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Knowledge Level of the Primary Healthcare Providers on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Joint Authors
Göktalay, Tuğba
Tuncal, Ayşe Nur
Sarı, Seçil
Köroğlu, Galip
Yorgancıoğlu, Arzu
Havlucu, Yavuz
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
Awareness of the healthcare providers on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in our country and all over the world, and on pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) which plays an important role in its nonpharmacological treatment will provide effectiveness in diagnosis and treatment of COPD.
The present study aimed at determining knowledge level of the healthcare providers about COPD and PR.
Materials and Methods.
In this cross-sectional study, family practitioners and staff of home-care in central county of Manisa City were applied a questionnaire in order to determine their knowledge level on COPD and pulmonary rehabilitation during the in-service training on “pulmonary rehabilitation, home-care services for the pulmonary diseases, and respiratory exercises.” Results.
65.5% of the healthcare providers responded to the survey.
Rate of those correctly knowing at least one of four items was 97.2%.
No responder knew all items correctly.
Average value for correct answers was 5.30 ± 2.1 (range: 1–10).
The physicians, men, and those working in family health centers had higher level of knowledge on COPD compared to nonphysician healthcare providers ( p = 0.006 ) , women ( p = 0.002 ) , and those working in other practices ( p = 0.019 ) , respectively.
Conclusion.
Knowledge level of the primary healthcare providers on COPD and PR remains inadequate.
Dynamic postgraduate training on this topic will be useful in referring the patients to centers giving service for this condition.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Göktalay, Tuğba& Tuncal, Ayşe Nur& Sarı, Seçil& Köroğlu, Galip& Havlucu, Yavuz& Yorgancıoğlu, Arzu. 2015. Knowledge Level of the Primary Healthcare Providers on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Pulmonary Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1075943
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Göktalay, Tuğba…[et al.]. Knowledge Level of the Primary Healthcare Providers on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Pulmonary Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Göktalay, Tuğba& Tuncal, Ayşe Nur& Sarı, Seçil& Köroğlu, Galip& Havlucu, Yavuz& Yorgancıoğlu, Arzu. Knowledge Level of the Primary Healthcare Providers on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Pulmonary Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1075943
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1075943