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• Ada, E.(1)
• Aksoy, Bahar(1)
• Bolacali, Edanur Tar(1)
• Ceylan, D.(1)
• Doğan, Melike Demir(1)
• Hidiroglu, C.(1)
• Sariçiçek, A.(1)
• Tunca, Z.(1)
• Yalin, N.(1)
• Zorlu, N.(1)
• Çavusoglu, B.(1)
• Özerdem, A.(1)
• İnci, Tuğba(1)

• MakaleYayıncıda açık erişim2025Scopus SJRQ2/r/gumushane/11698
  The Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Stress Scale for Siblings of Childhood Cancer Patients

  Aksoy, Bahar; Doğan, Melike Demir; Bolacali, Edanur Tar; İnci, Tuğba

  Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the Turkish version of the “Stress Scale for Siblings of Childhood Cancer Patients (SCCP)”. Methods: This study was conducted with 273 siblings aged 11-16 of childhood cancer patients (SCCPs) who were treated in a hospital in the Black Sea Region of Türkiye between March 2022 and April 2024. Data were collected with “The Sociodemographic Information Form” and “SCCP”. The data were examined through descriptive statistics, as well as exploratory and confirmatory factor analyzes. Results: The SCCP Turkish version is a valid and reliable scale consisting of 27 items and six sub-dimensions. The SCCP Turkish version explained 77.676% of the total variance. The SCCP Turkish version was found to be summable according to Tukey's test of additivity (p = 0.334), and the test-retest reliability of the scale was r = 0.864 (p < 0.05). Conclusion: This study indicate that the Turkish version of the SCCP is a valid and reliable instrument for evaluating stress levels in siblings aged 11 to 16. Practice Implications: With SCCP, nurses can determine the stress levels of SCCPs and contribute to the planning of necessary interventions to cope with stress.

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• MakaleYalnız künye2016Scopus SJRQ1/r/gumushane/16416
  Abnormal white matter integrity as a structural endophenotype for bipolar disorder

  Sariçiçek, A.; Zorlu, N.; Yalin, N.; Hidiroglu, C.; Çavusoglu, B.; Ceylan, D.; Ada, E.; Tunca, Z.; Özerdem, A.

  Background. Several lines of evidence suggest that bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with white matter (WM) pathology. Investigation of unaffected first-degree relatives of BD patients may help to distinguish structural biomarkers of genetic risk without the confounding effects of burden of illness, medication or clinical state. In the present study, we applied tract-based spatial statistics to study WM changes in patients with BD, unaffected siblings and controls. Method. A total of 27 euthymic patients with BD type I, 20 unaffected siblings of bipolar patients and 29 healthy controls who did not have any current or past diagnosis of Axis I psychiatric disorders were enrolled in the study. Results. Fractional anisotropy (FA) was significantly lower in BD patients than in the control group in the corpus callosum, fornix, bilateral superior longitudinal fasciculus, inferior longitudinal fasciculus, inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, anterior thalamic radiation, posterior thalamic radiation, cingulum, uncinate fasciculus, superior corona radiata, anterior corona radiata and left external capsule. In region-of-interest (ROI) analyses, we found that both unaffected siblings and bipolar patients had significantly reduced FA in the left posterior thalamic radiation, the left sagittal stratum, and the fornix compared with healthy controls. Average FA for unaffected siblings was intermediate between the healthy controls and bipolar patients within these ROIs. Conclusions. Decreased FA in the fornix, left posterior thalamic radiation and left sagittal stratum in both bipolar patients and unaffected siblings may represent a potential structural endophenotype or a trait-based marker for BD.

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