Evaluation of Social Reflex Resulting from Observation of Blood in the Urine
Journal Title: JOURNAL OF UROLOGICAL SURGERY - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the level of public awareness of hematuria. Materials and Methods: In September 2017, a survey of randomly selected 400 patients who presented to our outpatient clinic in a period of 1 month was conducted. The survey focused on patients’ background and knowledge of urology and hematuria. Results: A hundred and sixteen (29%) females and 284 (71%) male patients participated in our survey. Two hundred and seven (51.7%) patients were under age 50 and 193 (48.3%) were over 50 years of age. 155 (38.8%) patients were primary school graduates, 59 (14.8%) - secondary school, 98 (24.5%) - high school, and 88 (22%) were university graduates. Three hundred and thirty-two (83%) patients described that they have previously seen blood in their urine and, 68 (17%) patients did not. There was no statistically significant difference in patients who went immediately to the urology outpatient clinic in the case of hematuria, but those who thought that they may have tumor were older in age. No significant difference was observed in the answers to the questionnaires between gender and between hematuria experience. Those who immediately went to the urology clinic in the presence of hematuria were in the smoking group. Conclusion: Public awareness of health is of utmost importance. However, it was seen that even patients who may be at risk for malignant diseases were not able to lead the way in public awareness.
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Reha Girgin
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