Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of physicians towards thyroid disorders and iodine requirements in pregnancy
| Autor: | Alptekin Gursoy, Cuneyd Anil, H. Kalli, Umut Mousa, Altuğ Kut |
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Health Knowledge
Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Attitude of Health Personnel Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism education Primary care Thyroid function tests Health problems Endocrinology Pregnancy Surveys and Questionnaires Daily practice medicine Humans Gynecology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Thyroid medicine.disease Thyroid Diseases Iodine deficiency Pregnancy Complications Iodine supplementation medicine.anatomical_structure Health Care Surveys Family medicine Female business Iodine |
| Zdroj: | Europe PubMed Central |
| Popis: | Thyroid disorders including iodine deficiency during pregnancy are important health problems worldwide. However, considering real life, assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practice of physicians is lacking. We aim to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of physicians towards thyroid disorders and requirements of iodine during pregnancy on a nationwide basis. Clinicians from different medical disciplines most likely to encounter pregnant women in daily practice (i.e., obstetricians, endocrinologists, and family physicians) were included. Family physicians were selected from primary care centers; endocrinologists and gynecologists were selected from state hospitals. Randomly selected 322 physicians from seven geographical regions of Turkey were included. Subjects filled a questionnaire which consisted of three sections about knowledge, attitudes and behaviors towards thyroid disorders and iodine requirements during pregnancy. Physicians had insufficient and/or erroneous knowledge about thyroid disorders during pregnancy. 73.1 % of endocrinologists, 32.7 % of family physicians, and 17.8 % of obstetricians knew the correct level of TSH during pregnancy (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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