Extention of human life and decrease of birthrate cause increase in elderly population in this era. Elderliness is the last step of human life. In this step, human loses value, his/her dependence to other people inreases, economical power weakens and with all these changes s/he lives some problems. This situation of elderly creates some problems for her/his enviroment, too. Especially, elderly abuse and neglect emerges depending on problems of both elderly and people around her/him. Aim of this ...

Sociology  Geriatrics 

Doi:10.25279/sak.324562

The four basic elements of life are: Oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and phosphorus. These four elements are found in abundance in both the human body and in animals. There are other elements that compose the human body, but the four we've highlighted participate in all life processes. Besides, these four elements make up ATP chains (molecule), which governs and controls the body entirely energy processes and physiological and pathological processes of the human body. Oxygen is the pivot, which produ...

Biological Materials  Nanometer Materials  Genetic Engineering  Industrial Engineering  Biological Chemistry  High Polymer Chemistry  Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials  Civil Engineering  Geriatrics  Composite Material  Global Health  Structural Material  Biochemistry  Bioengineering  Fundamentals of Material Science  Biophysics  Biological Engineering  Biotechnology  Functional Materials  Chemical Engineering & Technology  Genetics  Cell Biology  Material Experiment 

Doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2016.1189.1197

Free radicals are natural nanoparticles which are doing their part well defined in the human cell, but then they must be annihilated or eliminated to not destroy the cell or another part of our body. It has been shown that residual free radicals in the body are responsible for the aging. The role to annihilate them is ful-filled by the antioxidants. Antioxidants are a group of compounds produced by the organism or that occur naturally in many foods. Antioxidants work together in the human body t...

Public Health  Biological Engineering  Biotechnology  Genetics  Health Policy  Geriatrics  Global Health  Biochemistry  Bioengineering  Internal Medicine  Medical Genetics 

Doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2016.1112.1126

Maintaining normothermia for patients undergoing surgery is important for positive surgical outcomes as well as patient safety, satisfaction, and quality of life. Maintaining normothermia before, during, after surgery shortens hospital stay durations up to 40% and decreases the risk of surgical-site infections up to 64%. Abnormalities in the thermal insulation mechanism during surgery and anesthesia lead to increased heat loss, hampering the maintenance of normal body temperature. Passive/active...

Nursing  Geriatrics 

Doi:10.25279/sak.284277

This study was conducted in order to investigate the attitudes of university students towards elderly people. The sample of research consists of 150 students from the Faculty of Health Sciences, at which students take lessons about old age and elderly care, and the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, at which students do not receive any special education for old age. The Personal Information Form and the Age Discrimination Attitude Scale were used to collect the data. The Age Discr...

Public Health  Sociology  Geriatrics  Psychology 

Doi:10.25279/sak.303050

Aim: A descriptive research was conducted for determination of knowledge and practices of medication use of elderly patients hospitalized in surgical clinics. The sample consisted of 128 patients over 60 years old, hospitalized at Hacettepe University Adult Hospital Neurosurgery, General Surgery, Thoraco/Cardio/Vascular Surgery and Urology departments. Methods: For data collection, a questionnaire prepared by the researcher based on the literature was used. The data was collected by the research...

Drugs & Devices  Nursing  Geriatrics 

Doi:10.25279/sak.234987