Objective: This study examined the relationship between depression symptoms and cognitive perform... more Objective: This study examined the relationship between depression symptoms and cognitive performance in patients with migraine at a specialty headache center. Method: This was a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional study conducted at a specialty headache center. Researchers sent a letter signed by a headache center neurologist to patients who met study inclusion criteria, including having a physician diagnosis of migraine and meeting International Classification of Headache Disorders-3rd Edition (beta) diagnostic criteria for migraine. Seventy-seven adults (M age = 45.2, SD = 7.4, 89.6% female, 88.3% White, Non-Hispanic, and 46.8% with a graduate degree) completed surveys assessing demographics and depression symptoms (PROMIS depression scale), and a battery of neuropsychological tasks. Patients reported no migraine symptoms within 24 hours of testing, increasing their likelihood of being examined during the interictal period. Pearson's product-moment correlations and Spearman's rank-order correlations examined relationships among depression and neuropsychological variables (The Trail Making Test [TMT], WAIS-IV Coding, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test [RAVLT], The Rey Complex Figure Test [RCFT], WAIS-IV Digit Span [Forward, Backward, Sequencing], Stroop Color and Word Test, F-AS and Animal Fluency). Results: Higher scores on the PROMIS depression scale significantly associated with lower scores on WAIS-IV Coding (r = −.27, p = .020) and Animal Fluency (rs = −.26, p = .021). The PROMIS depression scale did not significantly associate with other neuropsychological variables. Conclusions: Higher depression symptoms related to lower scores on attention/processing speed and semantic fluency tasks in patients with migraine.
Genç erkek esansiyel tremor hastalarında anksiyete ve depresyon düzeyleri Amaç: Esansiyel tremor ... more Genç erkek esansiyel tremor hastalarında anksiyete ve depresyon düzeyleri Amaç: Esansiyel tremor (ET) el ve kollarda pozisyonel ve hareketle ilişkili tremorla karakterize, belirgin yeti yitimine neden olan ve en sık görülen hareket bozukluğudur. ET'ye tremor gibi motor belirtilerin yanında anksiyete ve depresyon gibi psikiyatrik belirtiler de sıklıkla eşlik etmektedir. Çalışmamızın amacını; genç erkek ET hastalarında anksiyete ve depresyon düzeylerinin normallerle karşılaştırılması ve bu düzeylerin tremor şiddeti ve hastalık süresi ile ilişkisinin saptanması olarak belirledik. Yöntem: Bu çalışmaya hastanemizin nöroloji polikliniğine başvuran ve Washington Heights-Inwood Genetic Study of Essential Tremor (WHİGET) tanı kriterlerine göre tanısı konulmuş 37 erkek ET hastası ve bu hasta grubu ile yaş, cinsiyet ve eğitim düzeyi açısından eşleşen 32 sağlıklı gönüllü dâhil edildi. ET hastalarının tremor şiddet puanları belirlendi. Her iki gruba Beck Anksiyete Ölçeği (BAÖ) ve Beck Depresyon Ölçeği (BDÖ) uygulandı. Sonuçlar iki grup arasında karşılaştırıldı. Bulgular: Her iki grup yaş ve eğitim düzeyi açısından benzerdi. Hasta grubunun BAÖ ve BDÖ skorları sırasıyla 21.83±13.01 ve 17.45±1.66, kontrol grubunun BAÖ ve BDÖ skorları ise sırasıyla 11.03±9.19 ve 9.68±8.67 idi. Hasta grubunun BAÖ ve BDÖ skorları kontrol grubuna göre anlamlı olarak yüksekti (sırasıyla p=0.000 ve p=0.003). BAÖ ve BDÖ skorlarının her ikisinin hastalık süresi ve toplam tremor puanları ile ilişkisi saptanmadı. Sonuç: Genç erkek ET hastalarında kontrol grubuna göre anksiyete ve depresyon düzeyleri belirgin olarak yüksek saptandı. Anksiyete ve depresyon skorları hastalık süresi ve tremor şiddet puanı ile ilişkili değildi.
This study analyzes the age and gender related risk-taking behaviors of Turkish adolescents in an... more This study analyzes the age and gender related risk-taking behaviors of Turkish adolescents in an urban sample. A self-report risk taking scale was administered to 280 adolescents between the ages of 12-21. Results revealed that both the type and the frequency of risk-taking behaviors were changed according to age and gender. All risky behaviors except hitchhiking increased until the college level and than decreased. Boys outperformed the girls in most of the risk-taking behaviors.
Frequency of anxiety and depression in epileptic patients Objectives: Depression and anxiety are ... more Frequency of anxiety and depression in epileptic patients Objectives: Depression and anxiety are commonly seen among epileptic patients. These comorbidities have a negative effect on achievement of effective treatment and improvement in the quality of life of epileptic patients. We aimed to determine the frequency of anxiety and depression in epilepsy and in subgroups of epileptic patients and their correlation with disease duration and seizure frequency. Methods: Forty-one young male patients (13 temporal lobe epilepsy and 28 extra-temporal lobe epilepsy) and 48 young males as a healthy control group were included in the study. Each study participants completed the Beck Depression Inventory and the Beck Anxiety Inventory. Results: There were high frequencies of anxiety (26.8%) and depression (34.14%) in the epileptic patients compared with control group (p=0.003, p=0.001, respectively). Although there was no statistical significance, the temporal lobe epilepsy group had higher anxiety and depression frequencies than the extra-temporal lobe epilepsy group (p=0.280, p=0.089, respectively). There was no significant correlations between disease duration and either anxiety inventory scores or depression inventory scores. However in the temporal lobe epilepsy group, we found a correlation with a medium level of significance between seizure frequency and Beck Anxiety Inventory scores as well as Beck Depression Inventory scores (r= 0.521, p= 0.068; r= 0.615, p= 0.025). Conclusion: There were high frequencies of anxiety and depression in epileptic patients. A multidisciplinary approach and inter-disciplinary help cooperation is needed in the treatment of epilepsy. There is a need for controlled studies with larger sample sizes.
Objective: This study examined the relationship between depression symptoms and cognitive perform... more Objective: This study examined the relationship between depression symptoms and cognitive performance in patients with migraine at a specialty headache center. Method: This was a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional study conducted at a specialty headache center. Researchers sent a letter signed by a headache center neurologist to patients who met study inclusion criteria, including having a physician diagnosis of migraine and meeting International Classification of Headache Disorders-3rd Edition (beta) diagnostic criteria for migraine. Seventy-seven adults (M age = 45.2, SD = 7.4, 89.6% female, 88.3% White, Non-Hispanic, and 46.8% with a graduate degree) completed surveys assessing demographics and depression symptoms (PROMIS depression scale), and a battery of neuropsychological tasks. Patients reported no migraine symptoms within 24 hours of testing, increasing their likelihood of being examined during the interictal period. Pearson's product-moment correlations and Spearman's rank-order correlations examined relationships among depression and neuropsychological variables (The Trail Making Test [TMT], WAIS-IV Coding, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test [RAVLT], The Rey Complex Figure Test [RCFT], WAIS-IV Digit Span [Forward, Backward, Sequencing], Stroop Color and Word Test, F-AS and Animal Fluency). Results: Higher scores on the PROMIS depression scale significantly associated with lower scores on WAIS-IV Coding (r = −.27, p = .020) and Animal Fluency (rs = −.26, p = .021). The PROMIS depression scale did not significantly associate with other neuropsychological variables. Conclusions: Higher depression symptoms related to lower scores on attention/processing speed and semantic fluency tasks in patients with migraine.
Genç erkek esansiyel tremor hastalarında anksiyete ve depresyon düzeyleri Amaç: Esansiyel tremor ... more Genç erkek esansiyel tremor hastalarında anksiyete ve depresyon düzeyleri Amaç: Esansiyel tremor (ET) el ve kollarda pozisyonel ve hareketle ilişkili tremorla karakterize, belirgin yeti yitimine neden olan ve en sık görülen hareket bozukluğudur. ET'ye tremor gibi motor belirtilerin yanında anksiyete ve depresyon gibi psikiyatrik belirtiler de sıklıkla eşlik etmektedir. Çalışmamızın amacını; genç erkek ET hastalarında anksiyete ve depresyon düzeylerinin normallerle karşılaştırılması ve bu düzeylerin tremor şiddeti ve hastalık süresi ile ilişkisinin saptanması olarak belirledik. Yöntem: Bu çalışmaya hastanemizin nöroloji polikliniğine başvuran ve Washington Heights-Inwood Genetic Study of Essential Tremor (WHİGET) tanı kriterlerine göre tanısı konulmuş 37 erkek ET hastası ve bu hasta grubu ile yaş, cinsiyet ve eğitim düzeyi açısından eşleşen 32 sağlıklı gönüllü dâhil edildi. ET hastalarının tremor şiddet puanları belirlendi. Her iki gruba Beck Anksiyete Ölçeği (BAÖ) ve Beck Depresyon Ölçeği (BDÖ) uygulandı. Sonuçlar iki grup arasında karşılaştırıldı. Bulgular: Her iki grup yaş ve eğitim düzeyi açısından benzerdi. Hasta grubunun BAÖ ve BDÖ skorları sırasıyla 21.83±13.01 ve 17.45±1.66, kontrol grubunun BAÖ ve BDÖ skorları ise sırasıyla 11.03±9.19 ve 9.68±8.67 idi. Hasta grubunun BAÖ ve BDÖ skorları kontrol grubuna göre anlamlı olarak yüksekti (sırasıyla p=0.000 ve p=0.003). BAÖ ve BDÖ skorlarının her ikisinin hastalık süresi ve toplam tremor puanları ile ilişkisi saptanmadı. Sonuç: Genç erkek ET hastalarında kontrol grubuna göre anksiyete ve depresyon düzeyleri belirgin olarak yüksek saptandı. Anksiyete ve depresyon skorları hastalık süresi ve tremor şiddet puanı ile ilişkili değildi.
This study analyzes the age and gender related risk-taking behaviors of Turkish adolescents in an... more This study analyzes the age and gender related risk-taking behaviors of Turkish adolescents in an urban sample. A self-report risk taking scale was administered to 280 adolescents between the ages of 12-21. Results revealed that both the type and the frequency of risk-taking behaviors were changed according to age and gender. All risky behaviors except hitchhiking increased until the college level and than decreased. Boys outperformed the girls in most of the risk-taking behaviors.
Frequency of anxiety and depression in epileptic patients Objectives: Depression and anxiety are ... more Frequency of anxiety and depression in epileptic patients Objectives: Depression and anxiety are commonly seen among epileptic patients. These comorbidities have a negative effect on achievement of effective treatment and improvement in the quality of life of epileptic patients. We aimed to determine the frequency of anxiety and depression in epilepsy and in subgroups of epileptic patients and their correlation with disease duration and seizure frequency. Methods: Forty-one young male patients (13 temporal lobe epilepsy and 28 extra-temporal lobe epilepsy) and 48 young males as a healthy control group were included in the study. Each study participants completed the Beck Depression Inventory and the Beck Anxiety Inventory. Results: There were high frequencies of anxiety (26.8%) and depression (34.14%) in the epileptic patients compared with control group (p=0.003, p=0.001, respectively). Although there was no statistical significance, the temporal lobe epilepsy group had higher anxiety and depression frequencies than the extra-temporal lobe epilepsy group (p=0.280, p=0.089, respectively). There was no significant correlations between disease duration and either anxiety inventory scores or depression inventory scores. However in the temporal lobe epilepsy group, we found a correlation with a medium level of significance between seizure frequency and Beck Anxiety Inventory scores as well as Beck Depression Inventory scores (r= 0.521, p= 0.068; r= 0.615, p= 0.025). Conclusion: There were high frequencies of anxiety and depression in epileptic patients. A multidisciplinary approach and inter-disciplinary help cooperation is needed in the treatment of epilepsy. There is a need for controlled studies with larger sample sizes.
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