Browsing by Author "Layik, M.E."

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Determination of the Knowledge and Skills of Physicians Working in Emergency Services Against Judicial Incidents
(Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, 2018) Moraligil, M.; Bozdemir, M.N.; İz, M.; Layik, M.E.; İz, F.B.A.; Karaman, K.
In our study, we aimed to determine the approach of physicians working in emergency services to forensic cases and to provide data for training on this subject. Our study was carried out between 10.06.2016-15.08.2016 with the physicians working in the emergency services across the country. In order to measure the level of knowledge of physicians in judicial cases, qualitative evaluation including questionnaires and cases were conducted. 496 physicians were participated in the study. The correct answer rates average of 74 questions asked to doctors about basic medical intervention was 85.6 ± 11.1%. Average of correct responding to questions about life-threatening was 70.3 ± 9.3% and the average of correct responding to all questions was 78.0 ± 7.7%. Among basic medical intervention, life-threatening and total, a positive correlation was found between the level of knowledge and age (p <0.05). The total and simple medical intervention knowledge of the men was found to be better than women (p <0.05). As a result, specialist doctors’ knowledge level was lower, general practitioners had the best knowledge level (p<0.05). It was detected that specialist physicians had a low level of knowledge in terms of basic medical intervention, life threatening condition and overall sum and it was determined that the best knowledge was possessed by practitioners (p<0.05). Life-threatening and the total level of knowledge was higher in physicians who attended the seminar (p<0.05). As a result, the knowledge level of physicians is inadequate on forensic medicine and should be increased with in-service training. © 2018, Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi. All rights reserved.
Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Unintentional Injuries in Children
(Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, 2019) Iz, M.; Ceri, V.; Layik, M.E.; Ay, F.B.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a trauma and stressor-related disorder that might have prominent negative effects on the social and academic life of children. Unintentional injuries are the leading reason for physical disability and death during childhood. We aimed to investigate PTSD symptoms in children withunintentional injuries who weretreated in hospital. Children who were injured due to various causes and treated in emergency servicewere retrospectively evaluated for PTSD symptoms. The PTSD symptoms were assessed by the revised Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-8), and The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children. The average age of the study sample consisting of fifty-eight male and thirty-one female children (n= 89) was found to be 13.5 ± 2.9. On average, 5.2 ± 3.4 months had passed after the event. The most common cause of injury was traffic accidents (37.1%) and it was followed by falling from high (33.7%), burn (25.8%), and sharp object injury (2.2%). PTSD was prevalent as 24.7% according to K-SADSevaluation. PTSD rates were observed to vary according to the nature of the event that caused the injury. The findings of our study show that more than one-third of the children, who were hospitalized due to unintentional injuries, developed severe PTSD symptoms. Children who treated for unintentional injuries in emergency services should be referred for psychiatric evaluation. © 2019, Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi. All rights reserved.