Aim: Self-rated health (SRH) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) have closely related outcomes inmeasuring general health status in community-based studies. The aimof this study is to determine changes in the ...

Objective: This study aimed to examine the change in health service use and its affecting factors by comparing the findings of 2 studies conducted at different times, with the same data collection tools, in the same ...

Background: Emergency deparment (ED) has an important role at the care of nursing home residents and acts facilitator role at the acute care, admission to the hospital, unexpected injuries and hospitals. Our research is ...

Religious beliefs and attitudes contribute to a healthy life by helping individuals avoiding negative behaviors that can affect health. In this respect, clergymen can play an important role in smoking control by being ...

Abstract Bariatric surgeries have proven to be an effective treatment for morbid obesity to reduce the excess body weight of the individuals. Besides weight loss and improvement in metabolic parameters, bariatric surgery ...

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of the managers and officers towards disabled people by using Questionnaire of Attitude Scale towards Disabled (QASTD) and related factors. Methods: This ...

Proline-rich peptide (CgPrp) and defensin (CgDef), oyster (Crassostrea gigas)-originated antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), were produced by the recombinant technique in Komagataella phaffii GS115 cells. For this purpose, the ...

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are compounds, which have inhibitory activity against microorganisms. In the last decades, AMPs have become powerful alternative agents that have met the need for novel anti-infectives to ...

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are considered as promising alternatives to conventional antibiotics in order to overcome the growing problems of antibiotic resistance. Computational prediction approaches receive an increasing ...

Objective: Due to an increase in aging worldwide, assessment of the nutritional status of older people becomes an important matter. Malnutrition in older people increases the risk of infections, disease period and ...