Celal Bayar University

About: Celal Bayar University is a education organization based out in Magnesia ad Sipylum, Turkey. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Heat transfer. The organization has 2960 authors who have published 6024 publications receiving 100646 citations.

Cross validation of the Turkish version of dermatology life quality index

Abstract: Background The aim of this study was to test the linguistic validation of the Turkish version of the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) for Turkish speaking dermatology patients. Methods The DLQI is a 10-item dermatology specific index developed originally in English. The methodology of this study consists of four consecutive sections: Translation, cognitive debriefing, field testing and statistical analysis. Translation steps: (a) Two forward independent translations into Turkish, (b) reconciliation of these translations by a dermatologist, (c) backward translation of the consensus Turkish version by a bilingual person into its original language (English), (d) and comparing the original questionnaire with the backward translated one. Cognitive debriefing: Sessions were performed on five patients from each of the seven different dermatological diagnosis groups. Field testing: The final Turkish version on which the face validity was approved by specialists on a total of 79 inpatients/outpatients with various dermatological diagnoses treated at Celal Bayar University Hospital. Statistical analysis: Internal consistency (using Cronbach a) and item–total score correlations (Pearson correlation) were used for reliability analysis. Validity analysis was carried out by construct testing (principal components factor analysis), convergent (Pearson correlation) and (discriminate Student's t-test and Mann–Whitney U-test) validity, and SF-36 was used in parallel with DLQI in order to test convergent validity. The data were analyzed by the SPSS version 10.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) statistical package. Results The mean age of the patients in the study was 30.77 ± 15.91 years; the mean score of DLQI was 7.61 ± 6.12. The median of item–total correlation coefficient was found to be 0.66, within a range of 0.48–0.81. The internal consistency of the index was found to be highly sufficient (α = 0.85). The DLQI was found to be highly related to the physical domain of SF-36. Life quality score was found to be significantly low for the inpatients compared with outpatients (differential validity). Conclusion It was found that the Turkish version of the DLQI was an acceptable index for dermatologists and dermatology patients and, moreover, to be valid and reliable in a cross-sectional level. The responsiveness of the Turkish version of the DLQI needs to be tested further on a variety of dermatological conditions with different severities.

Intranasal corticosteroids in allergic rhinitis in COVID-19 infected patients: An ARIA-EAACI statement.

Abstract: Jean Bousquet1,2,3,4 | Cezmi A. Akdis5 | Marek Jutel6,7 | Claus Bachert8,9,10,11 | Ludger Klimek12 | Ioana Agache13 | Ignacio J. Ansotegui14 | Anna Bedbrook4 | Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich15,16 | G. Walter Canonica17,18 | Tomas Chivato19 | Alvaro A. Cruz20,21 | Wienczyslawa Czarlewski22 | Stefano Del Giacco23 | Hui Du24 | Joao A. Fonseca25,26,27,28 | Yadong Gao29 | Tari Haahtela30 | Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber31 | Juan-Carlos Ivancevich32 | Nikolaï Khaltaev33 | Edward F. Knol34 | Piotr Kuna35 | Desiree Larenas-Linnemann36 | Joaquim Mullol37,38 | Robert Naclerio39 | Ken Ohta40 | Yoshitaka Okamoto41 | Liam O’Mahony42 | Gabrielle L. Onorato4 | Nikos G. Papadopoulos43,44 | Oliver Pfaar45 | Boleslaw Samolinski46 | Jürgen Schwarze47 | Sanna Toppila-Salmi30 | Maria-Teresa Ventura48 | Arunas Valiulis49,50 | Arzu Yorgancioglu51 | Torsten Zuberbier52,53 | Ruby Pawankar54 | the ARIA-MASK Study Group*

Life Satisfaction and Happiness in Turkey

Abstract: This research aims to investigate life satisfaction and happiness in Turkey. It extends the previous researches on subjective well-being (SWB) for Turkey by considering both happiness and life satisfaction. The previous researches for Turkey are local studies, and their findings cannot be generalized to the population of Turkish society. Given these facts, the factors that shape individual happiness and life satisfaction amongst Turkish people are determined using a representative survey of sociocultural and political change, World Values Survey (WVS). Some results obtained in this study are similar to typical findings such as a negative age effect, positive influences of income and health status, and a negative effect of unemployment. Contrary to the expectations, middle education has a negative direct effect on life satisfaction among females, and the upper education level is insignificant in the life satisfaction model. By comparing the correlates of happiness and life satisfaction across different years, this research aims to provide insights for policy makers and professionals to improve the perceived lives of Turkish people.