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DOI :10.26650/experimed.2019.19003   IUP :10.26650/experimed.2019.19003    Full Text (PDF)

Laboratory Features of Home Health Care Patients

Zeynep Ermiş Karaali, Beste Tacal Aslan, Mehmet Burak Aktuğlu, Macit Koldaş, Elif Sinem Bireller, Bedia Çakmakoğlu

Objective: The increasing need for home health care services is essential for the elderly population and also for people with disabilities, chronic illness, or terminal-phase disease in Turkey and around the world. The aim of this study was to statistically analyze the laboratory data of patients who were followed up by the Home Health Care Units of Haseki Training and Research Hospital.


Materials and Methods: The study population included 575 patients who registered for home health care services at Istanbul Haseki Training and Research Hospital between 2011 and 2013. The patients’ database records were analyzed according to sex, age group, types of disease, and laboratory findings.


Results: Our results are consistent with the literature in that the patients aged 65 years or over and being followed up by a home care unit had high C-reactive protein but low albumin levels, and the prevalence of anemia was common among these patients (p<0.05).


Conclusion: The results of the study can be used to support the introduction by health policy makers and health professionals of home care as an alternative delivery system in the Turkish health sector.

Keywords: Home health care, age, geriatrics, disease
DOI :10.26650/experimed.2019.19003   IUP :10.26650/experimed.2019.19003    Full Text (PDF)

Evde Bakım Hastalarının Laboratuvar Özellikleri

Zeynep Ermiş Karaali, Beste Tacal Aslan, Mehmet Burak Aktuğlu, Macit Koldaş, Elif Sinem Bireller, Bedia Çakmakoğlu

Amaç: Evde sağlık hizmetleri, yaşlı popülasyonu engelli insanlar, kronik hastalığı olan insanlar terminal dönemdeki hastalardan dolayı Türkiye ve dünyada artış göstermektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Ev Sağlık Birimleri tarafından takip edilen hastaların laboratuvar verilerini istatistiksel olarak analiz etmektir.


Yöntemler: Çalışmaya, 2011-2013 yılları arasında İstanbul Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi evde sağlık hizmetinden yararlanan 575 hasta dahil edilmiştir. Hastaların veri tabanı kayıtları cinsiyet, yaş grubu, hastalık tipleri ve laboratuvar bulgularına göre analiz edilmiştir.


Bulgular: Elde ettiğimiz sonuçlara göre, literatürle uyumlu olarak, evde bakım ünitesinde izlenen 65 yaş ve üzeri hastaların yüksek C-reaktif proteinleri, ancak düşük albümin seviyelerine sahip oldukları ve anemi prevalansının bu hastalar arasında yaygın olduğu görülmüştür (p<0.05).


Sonuç: Çalışma sonuçları, sağlık politikalarını düzenleyenler ve sağlık uzmanları tarafından Türk sağlık sektöründe alternatif bir sistem olarak, evde bakım ünitelerinin kullanılabileceğini düşündürmüştür

Keywords: Evde sağlık bakım ünitesi, yaş, geriyatri, hastalık

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Ermiş Karaali, Z., Tacal Aslan, B., Aktuğlu, M., Koldaş, M., Bireller, E.S., & Çakmakoğlu, B. (2019). Laboratory Features of Home Health Care Patients. Experimed, 9(1), 16-22. https://doi.org/10.26650/experimed.2019.19003


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Ermiş Karaali Z, Tacal Aslan B, Aktuğlu M, Koldaş M, Bireller E S, Çakmakoğlu B. Laboratory Features of Home Health Care Patients. Experimed. 2019;9(1):16-22. https://doi.org/10.26650/experimed.2019.19003


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Ermiş Karaali, Zeynep, and Beste Tacal Aslan and Mehmet Burak Aktuğlu and Macit Koldaş and Elif Sinem Bireller and Bedia Çakmakoğlu. 2019. “Laboratory Features of Home Health Care Patients.” Experimed 9, no. 1: 16-22. https://doi.org/10.26650/experimed.2019.19003


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Ermiş Karaali, Zeynep, and Beste Tacal Aslan and Mehmet Burak Aktuğlu and Macit Koldaş and Elif Sinem Bireller and Bedia Çakmakoğlu. “Laboratory Features of Home Health Care Patients.” Experimed, vol. 9, no. 1, 2019, pp. 16-22. [Database Container], https://doi.org/10.26650/experimed.2019.19003


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Ermiş Karaali Z, Tacal Aslan B, Aktuğlu M, Koldaş M, Bireller ES, Çakmakoğlu B. Laboratory Features of Home Health Care Patients. Experimed [Internet]. 3 Jun. 2025 [cited 3 Jun. 2025];9(1):16-22. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26650/experimed.2019.19003 doi: 10.26650/experimed.2019.19003


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Ermiş Karaali, Zeynep - Tacal Aslan, Beste - Aktuğlu, Mehmet Burak - Koldaş, Macit - Bireller, ElifSinem - Çakmakoğlu, Bedia. “Laboratory Features of Home Health Care Patients”. Experimed 9/1 (Jun. 2025): 16-22. https://doi.org/10.26650/experimed.2019.19003



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