SUMMARY: AIM: This study aimed to determine the incidence of home accidents in the households with low socioeconomic level who preferred in single flat or duplex and the risk factor related to house and sociodemographic characteristics. METHOD: The prospective cohort study. The universe of the survey composed of 419 households (N=1539 persons) both with single flat and duplex house located at the “42 Evler” region of Izmit district of the Kocaeli province. The questionaries included “The Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Households” and “The Characteristics and Reasons of the Home Accidents.” The data were collected with face to face tecniques by home visits of households between November 28, 2008 and April 2, 2009. After the first form were filled, each household was followed up three months for home accidents. RESULTS: Twenty-seven of the households and 13.6% of the participants had home accident. The incidence of the home accident also was 4.2 person per/year. Most of the accidents (89%) occurred inside of the houses. The mostly observed home accidents were 39.1% burn, 28.6% incision and 12.8% falling respectively. It was important risk factors heater for burns, knife for incisions and slippery-floor for fallings. The incidence of the home accident was higher among women (22.0%) (p<0.05), 0-4 age groups (17.9%) (p<0.05) and people who live with 5 or more in household (40.0%) (p<0.05). Moreover, it was higher at the households whose houses were heated by stoves (36.9%) (p<0.05), in those with total 1-2 in number of rooms in houses (29.4%) (p>0.05), and in those with not house ownership itself (for rent 34.5%, for relatives house 34.8%) (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This study has showed that the incidence of home accidents are high, and the characteristics of house and some sociodemographic characteristics are important risk factors in term of the home accidents. The qualified primary health services which are financed by the government have great importance for the preventing of the household accidents, determination of the risk factors and recording the home accidents. [TAF Prev Med Bull 2011; 10(3.000): 257-268

Bu çalışmada Kocaeli Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi'nde okumakta olan tüm hemşirelik ve ebelik birinci ve dördüncü sınıf öğrencilerinin ahlaki duyarlılık düzeylerini belirlemek hedeflenmiştir. Yöntem: Bu çalışma tanımlayıcı bir araştırmadır. Araştırma evrenini Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, ebelik ve hemşirelik birinci ve dördüncü sınıfta okumakta olan öğrenciler oluşturmuştur. Araştırmada, araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen 'öğrencilerin sosyo-demografik özellikleri ile Kim Lutzen tarafından geliştirilen ve Rhonda W. Comrie'nin hemşirelik öğrencileri için uyarlanan, Türkçe geçerlilik ve güvenilirliği 2015 yılında Yılmaz Şahin ve ark. tarafından yapılan 'hemşirelik öğrencilerinde ahlaki duyarlılık ölçeği' kullanılmıştır. Uygulamadan elde edilen veriler SPSS 20 programında değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Uygulamadan elde edilen değer 4,75 bulunmuş olup, öğrencilerin etik açıdan orta düzeyde oldukları gösterilmiştir Kadınların kişiler arası oryantasyon puanı erkeklere göre daha yüksek iken, etik ikilem deneyim puanı erkeklerde kadınlara göre daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Ebelik son sınıf öğrencilerinin kişiler arası oryantasyon puanı hemşirelik son sınıf öğrencilerine göre daha düşük bulunmuştur. Birinci sınıflarda ise hemşirelik öğrencileri daha fazla etik ikilem deneyimlemişler ve daha yardımsever bulunmuşlardır. Sonuç: Öğrencilerin ahlaki duyarlılık puanının orta düzeyde olması etik ikilemlerin farkında olamamaları ihtimalini düşündürmektedir. Bu nedenle eğitimleri sırasında etik ikilem, etik ikilemle karşılaştığında karar verebilme mekanizmaları, rol ve sorumlulukları konusunda daha bilinçli hale getirilmelidirler.

Objective: The aim of this study is to obtain informed consent in vitro fertilization applications and to determine the factors affecting this process. Methods: This article is a full-text original research article. Descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 193 women and 54 men, undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment. Study form consisted of questions regarding sociodemographic features and informed consent. The form was filled on the day the eggs were collected. The ethical committee approved the protocol of the study and all participants were provided with verbal informed consent. Results: According to result of the study, it was found that more than one third (38.5%) of the participants were not informed verbally, 34.1% of those who were informed could not understand what was told. Those who applied to a private physician were more informed. The explanations were not understood mainly due to the problems arising from informing process. The consent form was given to all participants after starting treatment. Two thirds of the participants read the consent form and 22.7% of them did not understand what they read. Almost half (41.3%) of those who did not read the consent form stated that they consider the reading and signing the form as a procedure for the implementation of the transaction. Those who had time to read the consent form read more (p&lt;0.001) and understood more (p=0.036). Conclusion: In this study, it was concluded that there were problems with the transferring and understanding of information, and that valid consents were not taken from some patients.

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SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: Patients hospitalized for treatment may be exposed to healthcare-associated infections, and these infections can affect patients seriously. OBJECTIVE: This research was conducted to determine what hospitalized patients know and what they want to know about healthcare-associated infections. METHODS: This is a full-text original research article. The study was conducted between July and September 2022 with inpatients in all clinics of Kocaeli University Hospital in Turkey. A total of 310 patients participated in this cross-sectional study. The questions were asked by the researcher and the answers were recorded. RESULTS: Almost all (92.8%) the patients who stated that they knew what healthcare-associated infection was evaluated their knowledge as insufficient. Patients with higher educational levels have more information (p=0.000) about healthcare-associated infections. Young (p=0.000) and highly educated patients (p=0.000) stated that the infection rate of the hospital would affect the choice of hospital. CONCLUSION: Patients want to learn about healthcare-associated infections, but most do not know about them. Patients should be informed about healthcare-associated infections during hospitalization planning and hospitalization.