarda gelmektedir (3). DSÖ yetişkinlerdeki erken ölümlerin yaklaşık %70'ine ergenlik döneminde başlayan davranışların sebep olduğunu tahmin etmektedir (1). Örneğin erken yaşta sigaraya başlayan kişiler erişkin çağda daha sık sigaraya bağlı hastalıklara yakalanmakta ve ölmektedirler (4).Türkiye'de sigara içme sıklığı yetişkinlerde %33,4, gençlerde %6,9 dur (5). Yapılan çalışmalarda sigara bağımlısı olan erişkinlerin çoğunun bu alışkanlığı 18 yaşından önce kazandıkları saptanmıştır (6-8). Sigara firmaları bugünün ergenlerini yarının potansiyel müşterileri olarak görmektedir. Sigara epidemisi küresel bir fenomendir. Ergenlerde sigara içmeyi etkileyen sosyodemografik, kişisel ve çevresel etkiler gibi pek çok faktör bulunmaktadır (9). Okul yaşlarındaki çocuklarda sigara kullanımını sosyal öğrenme doğrudan etkilemektedir. Arkadaş baskısı, anne-baba ya da kardeşlerin sigara içimi, öğretmen, sanatçı, usta, sporcu gibi sevdikleri ve önemsedikleri kişilerin sigara içmele-Erciyes Med J 2012; 34(2): 79-84 • ABSTRACT ÖZETObjective: This study was designed to determine the levels of cigarette, alcohol and substance use among high school students in the Samsun provincial centre. Material and Method:The study population consisted of 26,707 students attending 40 high schools. Contact was established with 951 students, 92.7% of the study sample. "Youth Risk Behaviour Surveillance" survey questions were used in formulating the questionnaire. Results:Nine hundred and fifty-one students, 468 female (49.21%) and 483 male (50.79%), participated. Non-smoking among females (75.21%) was significantly higher than among males (64.39%). As students progressed through school, levels of smoking at least one cigarette and of smoking every day in the previous month increased significantly. Levels of using alcohol at least once and of drinking and intoxication in the preceding month were higher among male students. Levels of intoxication rose significantly with progress through school. The number of students stating that they had used any substance during their lives was 3.15%, and was significantly higher among males (4.55%) compared to females (1.70%). Conclusion:Smoking and alcohol and substance use are more common among males. This must be considered in deterrent campaigns targeting this age group.

This study reports the largest series of children with CCHF and the first to describe bradycardia associated with ribavirin therapy.