Samsun il merkezinde çalışan diş hekimlerinin AIDS konusundaki bilgi, tutum ve davranışları

Abstract

Ilk defa 1980'li yillann baslannda giindeme gelen AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), turn diin-yada hizh yayilmasi ve fatal seyretmesi nedeniyle bu'yiik bir halk sagligi sorunudur. Kesitsel tipteki bu arastir-maya, 1-30 Kasim 1998 tarihleri arasmda, Samsun il merkezindeki 109 di§ hekiminden yerinde bulunama-yan ve ankete katilmayi reddeden14'u di§mdaki 95 (%87.2) di§ hekimi kattlmi§tir. Katihmcilara, HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) ve AIDS konusunda bilgi, tutum ve davramslanni belirlemeye yonelik hazirla-nan 16 soruluk anket yilzyuze uygulanmi§tir. Qahsmada dis hekimlerinin gahsma siireleri ortalamasi 12.48.3 yil ve toplam bilgi puani ortalamasi 81.58.1 olup, meslekte gahsma surest He toplam puan arasmda istatistiksel olarak anlamh negatif iliski bulunmustur (r-0.40, p0.001). 92 (%96.8) do§ hekimi kendilerini "AIDS hastahgi" agismdan risk altinda gormektedir. Katihmcilar, "AIDS konusunda dikkatli olunmasi gere-ken semptomlar" acismdan sorgulandiginda, aldiklan ortalama puan 76.220.5 olarak bulunmustur. Dis hekimlerinin 89'u (%93- 7) EIISA (Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay)'nm AIDS tamsmda kullanildigini bilmektedir. Dis hekimlerinin 78'i (%82.1) kullanilan aletleri sterilize/dezenfekte etmek igin otoklav kullandi-gmi belirtirken, muayene odasmin temizliginde 76'si (%80.0) sodyum hipoklorit kullandigim, 5'i (965.3) ise higbir §ey kullanmadigmi ifade etmi§tir. gahsmada dis hekimlerinin 18'i (%18.9) "AIDS'li saghk personelinin hasta bakimi yapabilecegi", 27'si (%28.4) "AIDS hastasimn dtenazi isteyebilecegi" seklinde cevap vermistir. Veriler, dis hekimlerinin AIDS konusunda bilgilerini arttirmalan igin yeni yaymlan izlemelerinin ve yapila-cak AIDS'le ilgili bilimsel aktivitelere katilmalannm gerekli oldugunu destekler niteliktedir.

AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) was first defined in the United States in 1980's. As it spreads over all the world with a great speed and resulted in death it becomes a great public health problem. A cross-sectional investigation was performed in November 1998'in Samsun province. Data on knowledge, attitude and behaviors of dentists about HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS, was collected with a questi&not;onnaire by face to face. Out of 14 (12.8%) 95 of 109 dentists participated into this investigation. Means of working period and total points of dentists were 12.48.3 years and 81.58.1 points, respectively. There was a negatively relationship between working period and total knowledge points (p<0.01, r-0.40). Of the dentists, 92 (96,8%) thought that they were under risk for AIDS. Participants took 76.220.5 mean points about "the symptoms need to be careful about AIDS". Eighty-nine (93.7%) of patients knew that EIISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbeht Assay) is used to diagnose AIDS; Of the dentists, 78 (82.0%) were using autoclave to sterilize the tools, 76 (80.0%) were using sodium hypochloride to clean the examination room and 5 (5.3%) were not using anything. Eighteen (18.9%) dentists thought that "a health worker with AIDS may care a patient" and 27 (28.4%) thought that "a patient with AIDS may want euthanasia for him/herself. In conclusion, data show that dentists need to follow the new literature and to participate scientific "meetings about AIDS.