Coronavirus disease (also known as COVID-19) continues to spread throughout the world. In Turkey, which has a strong health system, most hospitals have been turned into pandemic hospitals, elective procedures have been postponed, and doctors have been reassigned to treat COVID-19. Efforts to limit spread of COVID-19 have been effective in reducing the spread of COVID-19. Behind this success was not only the intrinsic strength of the health system but also the strict changes in everyday life wrought by the crisis. It is an inescapable fact that these new measures, such as the imposition of curfew and lockdown, have had a significant effect on the mental health of the general population. Anxiety caused by COVID-19 has spread to the mental state of everyone. Although coronavirus-related diseases will end soon, it is predicted that serious psychiatric disorders will be a lasting consequence of the pandemic. Despite the many negatives brought by COVID-19, it has led to a positive unity between the public and healthcare professionals, and in spite of significant risks to their own health, healthcare workers have risen to the challenge of COVID-19.

Objective: The present study aimed to assess the safety of pancreatic anastomosis after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) and to compare the results of sutureless pancreatogastrostomy (PG) with those of single-layer duct-to-mucosa pancreatojejunostomy (PJ) after PD in patients with malignant disease of the pancreatic head and of the periampullary region. Materials and Methods:The study included 173 consecutive patients undergoing PD from May 2009 to December 2015 at a single surgical center. Single-layer duct-to-mucosa PJ was performed in 52 patients and sutureless PG in the remaining 123. The primary endpoint was the safety of the procedures, which was assessed as the occurrence of complications during hospitalization. Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) was classified as grade A, B, or C according to the International Study Group of Pancreatic Fistula classification.Results: We found that the incidence of POPF was 11.52%. With regard to POPF, the present study showed no significant difference in the two groups (p=0.043). The incidence of Grade C POPF was significantly higher in the PJ group than in the PG group (p=0.001), which was been reflected in the form of a higher rate of postoperative hemorrhage (p=0.001), intra-abdominal abscess (p=0.012), and septic shock (p=0.012) events in the PJ group. Conclusion:The evaluation of short-term outcomes demonstrates that suturelessPG is a feasible and safe technique, associated with lower life-threatening complications than single-layer duct-to-mucosa PJ. If longterm functional outcomes confirm similar results, sutureless PG could become a valid alternative for pancreatic anastomosis after PD in patients with soft pancreas and high morbidity. Bulgular: Çalışmamızda POPF oranı %11,52 olarak bulundu. İki grup arasında anlamlı bir farklılık görülmedi (p=0,043). Evre C POPF insidansı PJ' de PG grubuna göre anlamlı ölçüde daha yüksekti (p=0,001), Ayrıca PJ grubunda postoperatif hemoraji (p=0,001), intraabdominal apse (p=0,012) ve septik şok (p=0,012) vakalarının oranları da daha yüksek bulundu.Sonuç: Kısa dönem sonuçların değerlendirilmesine göre, tek katlı duct-to-mukozal PJ ile kıyaslandığında dikiş-siz PG daha düşük oranda yaşamı tehdit eden komplikasyonlarından dolayı uygulanabilir ve güvenli bir tekniktir. Uzun dönem fonksiyonel sonuçlarla benzer bulgular doğrulandığı takdirde dikişsiz PG, yumuşak yapılı pankreası ve yüksek morbiditesi olan hastalarda PD sonrası pankreatik anastomoz için geçerli bir alternatif olabilir.

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Introduction: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for 2-4 year olds (SDQ 2-4) is one of the best of these scales developed to screen children in early childhood for psychosocial problems. The aim of this study is to investigate the psychometric properties of SDQ 2-4 in Turkish for the age group of 2-4 years. Methods:The study was conducted with 159 participants. SDQ 2-4 Parent and BITSEA scales were applied to parents. Patients whose scores were detected to be at risk were referred to the hospital and a clinical interview was performed.Results: Chronbach alpha value for total difficulties scale was 0.80. Total difficulties score of the SDQ was positively correlated with the BITSEA/P score, and negatively correlated with the BITSEA/C score. Prosocial Behaviors score of SDQ was positively correlated with BITSEA/C while it was negatively correlated with BITSEA/P. In all scales of SDQ that identified the problem, the scores of the participants with clinical diagnosis were significantly higher than the scores of the participants not diagnosed. The cut-off value for total difficulties scale was calculated as 10 with 80% sensitivity and 88% specificity. Conclusion:The SDQ 2-4 scale is valid and reliable in the Turkish language.

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