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Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of academics regarding travel-related infections

Year 2021, , 416 - 421, 22.12.2021
https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.999275

Abstract

Aim: Academics frequently travel to different countries to attend scientific meetings, putting them at risk of contracting serious infectious diseases. We aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of academics from Ondokuz Mayıs University regarding travel medicine and pre-travel advice.
Material and Methods: We administered a questionnaire consisting of 25 questions to academic staff, who traveled abroad. The questionnaire consisted of five sections: demographic information, preparation before travel, during the travel, after the travel, and general information about travel health.The chi-square test was used in the statistical assessment of proportional differences, and multivariate analysis was used in the assessment of the effect of independent variables on knowledge of travel health centers.
Results: Two hundred academics participated in the study. Before traveling, 91.5% of participants reviewed general information about their destination and 10.5% recieved vaccination before travel. Sixty-five participants were familiar of the Directorate General of Health for Border and Coastal Areas of Turkey (DHBC), and 86% of them were at the Faculty of Medicine and most of them were male (72%). There was a statistically significant difference between those who knew about DHBC and members of the Faculty of Medicine and male compared to remaining participants.
Conclusion: Medical doctors' attitudes and level of knowledge about travel health were higher than those of other faculties. However, this group had a low rate of knowledge that the DHBC provides information about travel health.

References

  • 1. Hill DR, Ericsson CD, Pearson RD, et al. The practice of travel medicine: guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 2006; 43:1499-539.
  • 2. T.R. Ministry of Health Turkey Border and Coasts General Directorate of Health travel health centers. http://www.seyahatsagligi.gov.tr/page/merkezler.aspx Access date: 24.12.2014.
  • 3. Hung KK, Lin AK, Cheng CK et al. Travel Health Risk Perceptions and Preparations Among Travelers at Hong Kong International Airport. J. Trav Med 2014; 21: 288–91.
  • 4. Wilder-Smith A, Khairullah NS, Song JH et al. Travel Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices among Australasian Travelers. J Travel Med 2004; 11: 9–15.
  • 5. Hamer DH, Connor BA. Travel Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices among United States Travelers. J Travel Med 2004; 11: 23–26.
  • 6. Warne B, Weld LH, Cramer JP et al. Travel-Related Infection in European Travelers, EuroTravNet 2011. Journal of Travel Medicine 2014;21: 248–54
  • 7. Severi E, Verhoef L, Thornton L et al. Large and prolonged food-borne multistate hepatitis A outbreak in Europe associated with consumption of frozen berries, 2013 to 2014. Euro Surveill 2015; 20: 21192.
  • 8. Tomasello D, Schlagenhauf P. Chikungunya and dengue autochthonous cases in Europe, 2007-2012. Travel Med Infect Dis 2013; 11: 274–84
  • 9. Dahlgren A, Deroo L, Steffen R. Prevention of travel-related infectious diseases: knowledge, practices and attitudes of Swedish travellers. Scand J Infect Dis 2006; 38: 1074-80
  • 10. Ryan ET, Kain CK. Health advice and immunizations for travelers . New Engl J Med 2000; 342: 1716-25
  • 11. Ziad AM, Venkatesh S, Qanta AA. Travel epidemiology: the Saudi perspective. Int J Antimic Agents 2003; 21:96-101
  • 12. Al-Gahtani YM, Al-Bushra , Al-Qarawi SM et al. Epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 1992. Epidemiol Infect 1995; 115: 399-409

Akademisyenlerin seyahat ilişkili enfeksiyonlar hakkında bilgi, tutum ve davranışları

Year 2021, , 416 - 421, 22.12.2021
https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.999275

Abstract

Amaç: Akademisyenler, bilimsel toplantılara katılmak için sık sık farklı ülkelere seyahat etmektedir. Bu nedenle enfeksiyonlarla karşılaşma riskleri artar. Bu çalışmada Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi'nde görev yapan akademisyenlerin seyahat tıbbı ve seyahat öncesi danışmanlık konusundaki bilgi, tutum ve davranışlarını araştırmayı amaçladık.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Yurtdışına seyahat eden akademisyenlerden çalışmaya katılmak isteyenlere 25 sorudan oluşan bir anket uygulandı. Anket 5 bölümden oluşmaktadır: 1. demografik bilgiler; 2. seyahat öncesi hazırlık aşamasına yönelik sorular; 3. seyahat sırasında karşılaşılan durumlar; 4. seyahat sonrası gelişebilecek enfeksiyon belirtileri; 5. seyahat sağlığı ile ilgili genel bilgiler. Orantılı farklılıkların istatistiksel değerlendirmesinde ki-kare testi, bağımsız değişkenlerin seyahat sağlık merkezi bilgisine etkisinin değerlendirilmesinde multivaryans analiz kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Araştırmaya 200 akademisyen katıldı. Seyahate çıkmadan önce, katılımcıların %91,5'i gidilecek yerle ilgili genel bilgileri gözden geçirmişti ve %10,5'i seyahatten önce aşı yaptırdı. Altmış beş katılımcı Türkiye Hudut ve Sahiller Sağlık Genel Müdürlüğü'nü (THSGM) biliyordu ve bunların %86'sı Tıp Fakültesi'ndeydi ve çoğunluğu erkekti (%72). THSGM'yi bilmek ile tıp fakültesinde çalışanlar ve erkek cinsiyet arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark vardı.
Sonuç: Tıp doktorlarının seyahat sağlığı konusundaki tutum ve bilgi düzeyleri diğer fakültelere göre daha yüksektir. Ancak bu grup dahi THSGM'nin seyahat sağlığı hakkında bilgi sağladığı konusunda yetersiz bilgiye sahipti.

References

  • 1. Hill DR, Ericsson CD, Pearson RD, et al. The practice of travel medicine: guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 2006; 43:1499-539.
  • 2. T.R. Ministry of Health Turkey Border and Coasts General Directorate of Health travel health centers. http://www.seyahatsagligi.gov.tr/page/merkezler.aspx Access date: 24.12.2014.
  • 3. Hung KK, Lin AK, Cheng CK et al. Travel Health Risk Perceptions and Preparations Among Travelers at Hong Kong International Airport. J. Trav Med 2014; 21: 288–91.
  • 4. Wilder-Smith A, Khairullah NS, Song JH et al. Travel Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices among Australasian Travelers. J Travel Med 2004; 11: 9–15.
  • 5. Hamer DH, Connor BA. Travel Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices among United States Travelers. J Travel Med 2004; 11: 23–26.
  • 6. Warne B, Weld LH, Cramer JP et al. Travel-Related Infection in European Travelers, EuroTravNet 2011. Journal of Travel Medicine 2014;21: 248–54
  • 7. Severi E, Verhoef L, Thornton L et al. Large and prolonged food-borne multistate hepatitis A outbreak in Europe associated with consumption of frozen berries, 2013 to 2014. Euro Surveill 2015; 20: 21192.
  • 8. Tomasello D, Schlagenhauf P. Chikungunya and dengue autochthonous cases in Europe, 2007-2012. Travel Med Infect Dis 2013; 11: 274–84
  • 9. Dahlgren A, Deroo L, Steffen R. Prevention of travel-related infectious diseases: knowledge, practices and attitudes of Swedish travellers. Scand J Infect Dis 2006; 38: 1074-80
  • 10. Ryan ET, Kain CK. Health advice and immunizations for travelers . New Engl J Med 2000; 342: 1716-25
  • 11. Ziad AM, Venkatesh S, Qanta AA. Travel epidemiology: the Saudi perspective. Int J Antimic Agents 2003; 21:96-101
  • 12. Al-Gahtani YM, Al-Bushra , Al-Qarawi SM et al. Epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 1992. Epidemiol Infect 1995; 115: 399-409
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Primary Language English
Subjects Health Care Administration
Journal Section Orıgınal Artıcle
Authors

Tuğba Yanık Yalçın

Mustafa Sünbül

Hakan Leblebicioğlu

Publication Date December 22, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021

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APA Yanık Yalçın, T., Sünbül, M., & Leblebicioğlu, H. (2021). Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of academics regarding travel-related infections. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory, 12(4), 416-421. https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.999275
AMA Yanık Yalçın T, Sünbül M, Leblebicioğlu H. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of academics regarding travel-related infections. TJCL. December 2021;12(4):416-421. doi:10.18663/tjcl.999275
Chicago Yanık Yalçın, Tuğba, Mustafa Sünbül, and Hakan Leblebicioğlu. “Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Academics Regarding Travel-Related Infections”. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory 12, no. 4 (December 2021): 416-21. https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.999275.
EndNote Yanık Yalçın T, Sünbül M, Leblebicioğlu H (December 1, 2021) Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of academics regarding travel-related infections. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory 12 4 416–421.
IEEE T. Yanık Yalçın, M. Sünbül, and H. Leblebicioğlu, “Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of academics regarding travel-related infections”, TJCL, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 416–421, 2021, doi: 10.18663/tjcl.999275.
ISNAD Yanık Yalçın, Tuğba et al. “Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Academics Regarding Travel-Related Infections”. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory 12/4 (December 2021), 416-421. https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.999275.
JAMA Yanık Yalçın T, Sünbül M, Leblebicioğlu H. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of academics regarding travel-related infections. TJCL. 2021;12:416–421.
MLA Yanık Yalçın, Tuğba et al. “Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Academics Regarding Travel-Related Infections”. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory, vol. 12, no. 4, 2021, pp. 416-21, doi:10.18663/tjcl.999275.
Vancouver Yanık Yalçın T, Sünbül M, Leblebicioğlu H. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of academics regarding travel-related infections. TJCL. 2021;12(4):416-21.


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