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Air pollution in Istanbul increases by 3% in 2023

Air pollution in Istanbul increased by approximately 3% in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to a recent study conducted by Istanbul Technical. ....

Samsun University , Istanbul Technical University , Department Of Meteorological Engineering , Ministry Of Environment , Meteorological Engineering , Climate Change , Air Pollution ,

JCM | Free Full-Text | Is Pain Perception Communicated through Mothers? Maternal Pain Catastrophizing Scores Are Associated with Children's Postoperative Circumcision Pain

The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation of maternal pain catastrophizing score with children who underwent circumcision postoperative pain. This prospective cohort study was performed between March 2022 and March 2023 at Samsun University, Turkey. Demographic characteristics of mothers and children, mothers’ education level, presence of chronic pain, and Beck Depression Inventory scores were recorded preoperatively. Pain catastrophizing was assessed by applying the pain catastrophizing scale (PCS) to the mothers of children who experienced postoperative circumcision pain. The mothers were divided into low-pain catastrophizing (Group 1) and high-pain catastrophizing (Group 2) group. A total of 197 mothers and sons participated in the study, with 86 (43.6%) in Group 1 and 111 (56.4%) in Group 2. Significant differences were found between the two groups in terms of the mothers’ PCS scores (p < 0.001), education levels (p = 0.004), chronic pain scores (p = 0.022), ....

United States , Samsun University , Research Hospital , Samsun Training , Beck Depression , Beck Depression Inventory , Postoperative Pain , Analog Scale , Statistical Package , Consolability Scale , Paediatric Pain Profile , Pain Behaviour Checklist , Non Communicating Children , Pain Checklist ,