Tıp Öğrencileri ve Tıp Doktorları Arasında Kendi Kendine Tanı ve Tedavi Sıklığının Değerlendirilmesi

Doktorlar, genellikle alışıldık kanallardan sağlıkyardımı almaya isteksizdirler ve kendi kendine tanıve tedaviye eğilimlidirler. Dünya'da Tıp Doktorları veTıp Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin kendi kendine tanı vetedavinin sıklığı ve buna etki eden etmenleriinceleyen pek çok çalışma bulunmasına karşın,yaptığımız literatür analizinde ülkemizde bu konudayapılmış hiç bir çalışmaya rastlayamadık.Metod Bu çalışma, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesinde18-67 arası yaş grubunda, Tıp Fakültesi Dönem 1-6öğrencileri, Tıpta uzmanlık öğrencileri, uzmandoktorlar, öğretim üyelerine uygulandı. Katılımcılarındemografik verileri, kendi kendine tanı ve tedaviverileri, doktorların sağlık durumları ile ilgili olarakdüzenlenmiş çeşitli önermelere katılma oranları 15soruluk bir anket formu aracılığı ile yüz yüzegörüşme tekniği ile sorgulandı.BulgularKatılımcıların akut durumlarda kendi kendine tanı vetedavi sıklıkları Tıp Doktorları için sırasıyla %93,3 ve%89,5 oranında bulunurken, Tıp FakültesiÖğrencilerinde bu oran sırasıyla %74,3 ve %66,4olarak bulunmuştur. Katılımcılar arasında kendikendine tanı ve tedavi davranışının en sık nedenlerini"Kendi kendime tedavi olmak bana daha kolaygelmekte" (%56) ve "Doktora gitmek için yeterlizamanım yok" (%35) olarak belirttiler.Sonuç Ülkemizde kendi kendine tanı ve tedavi hem Tıpdoktorları arasında hem de Tıp öğrencileri arasındaoldukça yüksek oranda görülmektedir. Bu durumunnedeni olarak ön planda kendi kendine tedavinindaha kolay gelmesi ve zaman sorunu nedeniyledoktorların kendi sağlıkları için zaman harcamamayıtercih etmeleri öne çıkmaktadır.

The Assessment of the Incidence of Self-diagnosis and Self-treatment Among the Medical Students and the Physicians

Background: In general, physicians are reluctant toget medical care from usual sources and they tendto diagnose and treat themselves. Although thereare numerous studies around the world about theincidence and associated factors of self-diagnosisand self-treatment among physicians and medicalstudents, we couldn't find any study on this subjectin our country through our analysis of literature.Method: This study has been performed amonggrade 1-6 students, residents, specialist physiciansand faculty members aged 18-67 years at DokuzEylül University Medical School. The demographiccharacteristics of the participants, the data on theirperformances of self-diagnosis and self-treatmentand the rates of agreement with certain statementsabout physicians' health status have beeninvestigated through face-to-face interviews using a15-questions survey form.Findings: Self-diagnosis and self-treatmentincidences for acute situations among the physiciansparticipated in the study were 93,3 % and 89,5%respectively, whereas these rates were 74,3% and66,4% among the medical students. The mostcommonly stated reasons by the participants forself-diagnosis and self-treatment were "ease of selftreatment" (56%) and "lack of time to see adoctor" (35)Conclusion: Self-diagnosis and self-treatment arequite commonly seen among both the physiciansand the medical students in our country. The reasonfor this is that they most commonly find it easier totreat themselves and choose not to spend time fortheir own health due to the lack of time.

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