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Öğe ECG Interpretation Skills of Family Physicians: A Comparison with Internists and Untrained Physicians(Medi+World Int, 2005) Dagdeviren, N.; Kturk, Z.; Set, T.; Ozer, C.; Mistik, S.; Durmus, B.; Unluoglu, IObjective: To compare the ECG reading skills of a sample of family physicians with those of untrained physicians and internists. Design: A prospective analytic survey conducted between March and June 2002. Setting: Turkish Association of Family Physicians, faculty from two different university hospitals, and untrained general practitioners in Edirne. Subjects: Fifty-nine family physicians (37 senior clerks, 22 residents), 30 untrained general practitioners, and 51 internists (20 senior clerks, 31 residents) have joined the study. Main outcome measures: ECG reading skills of the participants were evaluated with a set of ten different ECGs. Each ECG could be normal or with up to three abnormalities, with overall 16 abnormalities. Correct and false diagnosis scores, and non-response rates were calculated. Results: Of the total participants, 94 (67.1%) could correctly identify two correct ECGs, and 119 (85.0%) could identify acute myocardial infarction. The correct and false diagnosis scores of senior family physicians, family physician residents, untrained general practitioners, senior internists, and resident internists were 7.05 +/- 2.30 vs. 2.54 +/- 1.63, 6.59 +/- 2.46 vs. 2.73 +/- 1.98, 4.73 +/- 1.84 vs. 2.40 +/- 1.54, 9.85 +/- 2.06 vs. 1.20 +/- 1.15, and 8.16 +/- 2.19 vs. 1.71 +/- 1.07 respectively. There was a significant difference with regard to correct (F=18.983, p=0.000) and false (F=4.284, p=0.003) diagnosis scores between the groups. The normal ECG had the lowest non-response rate whereas the ECG with left bundle branch block had the highest non-response rate. Conclusion: Although some groups achieved better in ECG interpretation, and family physicians are in an intermediate place of the spectrum, average scores of all groups are below acceptable levels. There is a need to improve the ECG interpretation skills of medical undergraduates.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 Improving the skills of interpreting posteroanterior chest X-ray in primary care(Drunpp-Sarajevo, 2011) Set, T.; Isik, M.; Tastan, K.; Oztora, S.Introduction: We aimed to investigate the improvement in interpreting skills of posteroanterior chest x-rays, after a standardized chest x-ray interpreting program among primary care physicians. Methods: The study was conducted between March and April 2006. The study population consisted of all general practitioners working in Edirne, Turkey. Fifty two out of the all 97 invited physicians accepted to join. The course was a half-day program. A test was applied to the participants before and after the training. Results: The mean age was 36.02 +/- 7.63 years. Of the participants, 34 (65.4%) were male and 18 (34.6%) female. The participants were graduated between 1977 and 2005 and median graduation year was 1994. Mean scores of the pretest and final test were 41.05% +/- 12.92 and 75.83% +/- 14.43, respectively. The difference was statistically significant (t = -14.561, p < 0.001). There was a 124% raise in theoretical scores between pretest and final test, whereas it was 56% in practical scores (t and p respectively, -14.117; < 0.001 and -7.215; < 0.001). Conclusion: Structured education programs like this one have positive contribution to the knowledge and skills of the physicians. Undergraduate and postgraduate education on chest x-ray interpretation should be arranged for primary care physicians.Öğe Prevalence of urinary incontinence and affecting factors among Turkish women(Drunpp-Sarajevo, 2011) Oztora, S.; Cetin, C.; Dagdeviren, N.; Caylan, A.; Set, T.Introduction: The aim of this study is to investigate a usually ignored condition and determine the urinary incontinence prevalence and risk factors among women over 20 years of age in Edirne city. Materials and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study is conducted in Edirne city. The study population consists of 901 adult women living in Edirne. International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form (ICIQ-SF) is used to investigate the prevalence, frequency, amount and the perceived reasons of incontinence and its effects on quality of life, along with the type of the urinary incontinence. Results: 25.2% of all participants (n = 227) had urinary incontinence. Among all participants (n = 901), 11.2% had stress incontinence (n = 101), 4.8% urge incontinence (n = 42), 6.4% mixed incontinence (n = 58) and 2.9% had unclassified urinary incontinence (n = 26). The average ICIQ-SF score of the group was 7.21 +/- 3.86. According to visual analog scale scores, that incontinence problem affected the quality of life moderately in 59.5% of the participants (n = 135). Conclusion: Majority of the incontinent individuals can be diagnosed and treated effectively at the primary care level by the family physicians. Thus, the family physicians should accurately differentiate, diagnose and treat the patients with the incontinence problem.