Choosing a thoracic surgeon in Türkiye: Which criteria do patients pay attention to?

IF 0.5 4区 医学 Q4 SURGERY
Onur Derdiyok, Uğur Temel, Mehmet Oğuzhan Özyurtkan, Bülent Arslan, Şule Karadayı
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Abstract

Background: This study aims to identify main factors playing a role in patient's selection of a thoracic surgeon in Türkiye.

Methods: Between July 2022 and June 2024, a total of 147 patients (96 males, 41 females; mean age: 56.1±14.7 years; range, 19 to 93 years) who underwent lung resection and completed an anonymous questionnaire sent via e-mail or cell-phone were included. Demographic data of the patients, surgeon's educational and medical background, advertisements and popularity, age and sex, appearance and communication skills, and surgeon's working center were evaluated.

Results: "Spending adequate time with patients" had the highest score, while "the distance between surgeon's center and patient's home" had the lowest score. In general, criteria about surgeon's appearance and communication skills, and surgeon's working center had significantly the highest rates, whereas those of surgeon's advertisements and popularity had the lowest rates (p<0.05). Recommendation by another doctor or family doctor was insignificantly more important than by non-medical person. Patients were not influenced with internet reviews or scoring about the surgeon, presence of surgeon's personal web page, or social media accounts, or age/sex of the surgeon (p>0.05).

Conclusion: Turkish patients mostly take into consideration the attitudes of the surgeon rather than surgeon's reputation and professional experience, while selecting a thoracic surgeon. Surgeon-patient interaction is highly important for Turkish patients. Social media and advertisements are not important criteria in the selection of thoracic surgeon in Türkiye.

在泰国选择胸外科医生:患者应注意哪些标准?
背景:本研究旨在确定在 rkiye患者选择胸外科医生中起作用的主要因素。方法:2022年7月~ 2024年6月,共147例患者(男96例,女41例;平均年龄:56.1±14.7岁;研究对象年龄在19岁到93岁之间,他们接受了肺切除术,并通过电子邮件或手机填写了一份匿名问卷。评估患者的人口统计资料、外科医生的教育和医学背景、广告和知名度、年龄和性别、外表和沟通能力、外科医生的工作中心。结果:“花足够的时间与患者在一起”得分最高,而“外科医生中心到患者家的距离”得分最低。总体而言,外科医生的外貌和沟通能力、外科医生的工作中心占比最高,外科医生的广告和知名度占比最低(p0.05)。结论:土耳其患者在选择胸外科医生时,主要考虑的是术者的态度,而不是术者的声誉和专业经验。对土耳其患者来说,医患互动非常重要。社交媒体和广告并不是选择胸外科医生的重要标准。
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期刊介绍: The Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is an international open access journal which publishes original articles on topics in generality of Cardiac, Thoracic, Arterial, Venous, Lymphatic Disorders and their managements. These encompass all relevant clinical, surgical and experimental studies, editorials, current and collective reviews, technical know-how papers, case reports, interesting images, How to Do It papers, correspondences, and commentaries.
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