Physician awareness of hepatitis C virus among different departments

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dc.authoridDüzenli, Tolga / 0000-0002-6279-1018
dc.authorwosidDüzenli, Tolga / R-8685-2019
dc.contributor.authorDüzenli, Tolga
dc.contributor.authorKöseoğlu, Hüseyin
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-01T15:03:05Z
dc.date.available2021-11-01T15:03:05Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentHitit Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü
dc.description.abstractAim of the study: To determine the anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) positivity in our region and to evaluate physician awareness of HCV among different inpatient and outpatient departments in a tertiary reference center in Turkey. Material and methods: This retrospective study was conducted between January 2017 and January 2020. The patients tested for anti-HCV for any reason were enrolled from the data of all patients admitted to our hospital, which is the reference center of the region. Results: A total of 121,492 anti-HCV assays were screened from the computerized database. Total number of patients with a positive anti-HCV result was 891 (0.81 %). HCV RNA was positive in 147 (16.5%) of 891 patients and negative in 389 (43.7%) patients. Unfortunately HCV RNA was not tested in 355 (39.8%) patients. The percentages of the untested patients regarding the departments were 65.38% (n = 85/130) in medical inpatient clinics, 61.02% (n = 72/118) in surgical clinics, 16.67% (n = 88/528) medical outpatient departments, 96.8% (n = 91/94) in surgical outpatient departments, and 90.5% (n = 19/21) in the emergency department. Conclusions: The prevalence of anti-HCV positivity was found to be 0.81% and was stable in Turkey. However, the level of physician awareness for HCV was unsatisfactory, and differed between departments. Because HCV is commonly asymptomatic, positive patients should not be overlooked and adequate treatment should be administered. Awareness of physicians should be increased to prevent delays in the diagnosis of hepatitis C and to reduce the number of untreated patients.
dc.identifier.citationDüzenli, T., & Köseoğlu, H. (2020). Physician awareness of hepatitis C virus among different departments. Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 6(4), 354.
dc.identifier.doi10.5114/ceh.2020.102155
dc.identifier.endpage358en_US
dc.identifier.issn2392-1099
dc.identifier.issn2449-8238
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.pmid33511284
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85100021638
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage354en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2020.102155
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11491/6956
dc.identifier.volume6en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000615582500010
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.institutionauthorDüzenli, Tolga
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTermedia Publishing House Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofClinical And Experimental Hepatology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectChronic Hepatitis Cen_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subjectAwarenessen_US
dc.subjectHCV RNAen_US
dc.subjectAnti-HCVen_US
dc.titlePhysician awareness of hepatitis C virus among different departments
dc.typeArticle

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