Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of medical students about the COVID-19 and the effect of the outbreak on the students' anxiety levels.Methods: The cross-sectional study was carried out between 07-14 April, with the online questionnaire forms applied to the medical students. A questionnaire forms were sent to one of every two students in the faculty using the systematic sampling method. A total of 530 volunteers were included in the study. The data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire of the socio-demographic characteristics, opinions about the epidemic, knowledge, and attitude of medical students regarding COVID-19. Anxiety levels of the participants were measured with the State-Trait anxiety inventory.Results: A total of 530 medical students had a mean score of knowledge and attitude of 7.83±1.27 and 45.18±5.12, respectively. Participants demonstrated good knowledge and a positive attitude towards COVID-19. Clinical period students had a higher level of knowledge (p<0.001) and positive attitude (p=0.025) compared to preclinical students. While the knowledge score was higher in men (p = 0.033), the attitude score was higher in women (p <0.001). There was a negative correlation between attitude scores and state (p=0.003) and trait anxiety scores (p<0.001).Conclusion: Medical students had sufficient knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19. Anxiety caused by the outbreak may have negative effects on the positive attitudes of the participants.

Amaç: İnternetin yaygın ve etkili kullanımı, özellikle çocuklar ve gençler olmak üzere tüm toplumu etkilemektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı ergenliğin başlangıç dönemlerinde yer alan ilköğretim 8. sınıf öğrencilerinde internet bağımlılığı sıklığını araştırmak ve gelir düzeyi ile ilişkisini saptamaktı.Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmamız kesitsel-tanımlayıcı desende bir çalışma olup evrenini Çanakkale il merkezinde bulunan 8. sınıf öğrencileri oluşturmuştur. İnternet bağımlılığını tespit etmek amacıyla Young’ın geliştirdiği İnternet Bağımlılığı Ölçeği kullanılmıştır.Bulgular: Çalışmaya %47,0’si (s = 120) kız, %53,0’ü (s = 137) erkek olmak üzere toplam 257 öğrenci alındı. Erkek öğrencilerin ölçek puan ortalaması 29,3 ± 20,0, kız öğrencilerin ise 26,5 ± 17,0 olup aralarındaki fark istatistiksel olarak anlamlı değildi (p>0,05). İnternet bağımlı öğrenci sıklığı %0,8 (s = 2) idi ve her iki bağımlı öğrenci de yüksek gelir düzeyli ailelerin çocuklarının okuduğu okulda eğitim görmekteydi. Olası internet bağımlılığı erkek öğrencilerde kızlardan daha fazlaydı ancak istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık yoktu (p>0,05). Gelir düzeyi yüksek olan ailelerin çocuklarının okuduğu okullarda; düşük olan okula göre internet bağımlı ya da olası bağımlı olan öğrenci sayısı anlamlı olarak daha yüksekti (p = 0,018).Sonuç: Çalışmamıza katılan ilköğretim düzeyindeki adolesan öğrencilerde internet bağımlılığı oldukça düşüktür. Olası internet bağımlılığında erkek cinsiyet ve yüksek gelir düzeyi etkili gibi görünmektedir.

Drugs represent one of the etiologic causes of acute rhabdomyolysis (AR) with drug-induced rhabdomyolysis most commonly associated with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. AR etiology can also result from the use of diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, and omeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor. Cases of AR triggered by pantoprazole have never before been reported, although it has been observed that its inclusion in multiple drug therapies can result in muscle events.

Introduction: The Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (PAR-Q+) is one of the tools suggested by the American College of Sports Medicine for health screening before initiating exercise. This study aimed to adapt the PAR-Q+ into Turkish.Methods: After the Turkish translation, the instrument was applied to a sufficient number of samples from the family medicine outpatient clinics. Simultaneously, socio-demographic features were collected from the participants. The data were evaluated using SPSS package program. Results: According to the test/retest analysis, the reliability of the instrument was significantly high (r = 0.87, p<0.001). Mean age ± standard deviation and body mass index of the participants were 48.0±16.1 and 27.9±5.9, respectively, with 58.6% (n=178) being males. Hypertension, diabetes, and smoking frequency were 32.2% (n=98), 26.0% (n=79), and 37.8% (n=115), respectively. Conclusion: The high proportion of medical conditions present among the participants suggests its need to be utilized by the community. This study has demonstrated safe usage of the Turkish adaptation of the PAR-Q+ instrument. We believe that this tool should become widely used by family physicians.