2020-10-01T00:00:00Z, Demurtas, Jacopo, Schoene, Daniel, Torbahn, Gabriel, Marengoni, Alessandra, Grande, Giulia, Zou, Liye, Petrovic, Mirko, Maggi, Stefania, Cesari, Matteo, Lamb, Sarah, Soysal, Pınar, Kemmler, Wolfgang, Sieber, Cornel, Mueller, Christoph, Shenkin, Susan D., Schwingshackl, Lukas, Smith, Lee, Veronese, Nicola, SOYSAL, PINAR

Objectives: The aim of this umbrella review was to determine the effect of physical activity/exercise on improving cognitive and noncognitive outcomes in people with MCI (mild cognitive impairment) and dementia.

2022-04-01T00:00:00Z, Akpınar Söylemez, Burcu, Akyol, Merve Aliye, Özgül, Ecem, Küçükgüçlü, Özlem, Tan, Semen Gokce, Soysal, Pınar, SOYSAL, PINAR

The number of older people is increasing globally, particularly in middle-income countries like Turkey. The psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Willingness to Work with Elderly People Scale (WEPS-T) was evaluated in this study. A descriptive, methodological and cross-sectional design was used. The data were collected using a sociodemographic form and WEPS-T during April to June 2021. The language and content validity, explanatory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to assess the validity of the scale. The scale’s reliability was obtained using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, item-total correlations, and test-retest reliability. Content validity index of WEPS-T was excellent (CVI was 1.00). All the factor loadings were found to be > .30 in factors analysis. In CFA, it was inferred that the model had a good fit (×2/df = 5.344; GFI = .864; CFI = .868; RMSEA = .079; RMR <.01). A Cronbach’s alpha value was obtained 0.881 for the entire scale. The test-retest reliability scores of the first sub-dimension were r = .84 and p < .001, the second r = .97 and p < .001, the third r = .98 and p < .001, the fourth r. = .95 and p < .001 and the total score was r = .96 and p < .001. WEPS-T is a valid and reliable measurement tool that determines the willingness of Turkish nursing and medical students to work with the older people.

2020-10-01T00:00:00Z, SOYSAL, PINAR, Aydin, Ali Ekrem, Isik, Ahmet Turan, SOYSAL, PINAR

2020-08-01T00:00:00Z, Haider, Sandra, Schwarzinger, Angela, Stefanac, Sinisa, SOYSAL, PINAR, Smith, Lee, Veronese, Nicola, Dorner, Thomas E., Grabovac, Igor, SOYSAL, PINAR

Objectives The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of nutritional supplementation on neuropsychiatric symptoms among people with dementia. Methods/Design Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were searched in the Databases PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and from inception until January 31, 2020. Studies of RCTs carried out on people with any type of dementia who were taking nutritional supplements and had neuropsychiatric symptoms were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuropsychiatric symptoms were assessed with the validated Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Effect sizes were calculated with standardized mean differences (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI), applying a random effect model. Results The search yielded 1034 studies with four studies being included in the meta-analysis with a total of 377 people with dementia (mean age 69.3 [SD: 7.7] years). The diagnoses comprised mild to late Alzheimer-s disease and frontotemporal dementia. Two studies included a multicomponent supplementation, one an omega-3, and one a special supplement tailored for cognitive impairment. The median follow-up was 18 weeks, with a range from 12 to 24 weeks. Pooled data showed that nutritional supplementation did not improve NPI (SMD = -0.33; [95%CI: -0.74 to 0.08];P= 0.11; I-2= 45%). Conclusions The findings of this meta-analysis demonstrated no significant impact on NPI through nutritional supplementation. However, the generalization of the results is limited, as different supplements were used in different stages of dementia with a short follow-up time.

2017-10-01T00:00:00Z, Soysal, PINAR, SOYSAL, PINAR