Notifiable Communicable Diseases in Turkey and Their Notification Status: Antakya Sample
Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and notification status of notifiable infectious diseases (NIDs) in primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare institutions in Antakya. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional research was conducted in 2015, in Antakya. In 19 fam...
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| description | Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and notification status of notifiable infectious diseases (NIDs) in primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare institutions in Antakya. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional research was conducted in 2015, in Antakya. In 19 family medicine units, 1 state, 1 private and 1 university hospitals representing health care institutions, the electronic codes of NIDs (Groups A, B, C, D) for the year 2014 in accordance with the case identification in surveillance system were analyzed by being scanned based on ICD-10 diagnostic codes. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were used in the analyses, and p< 0.05 was considered significant. Results: Having made 30 different types of 3923 NID diagnoses, 75.2% of the NIDs were in Group A, 15.0% in Group D, and 9.8% in Group C; 16.4% of the diagnoses were gotten in Syrian refugees. The wrong ICD-10 diagnostic code was given to 59.8% of the NIDs. 41.9% of the NIDs were notified; 51.7% of Group A, 17.7% of Group D and 0.6% of Group C were notified. State hospital notified 54.5% of the NIDs, private hospital 30.9% of and university hospital 12.0% (p< 0.001). Most frequently diagnosed NIDs were rabies and rabies risky contact (32.4%), varicella (18.4%), rotavirus (11.0%), toxoplasmosis (7.5%), leishmaniasis (7.3%), acute hepatitis A (6.7%), brucella (4.7%) and tuberculosis (3.1%). In Syrian patients, the most frequently diagnosed NCD was leishmaniasis (27.0%). Among the cases with NIDs diagnosis, the most notified ones were salmonella (100.0%), malaria (100.0%), rabies and rabies risky contact (96.8%), measles (81.0%), tuberculosis (76.9%), acut hepatitis A (26.3%), brucellosis (26.1%) and rotavirus (%16.6). Conclusion: NIDs are frequently observed in Turkey in the Antakya sample, and more than half of them are not notified. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b0626bf98344176aca6e011d9816ce42023-02-15T16:11:30ZengBilimsel Tip YayineviFlora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi1300-932X1300-932X2019-03-01241112110.5578/flora.66864Notifiable Communicable Diseases in Turkey and Their Notification Status: Antakya SampleÖmer Alışkın0Nazan Savaş1Public Health Specialist, Iskenderun District Health Directorate, Hatay, TurkeyDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Mustafa Kemal, Hatay, TurkeyIntroduction: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and notification status of notifiable infectious diseases (NIDs) in primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare institutions in Antakya. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional research was conducted in 2015, in Antakya. In 19 family medicine units, 1 state, 1 private and 1 university hospitals representing health care institutions, the electronic codes of NIDs (Groups A, B, C, D) for the year 2014 in accordance with the case identification in surveillance system were analyzed by being scanned based on ICD-10 diagnostic codes. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were used in the analyses, and p< 0.05 was considered significant. Results: Having made 30 different types of 3923 NID diagnoses, 75.2% of the NIDs were in Group A, 15.0% in Group D, and 9.8% in Group C; 16.4% of the diagnoses were gotten in Syrian refugees. The wrong ICD-10 diagnostic code was given to 59.8% of the NIDs. 41.9% of the NIDs were notified; 51.7% of Group A, 17.7% of Group D and 0.6% of Group C were notified. State hospital notified 54.5% of the NIDs, private hospital 30.9% of and university hospital 12.0% (p< 0.001). Most frequently diagnosed NIDs were rabies and rabies risky contact (32.4%), varicella (18.4%), rotavirus (11.0%), toxoplasmosis (7.5%), leishmaniasis (7.3%), acute hepatitis A (6.7%), brucella (4.7%) and tuberculosis (3.1%). In Syrian patients, the most frequently diagnosed NCD was leishmaniasis (27.0%). Among the cases with NIDs diagnosis, the most notified ones were salmonella (100.0%), malaria (100.0%), rabies and rabies risky contact (96.8%), measles (81.0%), tuberculosis (76.9%), acut hepatitis A (26.3%), brucellosis (26.1%) and rotavirus (%16.6). Conclusion: NIDs are frequently observed in Turkey in the Antakya sample, and more than half of them are not notified.http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2019-24-01-011-021.pdfNotificationCommunicable diseases |
| spellingShingle | Ömer Alışkın Nazan Savaş Notifiable Communicable Diseases in Turkey and Their Notification Status: Antakya Sample Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi Notification Communicable diseases |
| title | Notifiable Communicable Diseases in Turkey and Their Notification Status: Antakya Sample |
| title_full | Notifiable Communicable Diseases in Turkey and Their Notification Status: Antakya Sample |
| title_fullStr | Notifiable Communicable Diseases in Turkey and Their Notification Status: Antakya Sample |
| title_full_unstemmed | Notifiable Communicable Diseases in Turkey and Their Notification Status: Antakya Sample |
| title_short | Notifiable Communicable Diseases in Turkey and Their Notification Status: Antakya Sample |
| title_sort | notifiable communicable diseases in turkey and their notification status antakya sample |
| topic | Notification Communicable diseases |
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