Journals / Türkiye Tıp Dergisi Dahili Tıp Bilimleri / 1999 / Cilt: 6 - Sayı: 4
The knowledge, attitude and behaviors of the dentists about AIDS in Samsun
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- 214–221
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Abstract
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) was first defined in the United States in 1980's. As it spreads over all the world with a great speed and resulted in death it becomes a great public health problem. A cross-sectional investigation was performed in November 1998'in Samsun province. Data on knowledge, attitude and behaviors of dentists about HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS, was collected with a questi¬onnaire by face to face. Out of 14 (12.8%) 95 of 109 dentists participated into this investigation. Means of working period and total points of dentists were 12.4+8.3 years and 81.5+8.1 points, respectively. There was a negatively relationship between working period and total knowledge points (p
Özet
Ilk defa 1980'li yillann baslannda giindeme gelen AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), turn diin-yada hizh yayilmasi ve fatal seyretmesi nedeniyle bu'yiik bir halk sagligi sorunudur. Kesitsel tipteki bu arastir-maya, 1-30 Kasim 1998 tarihleri arasmda, Samsun il merkezindeki 109 di§ hekiminden yerinde bulunama-yan ve ankete katilmayi reddeden~14'u di§mdaki 95 (%87.2) di§ hekimi kattlmi§tir. Katihmcilara, HIV (Hu¬man Immunodeficiency Virus) ve AIDS konusunda bilgi, tutum ve davramslanni belirlemeye yonelik hazirla-nan 16 soruluk anket yilzyuze uygulanmi§tir. Qahsmada dis hekimlerinin gahsma siireleri ortalamasi 12.4+8.3 yil ve toplam bilgi puani ortalamasi 81.5+8.1 olup, meslekte gahsma surest He toplam puan arasmda istatistiksel olarak anlamh negatif iliski bulunmustur (r=-0.40, p