Occupational risk awareness of anesthesiologists: A survey study Anestezi hekimlerinin mesleki risk farkındalıkları: Anket çalışması
Anestezi Dergisi, cilt.28, sa.2, ss.85-92, 2020 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
- Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.5222/jarss.2020.26234
- Dergi Adı: Anestezi Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), EMBASE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.85-92
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Anesthesiologists, Occupational risk, Survey
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objective: Anesthesiologists are exposed to many occupational hazards and risk factors that may adversely affect their health due to their working conditions. We planned this survey study in order to determine the awareness of anesthesiologists about their occupational risks and how much they have adopted employee safety in their daily practice. Method: The research data was collected through questionnaire forms, which were answered by face-to-face communication (distributing and filling out the printed questionnaires) with volunteer residents and anesthesiologists working in Anesthesiology and Reanimation Clinics in Education and Research Hospitals. While, correct answers were compared among all the doctors, in order to evaluate the relationship between correct answers and experience, another comparison was also made between the residents (Group I) and anesthesiologists (Group II). Results: As a result of our survey, 41.6% (n = 70) of all residents and specialists responded correctly to the survey questions, while 5 out of 12 questions were correctly answered at a rate of ≥ 50%. When comparing between the groups, the residents answered only two questions statistically significantly correct when compared to the specialists whereas, specialist doctors answered 6 of the 12 questions statistically significantly correct when compared to the resident group. Conclusion: In our questionnaire, it was observed that our anesthesiologists don’t know their vocational risks and the their occupational safety awareness level is not sufficient. Awareness should be raised with regular training programs in order to overcome these shortcomings and working under safe conditions should be adopted as a professional culture.