Pathology awareness in patients and patient’s relatives applying to a pathology laboratory
| Autor: | Fatma G. Cihan, Siddika Findik |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Saudi Medical Journal Saudi Medical Journal, Vol 40, Iss 11, Pp 1150-1157 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1658-3175 0379-5284 |
| Popis: | Objectives: To investigate pathology awareness in patients applying to a pathology laboratory. Method: This cross-sectional study included 150 patients and patients’ relatives. A questionnaire, prepared by the researchers according to the literature, was administered at the Pathology Laboratory, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey on May 2018. Results: Of the participants, 79 (52.7%) were female and 71 (47.3%) were male. The mean age was 39.56±14.16 years old. Ninety-eight (65.3%) of them thought that patients do not have right to choose their pathologist. Of the participants, 24 (16%) did not know that the medical school had to be completed in order to become a pathologist and 73 (48.7%) of them did not know that 4 years postgraduate training was required. Fifty-nine (39.3%) of the participants did not know the pathologists were a medical doctor. While 89 participants (59.4%) had no idea what “frozen section” means, 66 people (44%) did not know that the pathologist uses microscope and 64 (42.7%) of them thought that all diseases could be diagnosed 100% by pathological examination. Forty-six (30.7%) of the participants thought that all specimens are not needed to be examined. Conclusion: The knowledge and awareness of the participants about the pathology discipline came out to be inadequate. Saudi Med J 2019; Vol. 40 (11): 1150-1157 doi: 10.15537/smj.2019.11.24631 How to cite this article: Findik S, Cihan FG. Pathology awareness in patients and patient's relatives applying to a pathology laboratory. Saudi Med J . 2019 Nov;40(11):1150-1157. doi: 10.15537/smj.2019.11.24631. |
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