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    Access to Health Services Needed by the Society During Covid-19 Period and the Relationship Between Fear of Covid-19 and Perceived Health: Cross-Sectional Study
    (2023) Kesim, Selma Infal; Tekin, Çigdem Samanci
    Aim: In the Covid pandemic, the need for health services of the society increases with the burden of health institutions. This study was planned to determine how the health perception of the society, fear of Covid, and current conditions affect individuals' access to healthcare services they need. Materials and Methods: This study is of cross-sectional type. An online anonymous questionnaire was first sent to people in the directory via social media, using the snowball sampling method, and they were encouraged to pass the survey to others. Since the State of the Republic of Turkey recommended minimizing face-to-face interaction and staying in social isolation at home during the Covid-19 period, and due to restrictions and prohibitions, it was ensured that the surveys were applied to the participants online with the form link created in Google Forms. A total of 434 people were reached. Result: The average age of the participants is 30.69 ± 10.78 and 20.7% of them are male. 50.9% of them are single and 71.2% are university graduates. 78.1% of them have a nuclear family type and almost half of them reported their income as equal to income and expenses. Participants' Coronovirus-19 Fear Scale is overall Mean = 18.28, sd = 6.90 and it is not high, and Perception of Health Scale is overall Mean = 52.41, sd = 8.04 and can be qualified as high. Conclusion: Participants' fear of Covid-19 is lower than expected. However, people avoided going to hospitals even for routine check-ups and drug dosage adjustments.
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    Centralization and perceived control of COVID -19 during the pandemic: A cross-sectional study
    (Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022) Tekin, Cigdem Samanci; Kesim, Selma Infal
    Objective: To uncover the impact of centralization of COVID-19 and perceived control of COVID-19 on society during the pandemic.Methods: We recruited a total of 1 041 people in this cross-sectional study. The data were collected using a questionnaire booklet covering demographics, a COVID-19-related information form, the Centrality of Event Scale, and the Perception of Control of COVID-19 Scale. We utilized independent samples t-test, chi-square test, and one-way analysis of variance to analyze the data.Results: 1041 questionnaires were collected and no questionnaire were excluded from our study. Slightly more than half of the participants (51.2%) stated that social isolation impaired public mental health, while 30.1% reported adverse impacts of the pandemic on their sleep quality. Participants with changes to their sleep patterns were found to centralize COVID-19 more. Moreover, measures against COVID-19 and constant announcements of the daily number of cases in the media brought both positive and negative effects on people and further contributed to the participants' centralization of COVID-19. Individuals with low centralization scores were concluded to perceive COVID-19 as a minor disease. Healthcare professionals without a relative diagnosed with COVID-19 and those satisfied with treatment opportunities had a higher perceived control of COVID-19, while those who were not interested in statistical data on COVID-19 and who had difficulty complying with the rules had a lower perceived control of COVID-19. Besides, poorer perceived control of COVID-19 was found to adversely affect sleep quality. Furthermore, healthcare professionals scored higher on the inevitability subscale of the Perception of Control of COVID-19 Scale. Finally, among the participants, most COVID-19 survivors thought COVID-19 to be an avoidable disease.Conclusion: In addition to its physical impacts, COVID-19 adversely impacts on mental health, and these effects are closely linked to a society's centralization of COVID-19 and perceived control of COVID-19.