Knowledge of and attitudes towards Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in patients presenting to family health centers in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey: Kahramanmaraş’ta aile sağlığı merkezlerine başvuran hastaların Kırım Kongo kanamalı ateşi konusunda bilgi ve tutumları

Hamit Sırrı Keten; Soner  Ölmez; Derya Keten; Özgür Ersoy; Fatiş Yıldırım; Hüseyin Üçer; Mustafa  Çelik

doi:10.5455/GMJ-30-153375

Authors

Hamit Sırrı Keten Onikişubat Public Health Center, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Soner Ölmez Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Derya Keten Necip Fazıl City Hospital, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Clinic, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Özgür Ersoy Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Fatiş Yıldırım Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Hüseyin Üçer Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Mustafa Çelik Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5455/GMJ-30-153375

Keywords:

Attitudes, Crimean-Congo, Knowledge

Abstract

The aim of this study was to reveal knowledge of and attitudes towards Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in patients presenting to family health centers in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. The study was carried out on 98 patients presenting to five family health centers in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, in February 2014. The patients were informed about the study and those giving written informed consent were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 36.01±13.43 years (18-68). Out of 98 patients included in the study, 41 (41.8%) were males and 57 (58.2%) were females. None of the patients were offered education about Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic Fever. Eighteen patients (18.4%) noted that they had sufficient information about the disease, but 80 patients (80.6%) noted that they did not have sufficient information. Forty-three patients (43.9%) wanted to receive education about the disease, but 55 (56.1%) did not want to get education. Thirty-six males (87.8%) and 43 females (75.4%) noted that they heard about the disease before. Twelve points three percent of the females and 2.4% of the males found it right to kill ticks by pressing a cigarette lit on it or by lighting it. Thirtyfour females (82.9%) and 44 males (77.2%) reported that Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever could be transmitted by tick bites. The results of the study revealed that the patients presenting to family health centers did not have sufficient information and did not have desired attitudes towards Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.

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