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AI InsightUtilization of the device could be increased by informing physicians and patients.
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Abstract
Aim: To evaluate knowledge and awareness of ambulatory prothrombin time monitoring systems among the physicians and the patients who received warfarin. Material and Method: An anonymous questionnaire was applied to physicians and patients who received the therapy more than six months. Stratified random sampling as a method of sampling was used. The research was rendered with 104 patients under vitamin K antagonists and 376 physicians consisted of cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons and neurologists. Results: The awareness of ambulatory prothrombin time monitoring systems was 35% among the physicians. If they had any knowledge, 35% of them would have advised those systems to their patients. Although 35% of the physicians had heard of ambulatory prothrombin time monitoring systems 13% of them had informed to patients about that device. The awareness of ambulatory prothrombin time monitoring systems was 8% among patients and only 1% of the patients had used portable devices. Conclusion: Both the physicians and the patients knowledge and awareness about ambulatory prothrombin time monitoring sys- tems was poor. Utilization of the device could be increased by informing physicians and patients.
Özet
Amaç: Doktorlar ve hastalar arasında taşınabilir INR ölçüm cihazlarının bilinirliliğini değerlendirmektir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Altı aydan uzun süredir OAK tedavi kullanan hastalar ve doktorlara anket uygulandı. Tabakalı rastgele örnekleme yöntemi kullanıldı. Araştırmaya OAK kullanan 104 hasta ve kardiyolog, nörolog, kardiyovasküler cerrahtan oluşan 376 doktor dahil edildi. Bulgular: Hastaların sadece %8inin taşınabilir ölçüm cihazları hakkında bilgi sahibi olduğu saptandı ve %1 hastanın taşınabilir ölçüm cihazı kullandığı belirlendi. Doktorların %13ünün hastalarına taşınabilir ölçüm cihazı hakkında bilgi verdiği belirlendi. Sonuç: Hem hastaların hem doktorların taşınabilir INR ölçüm cihazları hakkında bilgilerinin yetersiz olduğu belirlendi. Doktor ve hastalar bilgilendirilerek kullanım oranı artırılabilir.