The aim of this study is to examine the Internet addiction among adolescents in relation to their sociodemographic characteristics, communication skills, and perceived familial social support. This cross-sectional research is conducted in the high schools in some city centers, in Turkey, in 2013. In this study, cluster sampling was used. In each school, a class for each grade level was randomly selected, and all the students in the selected classes were included in the sample. One thousand seven hundred forty-two students aged between 14 and 20 years were included in the sample. The mean Internet Addiction Scale (IAS) score of the students was found to be 27.9 ± 21.2. According to the scores obtained from IAS, 81.8% of the students were found to display no symptoms (<50 points), 16.9% were found to display borderline symptoms (50–79 points), and 1.3% were found to be Internet addicts (≥80 points). According to the results of the binary logistic regression, male students and the students in single sex vocational schools were found to report higher levels of borderline Internet addiction. It was also observed that the IAS score increases when the father’s educational level increases and when the students’ school performance is worse. On the other hand, the IAS score decreases when the student grade level, perceived family social support, and communication skills scores increase. The risk factors for Internet addiction are being a male, low academic achievement, inadequate social support and communication skills, and father’s high educational level.

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the attitudes toward the Covid-19 vaccine and life satisfaction, religious attitude, and the avoidance attitudes from Covid-19. This cross-sectional study was conducted online between 24 December 2020 and 06 January 2021 among adults age 18 years and older. Total 1033 people participated in the study. The data were collected using the Attitudes Toward Covid-19 Vaccine, Avoiding Attitudes from COVID-19, Religious Attitude Scale and Contentment with Life Assessment Scale. According to the “agree” and “strongly agree” responses of participants to the positive attitude items; the participants responded to the question “Who would you like to be vaccinated?” as follows: everyone (31.3%); family members (31.8%); and themselves (28.1%). The rates of those who responded to these items as “indecisive” were 44.5–48.2%. While there was no significant relationship between the COVID-19 vaccine attitude with the avoidance attitude from COVID-19 and the religious attitude; life satisfaction was found to be significant. It was observed that factors such as increasing fear of COVID-19 contagion, being male, increased life satisfaction, other relatives infected with Covid-19, increasing perceived health status, increased age, and not being a worker-tradesman increase the probability of having a positive attitude toward COVID-19 vaccine. It was observed that about one-third of the participants think the COVID-19 vaccine is protective and supports its administration, that almost half of them were undecided on these issues. Thus, it can be said that society needs accurate information about vaccination.

Objective. Bedside ultrasonography (US) is a new imaging modality that has begun to be used in the Pediatric Emergency Unit to evaluate inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter for intravascular volume status. In this article, we aimed to evaluate IVC diameter with bedside US before and after the fluid therapy in dehydrated children. Methods. A total of 124 dehydrated patients were enrolled, aged 8 months to 17 years. The maximum diameters of the IVC and aorta (AO) were measured. IVC/AO ratio and IVC collapsibility index IVCCI were calculated before and after the fluid therapy and correlation with the degree of dehydration and laboratory parameters was investigated. Results. Of the 124 patients, 49.2 (n=61) were male, the mean age was 7.5±4.94 years. The IVC/AOs ratio was increased in mild and moderate/severe groups after fluid therapy compared to before fluid administration. While the mean rate of heart rate, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, and uric acid values were higher in the moderate/severe group, potassium and HCO₃ were lower. There was no significant change in AO diameter and IVCCI after fluid therapy in all groups. When the factors affecting the IVC/AOs ratio were analyzed with the logistic regression backward model; the IVC/AO ratio was found to increase as the degree of dehydration decreased (Adj.β=0.318) and as the age (Adj.β=0.242) and CRP (Adj.β=0.186) value increased. Conclusion. The IVC/AO ratio can be a promising index for the assessment and grading of dehydration in children, and cutoff values that vary according to age are necessary for a more objective assessment of dehydration.

Dilşad Yıldız Miniksar, Mehmet Akif Cansız, Ayşe Yeşim Göçmen, Mahmut Kılıç, Ökkeş Hakan Miniksar. Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci 2023;21:88-98. https://doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2023.21.1.88

Background: Seasonal agricultural workers working and living in inappropriate sanitary conditions are at great risk for public health. This study aimed to determine the relationships between the sociodemographic variables and life satisfaction of seasonal agricultural workers, and their knowledge, risk perception, and protective behaviors about the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, that included agricultural workers who are 18 years of age or older and worked seasonally in Yozgat, Turkey, during the period between August 2020 and October 2020. The well-being level was measured using the Personal Wellbeing Index-Adult form (PWIA). The data were collected using the face-to-face survey method and with 739 workers who voluntarily participated in the research.Results: All participants disclosed having insufficient information about Covid-19 and indicated their peers and television as their sources of information. The vast majority of the workers stated that they complied with the mask mandates, social distancing, and hand hygiene. No correlations were found between knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about Covid-19 and the level of wellbeing. The mean PWIA score of the workers was low (53.7) while they were mostly satisfied with their personal relationships (96.6) and health (76.1). The multivariable linear regression analysis revealed that being male (β = 0.245) and not having an ongoing health issue (β = 0.689) were associated with more PWIA; on the other hand, having more children (β = -0.52) was related to less PWIA.Conclusions: The well-being level of seasonal workers was lower while it was not associated with knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about Covid-19.

This study aims to examine the pandemic's effect on the psycho-motor development of children aged 6–36 months during the Covid 19 pandemic period and now aged 2–5 years. This study was cross-sectional and children (n = 150) aged 2–5 years were included in the study. Data were collected using the Ankara Developmental Screening Inventory (ADSI) in 2022. The proportion of children included in the study who have general development, language-cognitive, fine motor, gross motor, and social skill-self-care development levels at a delay-suspiciously were 25.4%, 18.0%, 58.7%, 22.0%, and 25.3%, respectively. Children's overall development and specific areas of development are more positively affected by the younger age of the child. Additionally, shorter pregnancies, earlier pregnancies, and father involvement in childcare all have positive effects on child development. During the pandemic period, the fact that older children stay at home has further negatively affected their development. Fine motor development was most negatively affected.