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AI InsightIt was found that 91.2 % of participants were considering the avian influenza as a dangerous disease and 84.4% of them were afraid of it.
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Abstract
Aims: In the year 2005 an avian influenza epidemic took place in Turkey as a result four children died. The aim of this study was to asses the level of awareness of avian influenza among healthcare workers. Method: The survey was done in Kars province of Turkey. The questionnaire consisting of two parts was designed and distributed to 200 healthcare workers. The first part was including questions about virus and disease. The preventive measures and treatment modalities were searched in the last part. Result: 147 questionnaires (73.5%) were collected back and included in the final analysis. The cause of disease was known by 83.7% of healthcare workers. It was found that 91.2 % of participants were considering the avian influenza as a dangerous disease and 84.4% of them were afraid of it. The healthcare worker answered 6.52±1.73 and 5.15±1.58 questions correctly on average from each part of questionnaire respectively. Conclusion: Turkey is an important passing route of migrant birds. A pandemic of avian influenza may result in a disaster. The results of this survey pointed that Turkish healthcare workers do not have enough knowledge about avian influenza infection and preventive interventions despite fatal cases had diagnosed previously. Education programs must be performed to increase the knowledge level of healthcare workers.
Özet
Amaç: Turkiye’de 2005 yılında dort cocuun olumu ile sonuclanan bir avian inşuenza epidemisi gercekleşti. Bu calışmada salık calışanlarının avian inşuenza ilgili bilgi duzeylerini saptamayı amaclandı. Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırma Kars ilinde yurutuldu. iki bolumden oluşan anket formu 200 sağlık calışanına daıtıldı. ilk bolum virus ve hastalıkla ilgili sorular icerirken son bolumde koruma onlemleri ve tedavi yontemleri sorgulandı. Bulgular: 143 anket formu geri toplandı ve son de- erlendirmeye alındı. Hastalık nedeni salık calışanları nın %83.7’si tarafından bilindi. Salık calışanlarının %91.2’si avian inşuenzayı tehlikeli bir hastalık olarak algıladıkları %84.4’unun korktuu saptandı. Salık calışanları anket formunun her iki kısmından ortalama 6.52 }1.73 ve 5.15 }1.58 soruyu doru yanıtladılar. Sonuç: Turkiye gocmen kuşların onemli bir geciş yoludur. Avian inşuenza pandemisi bir felaketle sonuclanabilir. Bu araştırma Turk salık calışanlarının yaşanan olumcul olgulara ramen avian inşenza enfeksiyonu ve koruma yontemlerini hakkında yeterince bilgiye sahip olmadıklarını gosterdi. Salık calışanlarının bilgi duzeylerini arttırmak amacıyla eitim programları gercekleştirilmelidir