The impact of social problem skills on academic motivation by means of Covid-19 fear: A SEM Model: Social Problem Solving, Covid-19, Academic Motivation.

Recent studies have investigated the relationship between the social problem-solving skills and academic motivation; nevertheless, new studies should examine the relationships between the social problem solving and academic motivation taking the effect of Covid-19 fear into consideration. As a result of this, in this study, it was aimed to a construct structural equation model by which the impacts of social problem-solving skills on academic motivation by means of Covid-19 fear were studied. Therefore, 513 university students participated in the study and completed Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Short Form, the Fear of Covid-19 Scale, and Academic Motivation Scale. The SEM model analysis indicated that rational problem solving, negative orientation to problem, impulsive/careless style and avoidant style predicted %15 of the Covid-19 fear. Altogether rational problem solving, negative orientation to problem, impulsive/careless style, avoidant style, positive orientation to problem and Covid-19 fear explained %32 of the academic motivation.

Impacts of Personality on Job Performance Through COVID-19 Fear and Intention to Quit.

Recent studies have examined the association between personality and job performance; however, this relationship remains to be elucidated within the context of COVID-19 fear and intention to quit. Therefore, we aimed to develop a structural equation model (SEM) by exploring the effects of personality on job performance through COVID-19 fear and intention to quit. Accordingly, 447 employees participated in the study and completed the Job Performance Scale, the Scale of Intention to Quit, the COVID-19 Fear scale, and the Big Five Inventory. It was revealed that extroversion, conscientiousness, and neuroticism predicted job performance via COVID-19 fear, as well as intention to quit.

Retraction Note: Obturator nerve block transurethral surgery for bladder cancer: comparison of inguinal and intravesical approaches: prospective randomized trial.

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article [1] because it shows significant overlap with a previously published article by Pladzyk et al. [2].

Obturator nerve block transurethral surgery for bladder cancer: comparison of inguinal and intravesical approaches: prospective randomized trial.

AIM: Transurethral resection of bladder tumors close to these areas may stimulate the obturator nerve, causing violent adductor contraction and possible inadvertent bladder perforation. To avoid this reaction, local anesthetic blockade of the obturator nerve as it passes through the obturator canal is effective in stopping adductor spasm during spinal anesthesia. METHODS: Forty-one patients undergoing (transurethral resection of bladder tumor) TUR-BT with spinal anesthesia who required (obturator nerve block) ONB were included in the study. After spinal anesthesia, ONB was performed with an inguinal approach (group 1) (n = 21) or an intravesical approach (group 2) (n = 20). In this study, we used 10 ml of 2 % lidocaine to perform the ONB. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 60.8 ± 7.5 years. The groups were not different with regards to age, tumor localization and tumor size. There were two bladder perforations in group 1 and six perforations in group 2 (p = 0.130). However, the efficacy of ONB was significantly higher in inguinal approach group compared to intravesical approach group (p = 0.032). CONCLUSION: Obturator nerve block plays an additive role on the quality of analgesia for bladder surgery. Our data suggests that identification of the obturator nerve with ultrasound is easy and the block can be assessed by observing avoidance of bladder spasm.