Evaluation of The Knowledge and Awareness of Anemia in Medical Faculty Students and Family Physicians

Abstract

Objective: Anemia is an important health problem in the world and our country. Family medicine has an important place in the healthcare system in terms of diagnosis of anemia, treatment of anemia, and screening of pathologies that cause anemia. This study aimed to evaluate the awareness of family physicians and faculty of medicine students about the importance of anemia and to measure their knowledge and experience in terms of their competence in diagnosing anemia.
 Material and Methods: Our study is cross-sectional and descriptive. In our study, the population for the students was determined to be 314 students in the 4th-5th-6th grade of Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Medical Faculty. The population of family physicians is determined as 206, which is the number of active family physicians in the city center of Kahramanmaraş. With the simple random sampling method, with a 5% margin of error and 95% confidence interval, the sample was calculated as 174 for students and 135 for family physicians, and the total sample number was 309.
 Results: The study included 80 general practitioners,24 specialist family physicians,31 assistant family physicians, 27 4th grade,76 5th grade, and 71 6th grade medicine students. The average age was 26.8±4.7. While those with the best knowledge of anemia were specialists and assistant family physicians (p