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- Title
Evaluation of Family Physicians' Awareness and Knowledge Levels of the Ministry of Health Care Screening Programs.
- Authors
BEŞİROĞLU, Muammer Ömer; BAKAR, Rabia Zehra
- Abstract
Introduction: The incidence of cancer is increasing day by day worldwide. Many methods are used for early diagnosis. In our country, screening tests are performed for three cancers as determined by the Ministry of Health. Family physicians also have a great responsibility in directing patients to screening tests and informing them about this subject. Our aim in this study was to measure the knowledge level of family physicians about the screening tests performed and, if deficiencies were observed, to raise awareness to produce solutions such as providing training to correct them. Method: To achieve our aims, we used questionnaire titled "Evaluation of Family Physicians Awareness and Knowledge Levels of the Ministry of Health Care Screening Programs" prepared by researchers. It consisted of 20 questions about cancer screening programs and 7 questions about demographic information. The questionnaire will be distributed to family psychiatrists via Google Forms. The resulting data will be analyzed using Ibm SPSS Statics 15.0. Results: The 162 family physicians who participated in our study gave more correct than incorrect answers to the questions about cancer screening programs, but only 89 physicians (54.9%) answered the question of the age of starting colorectal cancer screening, which has changed in recent years, and only 85 physicians (52.5%) answered the question of HPV vaccines available in our country correctly. In addition, there was a significant difference between the knowledge levels of physicians who received training on cancer screening programs after graduation and those who did not receive training (p<0.006). Conclusion: Based on the results of our study, it was observed that providing training to family physicians on cancer screening programs had positive effects on their level of knowledge.
- Subjects
PHYSICIANS; MEDICAL care; CONSCIOUSNESS raising; EARLY detection of cancer; HUMAN papillomavirus vaccines; VACCINES; MEDICAL screening
- Publication
Bezmialem Science, 2024, Vol 13, pS38
- ISSN
2148-2373
- Publication type
Abstract