%0 Journal Article
%T The Knowledge Level of Turkish Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients About Their Diseases
%A G¨¹lnur Ta£¿£¿£¿ Bozba£¿
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%D 2018
%X Aim: This study aims to assess the level of disease specific knowledge of the patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Materials and Methods: A total of 225 RA patients were included in this study. Patients¡¯ demographic and clinic data and information resources were recorded. In order to evaluate the awareness levels of patients, the ¡°Patient Knowledge Questionnaire in Rheumatoid Arthritis (PKQ-RA)¡± was used. Results: The mean age and disease duration of patients were found to be 52.8¡À10.8 and 6.7¡À6.5 years, respectively. Most of the patients (86.7%) reported that they had gained the information about RA from their physicians. Internal consistency of the Turkish version of PKQ-RA was high with Cronbach¡¯s alpha of 0.71 and test-retest intra-class correlation coefficient was 0.94. The total PKQ-RA scores were 15.1¡À12.6 (ranging: 0-27). Patients¡¯ knowledge levels differentiated according to their age, education, socioeconomic status, and family history of disease. Discussion and Conclusion: This is the first study to investigate Turkish RA patients¡¯ awareness levels of the disease. Having insufficient information about the disease has always been a general problem in RA patients. In this study, it was determined that the knowledge levels of our patients were not significantly high. Thus, to be able to increase the patients¡¯ awareness, some individualized precautions should be taken by physicians
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%U http://dergipark.org.tr/anadoluklin/issue/34816/325831