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- MakaleAçık Erişim2024The Effect of Finger Puppet Play on Pain and Anxiety during Peripheral Vascular Opening Attempts in Preschool-age Children during Emergency Room Visits: Randomized Controlled Study
Kurudirek, Fatma; Demir, Zeynep; Demir Barbak, Zülbiye
Objective: The pupose of this study is to examine the effect of finger puppet play on pain and anxiety during peripheral vascular access in preschool-age children in the emergency room. Design and methods: The study was conducted in a randomised controlled manner. The study population consisted of children aged 4–6 years who came to the paediatric emergency room of a hospital in Turkey between 25 May and 25 June 2022. The sample consisted of 97 children who met the research criteria between these dates (49 in the control group, 48 in the finger puppet play group). Stratification and block randomisation methods were used to determine the experimental and control groups.The data were collected with the Survey Form, Child Fear and Anxiety Inventory (CFAI) and Wong-Baker Facial Expression Rating Scale (WB-FAS) through interviews conducted by the researchers. Finger puppet play was shown to the experimental group during the procedure. Results: In the experimental and control groups, the child's pain and anxiety were evaluated by the child, parent, and researcher before the procedure, and similar pain and anxiety values were found from each source (p>0.05). During the procedure, the child's pain and anxiety were evaluated by the child, the parent, and the researcher, and it was found that the children in the finger puppet game group experienced significantly less pain and anxiety than the children in the control group (p < 0.05). Results: According to these results, the application of finger puppetry to children aged 4–6 years undergoing peripheral vascular access was effective in reducing pain and anxiety.
- BildiriYalnız künye2023An Extensive Study: Creation of A New Inverted Microscope Image Data Set and Improving Auto-Encoder Models for Higher Accuracy Segmentation of HaCaT Cell Culture Line
Sevim, Zeynep; Dogan, Hulya; Demir, Zeynep; Sezen, Feride Sena; Dogan, Ramazan Ozgur
In cell culture investigations, it is assumed that the number of cells is counted automatically without the need for forward planning, additional tools, or consumables. The automatic cell counting process is greatly facilitated and made functional by the segmentation of cell culture lines. Many studies with high-accuracy results have been developed for cell or tissue segmentation in images acquired from microscopic systems, but this success cannot be achieved for segmentation of cell culture line (especially in images acquired from inverted microscope). There are still restrictions in segmentation of cell culture line studies in inverted microscope systems. In this context, a new inverted microscope image data set is created and higher accuracy auto-encoder models are developed for segmentation of HaCat cell culture line. The analyzes of the developed auto-encoder models are evaluated using four different performance evaluation procedures which are Accuracy, Sensitivity, Specificity and Jaccard. In terms of the performance evaluation procedures used in this study, the achievements of the auto-encoder models are clearly satisfactory for the automated segmentation of the HaCat cell culture line.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2022Pandemic Process from the Window of Healthcare Professionals
Onan, Nevin; Dinç, Sevgi; Demir, Zeynep
Aim: In the study, it was aimed to determine how healthcare professionals perceive the pandemic and being health professional by using the metaphor analysis method. Material and Methods: The phenomenological qualitative study was conducted with 264 healthcare professionals working in a research hospital, between April and May 2021. The data were collected via Google forms with the online survey technique. Content analysis and descriptive analysis techniques were used in the evaluation of qualitative data. Results: It was determined that healthcare professionals created 219 metaphors for the pandemic, and the frequencies of 104 metaphors were n=1. It has been determined that the metaphors of earthquake, war, darkness, fire and storm are in the first five places for the pandemic. It was determined that the frequency of 70 of 99 metaphors related to being a health professional in the pandemic was n=1. It has been determined that the metaphors of soldier, slave, angel, star and light/sun/light for being a healthcare professional are in the first five places in the pandemic. When the metaphors created were evaluated, six categories were determined for perceiving the pandemic and five categories for the perception of being a healthcare professional in a pandemic. Considering the number of metaphors created, it can be said that healthcare professionals perceive the pandemic process very differently. Conclusion: According to the research findings; it can be said that the pandemic process affects health professionals in a multidimensional way in terms of physical, mental and social aspects, and this process is generally perceived negatively. It is thought that it will be important to plan and implement psychosocial intervention programs for healthcare professionals, considering the perceptions of healthcare professionals regarding the pandemic process and their profession. in this process.