Doctors’ knowledge level and attitudes concerning avian influenza
Objective: Avian influenza cases have been detected in Turkey and human deaths have been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour of doctors concerning avian influenza. Method: A questionnaire was applied to a total of 172 doctors, 82 in the universi...
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ftmarmarauniv:oai:openaccess.marmara.edu.tr:11424/2300 2023-05-15T15:34:27+02:00 Doctors’ knowledge level and attitudes concerning avian influenza Uzuner, Arzu Ünalan Cöbek, Pemra Alibaş, Hande Kılıç, İrem Sarı, Murat Karakoç, Elif Akbarov, Akbar 2008 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11424/2300 en eng Marmara Medical Journal 1309-9469 http://hdl.handle.net/11424/2300 Avian influenza Knowledge level Attitude article 2008 ftmarmarauniv 2021-05-29T18:55:22Z Objective: Avian influenza cases have been detected in Turkey and human deaths have been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour of doctors concerning avian influenza. Method: A questionnaire was applied to a total of 172 doctors, 82 in the university, 46 in the state hospital and 44 in primary care clinics, in a district of Istanbul, in 2006. Results: The participant doctors were general practitioners(GPs) (27%), specialists(31%), and residents(42%). The male/female ratio was 48/52% and the median age value was 32(23-53). The mean knowledge score was 14.4±4.4; 15.9% of the doctors had low, 77% medium, 7% high knowledge level. Transmission (94%), symptoms in humans (94%) and preventive measures (89%) were well-known. The agent of avian flu, timing of the treatment, antiviral agents were less well-known. The GPs were more knowledgeable and felt more competent than the specialists and residents to give counselling; 53% felt competent and 74% responsible to give counselling. Half of the participants revealed a decrease in their habit of eating egg and chicken. Conclusion: Doctors need more information to enable early diagnosis and an early start to the therapy which would help to decrease fatality and to prevent the spread of the virus. Article in Journal/Newspaper Avian flu Marmara Üniversitesi: Açık Arşiv Hizmete Girdi |
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Objective: Avian influenza cases have been detected in Turkey and human deaths have been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour of doctors concerning avian influenza. Method: A questionnaire was applied to a total of 172 doctors, 82 in the university, 46 in the state hospital and 44 in primary care clinics, in a district of Istanbul, in 2006. Results: The participant doctors were general practitioners(GPs) (27%), specialists(31%), and residents(42%). The male/female ratio was 48/52% and the median age value was 32(23-53). The mean knowledge score was 14.4±4.4; 15.9% of the doctors had low, 77% medium, 7% high knowledge level. Transmission (94%), symptoms in humans (94%) and preventive measures (89%) were well-known. The agent of avian flu, timing of the treatment, antiviral agents were less well-known. The GPs were more knowledgeable and felt more competent than the specialists and residents to give counselling; 53% felt competent and 74% responsible to give counselling. Half of the participants revealed a decrease in their habit of eating egg and chicken. Conclusion: Doctors need more information to enable early diagnosis and an early start to the therapy which would help to decrease fatality and to prevent the spread of the virus. |
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Uzuner, Arzu Ünalan Cöbek, Pemra Alibaş, Hande Kılıç, İrem Sarı, Murat Karakoç, Elif Akbarov, Akbar |
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Uzuner, Arzu Ünalan Cöbek, Pemra Alibaş, Hande Kılıç, İrem Sarı, Murat Karakoç, Elif Akbarov, Akbar |
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Doctors’ knowledge level and attitudes concerning avian influenza |
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Doctors’ knowledge level and attitudes concerning avian influenza |
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Doctors’ knowledge level and attitudes concerning avian influenza |
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Doctors’ knowledge level and attitudes concerning avian influenza |
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Doctors’ knowledge level and attitudes concerning avian influenza |
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Marmara Medical Journal |
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