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Öğe Evaluation of health related quality of life among perimenopausal Turkish women(Drunpp-Sarajevo, 2011) Caylan, A.; Aydemir, I.; Dagdeviren, N.; Akturk, Z.; Set, T.; Oztora, S.; Can, F. EnecIntroduction: This study aimed to evaluate life quality and the related factors among women in menopause in Edirne, Turkey. Methods: A questionnaire querying socio-demographic features and menopause status together with the SF-36 inventory and women's health questionnaire to evaluate life quality were applied to 410 women aged between 40 and 59 years living in Edirne, Turkey. Results: Mean natural menopause age of the participants was 46.24 years. Bone mineral density was measured in 50.5%, mammography was performed in 52.4%, Pap smear was obtained in 52.7% and breast exam was performed in 54.1% of the participants. Among the menopausal and postmenopausal women, only 4.9% were using hormone replacement therapy currently. However, past hormone replacement therapy usage history was 23.6%. Women using medications to prevent osteoporosis made 25.6% of the sample. Advanced age, having less education, low socioeconomic level and being at the peri-or post-menopausal phase demonstrated a negative effect on the quality of life. Tobacco use, obesity and presence of chronic diseases were also found to adversely effect the quality of life, as well. Conclusion: Improving education and socioeconomic level with initiating preventive health care at earlier ages would improve health related quality of life among postmenopausal women.Öğe Physicians smoke as much as their patients in Turkey(Medi+World Int, 2005) Sahin, E. M.; Ozer, C.; Dagdeviren, N.; Akturk, Z.Background: There are approximately 17 million smokers in Turkey. These smokers impacted the social and behavioural aspects of the community especially the younger age group which constitutes the majority of the Turkish population. Physicians' attitudes towards smoking transcend into their patients. Methods: Attitudes and behaviours of physicians in Trakya University Hospital towards smoking were investigated using a questionnaire prepared with the help of WHO. Results: One hundred and thirty eight physicians out of 413 agreed to participate and respond with a response rate of 33.4%. Of those, 55 (39.9%) were academic staff and 83 (60.1%) were residents. Smoking rate was 45.5% with another 12.9% who have stopped smoking within the last five years. According to their Fagerstrom Tolerance Scale scores 14 (25.5%) were nicotine dependent. Almost 41% of them never thought or tried to quit smoking. Almost 66% of the physicians asked their patients about their smoking habits during their routine visits and 77.4% of them strongly recommended their patients to stop smoking in the event a disease was suspected to be related to smoking. Physicians' recommendations were less strong if the disease in question was not related to tobacco use (36.9%). Discussion: These results concur with others in Turkey. Smoking rates of Turkish physicians were higher than their colleagues in many other countries. They don't think of quitting and they don't even have any desire to quit. They are also unwilling to entertain or undergo smoking cessation counseling. Turkish physicians need more education on smoking cessation and counseling.