Volume: 4 Issue: 1 , 3/28/25

Year: 2025

Research Article

Systematic Reviews and Meta Analysis

Review

East Black Sea Journal of Health Sciences is a peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to disseminating qualified scientific knowledge and enhancing the field of health sciences literature. Scientific articles submitted to our journal undertake a quick and thorough editorial and double-blind peer review procedure before being published. For this purpose, the journal is published three times a year in March, July, and November.

EBSHealth accepts articles in Turkish and English. The journal publishes scientific research, review, and case reports from the fields of nursing, midwifery, medicine, nutrition and dietetics, veterinary medicine, physiotherapy, social work, and other health sciences. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been previously published or accepted for publication in another journal. Studies presented at the congress or symposium should be indicated as footnotes on the title page. The plagiarism rate of the submitted articles should be at most 20%. Authors should check the plagiarism through related softwares (Turnitin, ithenticate etc.) before submitting an article to the journal and uploading this report from the journal panel.

Articles should be written in Microsoft Word, in Times New Roman font, 12 pts for the title, 11 pts for the main text, 10 pts for the bibliography and tables (1.5 line spacing).

Manuscripts should be prepared with a margin of 2.5 cm on the top and left sides of the page, 2.5 cm on the bottom and right sides of the page, and not exceeding a total of 15 pages. Except for the first page, all other pages should be numbered.

The titles of the articles should be written in 12 font size, capital letters, and bold characters. The title should reflect the content appropriately. Below the title, the authors names should be written in the order in the article.

For the article;

a) Title page; should contain the title, correspondence addresses, e-mail addresses, ORCID IDs of all authors in the order in the article. The corresponding author should also be specified.

b) In the article file, the title of the article should be written in capital letters, the name should be written without the title at the bottom, followed by the surname in capital letters, if there is more than one author, they should be written side by side. Authors should be numbered as superscripts at the end of their names and these numbers should be used in the footnote section. The title, ORCID ID, and institutions of the author(s) should be written as footnotes at the bottom of the first page in the same font and in 10 font size.

The first page of the article should include an abstract section. At the beginning of the article, there should be a maximum of 300 words "ABSTRACT" in Turkish and "ABSTRACT" in English (10 points and italic).

In research articles: The following sections should be included

INTRODUCTION
AIM
MATERIALS AND METHODS
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (if any)
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
REFERENCES

In review articles: The abstract should be 250-300 words and should be written in Turkish and English. Related titles and references should be included. Review articles; It should be prepared in a way to includes the current literature for all kinds of issues in all areas of health.

The abbreviations used in the articles should be written clearly when they are first used in the article and the abbreviated form should be given in parentheses next to it.

Tables in the articles should not contain vertical lines as long as possible, they should be made using the table menu in the Word program, and the number of tables should not exceed 5. Tables should be written by dividing each value in the table into a row and column. Between fractions should be a period (like 10.88), not a comma.

The language of the articles should be clear and understandable.

Citation format
It should be prepared in accordance with the APA Style. References should be given in 10 point characters. If the benefited works are accessed from digital sources, the doi number or access link should be specified.

EBSHealth follows an open access policy, adopting the principle that providing scientific research free of charge to society and health professionals will increase the global sharing of knowledge.

EBSHealth adopts the condition of having the highest ethical and scientific standards on the subject in the articles it publishes. The scientific and legal responsibility of the articles belongs to the author and/or authors. The editorial board cannot be held responsible for scientific and ethical violations.

Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published elsewhere or sent to another journal for simultaneous publication, or should not be under review in another journal.

Publication ethics and open access policy followed by EBSHealth, are in line with the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in open access (For example, “The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors; “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors”) were created.

Our journal has the right to request output files related to the analysis results from the authors according to the evaluations made by the editorial board and/or the referees. rejection will take place.

Scientific Responsibility
Scientific and legal responsibility of the articles belongs to the author and/or authors. All authors must have a direct scientific contribution to the submitted article. Names determined as authors should have all the roles and responsibilities of the authors defined in the Guide of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)” (http://www.icmje.org). ( http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/about-the-recommendations/)

All publication expenses are covered by EBSHealth within the framework of the publication policy of the journal. Accepted articles are published online. No publication fee is charged for the execution of the article processes in the journal or for the articles accepted for publication. In addition, the authors of the articles are not paid royalties and a separate reprint copy is not given.

Journal Editorial Board

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çağla YİĞİTBAŞ Giresun Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi
Public Health, Preventative Health Care, Health Promotion, Social Determinants of Health, Community Child Health, Health Literacy
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurullah ÇALIŞ GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Social Work, Counselling, Wellbeing and Community Services, Clinical Social Work Practice, Social Work (Other), Disabled Groups, Social Justice, Social Exclusion, Nursing Services in Social Policy, Social Welfare Policies, Social Policy (Other)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayla HENDEKCİ GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Public Health Nursing
Prof. Dr. Ayşegül ÇEBİ GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics, Medical Biochemistry - Inorganic Elements and Compounds
Surgical Diseases Nursing​​

Editor in Chief

Prof. Dr. Ayşegül ÇEBİ GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics, Medical Biochemistry - Inorganic Elements and Compounds

Field Editors

Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cell Metabolism, Cell Neurochemistry, Genotoxicity and Cytotoxicity, Animal Physiology-Ecophysiology, Animal Physiology - Cell, Animal Physiology - Systems
Assoc. Prof. Asuman ÇOBANOĞLU GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Nursing, Nurse Education, Fundamentals of Nursing
Asst. Prof. Dr. Esra ÖZKAN Giresun Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi
Biostatistics, Surgical Diseases Nursing​​
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurullah ÇALIŞ GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Social Work, Counselling, Wellbeing and Community Services, Clinical Social Work Practice, Social Work (Other), Disabled Groups, Social Justice, Social Exclusion, Nursing Services in Social Policy, Social Welfare Policies, Social Policy (Other)
Assoc. Prof. Özlem AYDIN BERKTAŞ Giresun Univ. Healthy Science Fac. Nursing Dep.
Pharmaceutical Biochemistry
Assoc. Prof. Hafize ÖZDEMİR ALKANAT GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Cardiology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, ​Internal Diseases Nursing​
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayla HENDEKCİ GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Public Health Nursing
Asst. Prof. Dr. Candan ERSANLI GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Health Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing
Prof. Emine Ela KÜÇÜK GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Adolescent Health, Health Sciences, Public Health, Public Health Nursing
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eda ŞAHİN It is not affiliated with an institution
Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing
Asst. Prof. Dr. Merve IŞIK GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Nurse Education, Mental Health Nursing
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Health Sciences Education and Development of Programs: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Gender, Sexuality and Education, Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality, Models of Care and Place of Birth, Psychosocial Aspects of Childbirth and Perinatal Mental Health, Clinical Midwifery, Midwifery (Other), Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing, Nursing (Other)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Fatma GÜNDÜZ ORUÇ GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
​Internal Diseases Nursing​, Nurse Education
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çağla YİĞİTBAŞ Giresun Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi
Public Health, Preventative Health Care, Health Promotion, Social Determinants of Health, Community Child Health, Health Literacy
Surgical Diseases Nursing​​
Asst. Prof. Dr. Sevgi DOĞAN GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Fundamentals of Nursing
Asst. Prof. Dr. Nurten G. BAYRAK GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Clinical and Health Psychology (Other), Mental Health Nursing
Asst. Prof. Dr. Tuba Enise BENLİ GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, EBELİK BÖLÜMÜ
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Midwifery, Clinical Midwifery, Midwifery (Other)
Assoc. Prof. Fatma GENÇ Giresun University
​Internal Diseases, ​Internal Diseases Nursing​, Oncology Nursing

Scientific Advisory Board

Assoc. Prof. Şeyma Zehra ALTUNKÜREK UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, GÜLHANE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Public Health Nursing
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elvan Emine ATA SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, HAMİDİYE HEMŞİRELİK FAKÜLTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK BÖLÜMÜ
Clinical Psychology, Stress, Nurse Education, Mental Health Nursing
Prof. Dr. Aliye BULUT GAZİANTEP İSLAM BİLİM VE TEKNOLOJİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Public Health
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eda BEYDİLİ GÜRBÜZ DÜZCE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, SOSYAL HİZMET BÖLÜMÜ
Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality, Gender and Politics, Social Work, Family Resources Education
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arzu YÜKSEL AKSARAY ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Mental Health Nursing
Prof. Dr. Şule Coşkun CEVHER GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Cell Metabolism, Animal Neurobiology, Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases, Neurosciences (Other)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Türkan KADİROĞLU Department of Child Health and Diseases Nursing, Atatürk University, Faculty of Nursing, Erzurum, Turkey
Nursing, Pediatric Health and Illnesses Nursing, Nursing (Other)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Özge ÖZ YILDIRIM Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi
Nursing, Public Health Nursing
Assoc. Prof. Ezgi DİRGAR Gaziantep Üniversites
Fundamentals of Nursing
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Semih SÜTÇÜ NİĞDE ÖMER HALİSDEMİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Social Work, Counselling, Wellbeing and Community Services, Clinical Social Work Practice
Assoc. Prof. Saliha BOZDOĞAN YEŞİLOT Çukurova Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi
Health Sciences, Mental Health Nursing
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selda ARSLAN Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi
​Internal Diseases Nursing​
Prof. Dr. İlknur AYDIN AVCI Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi
Public Health Nursing
Prof. Dr. Dilek SARI EGE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK FAKÜLTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK BÖLÜMÜ, HEMŞİRELİK PR.
Fundamentals of Nursing
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ülkü ÖZDEMİR ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Nursing, ​Internal Diseases Nursing​

Native Language Editor

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Assoc. Prof. Özlem AYDIN BERKTAŞ Giresun Univ. Healthy Science Fac. Nursing Dep.
Pharmaceutical Biochemistry

English Language Editors

Nurullah Çalış
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurullah ÇALIŞ GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Social Work, Counselling, Wellbeing and Community Services, Clinical Social Work Practice, Social Work (Other), Disabled Groups, Social Justice, Social Exclusion, Nursing Services in Social Policy, Social Welfare Policies, Social Policy (Other)
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Assoc. Prof. Hafize ÖZDEMİR ALKANAT GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Cardiology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, ​Internal Diseases Nursing​

Layout Editor

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Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayla HENDEKCİ GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Public Health Nursing

Technical Editor

Nurullah Çalış
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurullah ÇALIŞ GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Social Work, Counselling, Wellbeing and Community Services, Clinical Social Work Practice, Social Work (Other), Disabled Groups, Social Justice, Social Exclusion, Nursing Services in Social Policy, Social Welfare Policies, Social Policy (Other)