Akkuş, Şeyma; Akça, Ali Haydar; Gızlı, Gizem

Medical mobile applications help improve patient care quality, reduce medical errors, and help physicians make faster, evidence-based decisions in patient care, follow-up and rehabilitation. In this study, it was aimed to determine the usage level of smart phone applications among emergency physicians, to investigate the effects of these applications on diagnosis and treatment, to examine their benefits, to determine the expectations regarding these applications, and to raise awareness on ethical issues. Between 02/25/2018 and 03/25/2018 emergency medicine residents in many provinces of Turkey, emergency medicine specialists, were investigated smartphone app to be used in practice with academics. A statistically significant difference was found between emergency medicine experience and mobile application use (p: 0.020). Most of the physicians surveyed had started using their first mobile apps 4 years ago. It was determined that most of the participants using mobile applications in the medical field were using them as a clinical decision tool. It was observed that those with visual expressions were mostly preferred in the use of mobile applications in the medical field (63.1%). It was determined that 75% of the participants found instant messaging applications useful in the professional field. The biggest problem identified in terms of medical ethics of mobile medical applications; was the thought of a violation of patient privacy. Although technological devices make our lives easier in many ways, examination is of great importance in the patient-physician relationship. Medical mobile applications should be prepared professionally and the content quality should be checked by experts. Due to the nature of current research, it is inevitable that technologies become outdated. There is a need for more comprehensive and up-to-date studies on this subject that appeal to large audiences.

Kefelı, Mehmet Celal; Şanli, Esat

Various studies show that the temperament characteristics of individuals play a decisive role in how much and how they will be affected by traumatic events. However, no research has been found in the literature examining the relationship between affective temperament and trauma. The Covid 19 pandemic process is described as a social trauma. In this context, in this study, it is aimed to examine the reactions of different affective temperaments to social trauma within the framework of the pandemic. Within the scope of the research, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, San Diego Autoquestionaire (TEMPS-A) were used. The scales were applied online to a total of 1075 volunteer participants (653 women and 422 men). Multiple regression analysis was conducted to determine the significance of temperament types in the prediction of depression, anxiety, and stress levels of individuals. The method employed was stepwise regression analysis. In the data obtained, it was observed that depression, anxiety, and stress levels and anxious, cyclothymic, depressive, and irritable temperament types showed a positive correlation at different levels and a low level of negative correlation with hyperthymic temperament type during the pandemic process. The four aforementioned affective temperament types were significant predictors for depression, three were predictors for stress, and two for anxiety. Additionally, the results of this study indicated that hyperthymic temperament can be protective against the effects of trauma.