OBJECTIVES: To evaluate occupational history taking, as a detailed occupational history is the most effective means for proper diagnosis of occupational illness. METHODS: In order to determine the attitudes of 66 physicians working in Dokuz Eylül Medical Faculty Hospital about taking occupational history, 269 patient records were examined. RESULTS: It was detected that 43.9% of physicians took no occupational history from any of their patients. Occupational history was obtained from 81.8% of the patients in clinics where standard examination forms were in regular use. CONCLUSION: We found that physicians were not in the habit of taking occupational histories.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate occupational history taking, as a detailed occupational history is the most effective means for proper diagnosis of occupational illness. METHODS: In order to determine the attitudes of 66 physicians working in Dokuz Eylül Medical Faculty Hospital about taking occupational history, 269 patient records were examined. RESULTS: It was detected that 43.9% of physicians took no occupational history from any of their patients. Occupational history was obtained from 81.8% of the patients in clinics where standard examination forms were in regular use. CONCLUSION: We found that physicians were not in the habit of taking occupational histories.
Authors: Aydın Nuraydın; Özgür Bilek; Ali Koray Kenziman; Mehmet Ali Korkusuz; Ali İhsan Atagün; Nezaket Özpolat Çakar; Naci Özer; Serdar Deniz; Mustafa Kemal Başaralı; Ahmet Özlü; Abdulsamet Sandal; Gert Van der Laan; Ali Naci Yıldız Journal: Ann Glob Health Date: 2018-08-31 Impact factor: 2.462