How does the knowledge level of physicians and nurses working at primary health centers affect their preference for oral contraceptives in an inland Turkish province?

IF 2 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Gamze Dur, Ayşen Mert, Rıza Dur, Mine Kanat Pektas
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Abstract

Background: Standardizing the knowledge of health care givers and eliminating their misconceptions would help to achieve optimal service for contraception. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge levels of physicians and nurses working at primary health care centers about the oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional review of 306 professional care givers (117 physicians and 189 nurses) who are working at primary health care centers.

Results: Only 17.3% of health care givers recommend OCP as their first professional choice of contraception for their patients. Approximately 50.3% of these care givers do not feel qualified about the OCPs and 81.7% of them wish to have regular training about OCPs. There is a significantly higher number of male health care givers who claim that OCPs cause acne, sexual dysfunction, ectopic pregnancy, deep vein thrombosis, and liver cancer (respectively p = 0.040, p = 0.028, p = 0.001, p = 0.001, and p = 0.020). When compared to nurses, there is a significantly higher number of physicians who state that OCPs cause acne, depression, sexual dysfunction, ectopic pregnancy, deep vein thrombosis, breast cancer and liver cancer.

Conclusion: Physicians and nurses working at primary health centers in an inland Turkish province have relatively lower rates of recommendation for OCP use. These lower recommendation rates become significantly more obvious in male physicians with ≥ 14 years' experience. The concern about probable adverse effects, the lack of standardization in formal education, the absence of post-graduate training and the shortage of time and resources for counseling might have led to the limitation in OCP use.

在土耳其内陆省份,初级保健中心的医生和护士的知识水平如何影响他们对口服避孕药的偏好?
背景:规范卫生保健人员的知识,消除他们的误解,有助于实现最佳的避孕服务。本研究旨在评估基层卫生保健中心医生和护士对口服避孕药(OCP)使用的知识水平。方法:对在初级卫生保健中心工作的306名专业护理人员(117名医生和189名护士)进行横断面回顾。结果:只有17.3%的医护人员推荐OCP作为其患者的第一专业避孕选择。约50.3%的护理人员认为自己不具备ocp的资格,其中81.7%的人希望定期接受ocp培训。男性医护人员认为ocp会导致痤疮、性功能障碍、异位妊娠、深静脉血栓形成和肝癌(分别为p = 0.040、p = 0.028、p = 0.001、p = 0.001和p = 0.020)。与护士相比,医生认为ocp会导致痤疮、抑郁、性功能障碍、异位妊娠、深静脉血栓、乳腺癌和肝癌的比例明显高于护士。结论:在土耳其内陆省份初级卫生中心工作的医生和护士推荐使用OCP的比例相对较低。这些较低的推荐率在经验≥14年的男性医生中更为明显。由于担心可能产生的不良影响、正规教育缺乏标准化、缺乏研究生培训以及咨询时间和资源短缺,可能导致对OCP使用的限制。
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