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    Perceptions of Students of a Medical School on Combined Health Warnings in Plain Packs
    (AVES, 2021-01-01) Yasin, Yesim; Aykac, Nilufer
    OBJECTIVE: Turkey has recently adopted the regulation of plain and standard packaging for tobacco products and introduced newly designed combined health warnings. In this study, we aimed to reveal how the new combined health warnings are perceived among medical students. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was descriptive and the data were collected by a 3-part questionnaire. The first part covered demographic characteristics, the second part was designed to measure the saliency of the combined health warnings, and the third part evaluated their effect on the motivation to quit. RESULTS: Out of 484 students of medicine, 287 (59\%) were included in the study
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    Persistent Ambient Air Pollution in Turkey: A 4-Year Analysis
    (AVES, 2021-01-01) Aykac, Nilufer; Yasin, Yesim
    OBJECTIVE: Ambient air pollution is an important cause of morbidity and mortality for both individual and public health. The major contaminant that creates air pollution in Turkey is particulate matter. This study aims to demonstrate Turkey's air quality in terms of particulate matter in the last 4 years. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this descriptive study, the public data of the National Air Quality Monitoring Network between the years 2016 and 2019 were analyzed for particulate matter (PM10). Stations with less than 75\% data throughout the year were excluded from the evaluation while calculating the annual average values. The averages of the years were compared statistically with each other. RESULTS: For 111 stations that made sufficient measurements for 4 years, the annual median value of particulate matter remained constant in 12 stations (10.8\%), increased in 26 stations (23.4\%), and decreased in 73 stations (65.7\%). The level of air pollution at 18 stations has been sustained for 4 years. It has been observed that there is no significant improvement in the criterion that the daily average PM10 level should not be higher than 50 mu g/m(3) for more than 35 days, and pollution is detected above the limit value permitted by the World Health Organization in all provinces and stations except a few provinces every year. Finally, during the 4-year observation, the number of stations that did not make sufficient measurements throughout the year has been found to increase over the years. CONCLUSION: Our data reveal that the air pollution attributable to particulate matter in Turkey between the years 2016 and 2019 did not regress prominently. On the contrary, air pollution has been found to gain permanency in certain provinces, and air quality monitoring has been inadequate due to insufficient measurement activities of some of the stations.
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    Influence of Gender on Inhaler Technique
    (DAEDALUS ENTERPRISES INC, 2020-01-01) Ocakli, Birsen; Ozmen, Ipek; Tuncay, Eylem Acarturk; Gungor, Sinem; Ozalp, Aylin; Yasin, Yesim; Adiguzel, Nalan; Gungor, Gokay; Karakurt, Zuhal
    This study was designed to evaluate the influence of gender on the inhaler technique of subjects on inhaler therapy and to determine the factors predicting the correct inhaler technique and a change of inhaler device. METHODS: A total of 568 adult subjects (276 male, 292 female) on inhaler therapy were included in this cross-sectional, observational study. Data on sociodemographic characteristics, inhaler therapy, subject-reported difficulties, and technician-reported errors in inhaler technique were recorded. RESULTS: A change of inhaler device was noted in 71.0\% of male subjects and 77.4\% of female subjects, and this was based on the physicians' decision in most cases (41.7\% and 51.7\%, respectively). A higher percentage of female subjects reported difficulties with using inhalers (63.7\% vs 40.6\%, P < .001). Overall, having received training on the inhaler technique was associated with a higher likelihood of correct inhaler technique (odds ratio 12.56, 95\% CI 4.44-35.50, P < .001) and a lower risk of device change (odds ratio 0.46, 95\% CI 0.27-0.77, P = .004). CONCLUSIONS: Errors in the inhaler technique, including inhalation maneuvers and device handling, were common in subjects on inhaler therapy. Subject-reported difficulties with using inhalers were more prevalent among female subjects, whereas errors in the inhaler technique identified by direct observation were similarly high in both genders. Overall, a lack of training on the inhaler technique predicted a higher likelihood of errors in the inhaler technique and a change of inhaler device.