COVID-19 Pandemisinde Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin COVID-19 Risk Algısı ve Sağlık İletişimi Hakkındaki Tutumlarının Değerlendirilmesi

Year 2025, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 1 - 11, 30.03.2025

Nalan Özen , Murat Topbaş , Behiye Şahbaz , Nazım Ercüment Beyhun

https://doi.org/10.59518/farabimedj.1584144

Abstract

Tıp fakültesi öğrencilerinin hasta/hasta yakınlarıyla kurdukları iletişim, sağlık sorunlarına tanı konulması ve tedavi aşamasında göz ardı edilemeyecek öneme sahiptir. Hasta/hasta yakınları iletişimde ne kadar iyi anlaşıldıklarını hissederlerse o ölçüde tedavi sürecinde pozitif yönde iyileşme sağlanabilir. Öğrencilerin hasta/hasta yakınlarıyla iletişimlerini etkileyen faktörlerden birinin COVID-19 pandemisi olduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu çalışmada tıp fakültesi öğrencilerinin COVID-19 risk algı düzeyleri ve pandemi döneminde sağlık iletişimine yönelik tutumlarının incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmaya 903 öğrenci dahil edilmiştir. Pandemi sürecinde yüz yüze veri toplamanın uygun olmayacağı düşüncesiyle çevrimiçi anket yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Solunum sistemi ile ilgili bir hastalık ya da risk faktörü bulunan, SARS-CoV-2 enfeksiyonu geçirmemiş, günlük COVID-19 vaka tablosunu takip eden ve SARS-CoV-2 enfeksiyonu şüpheli ya da doğrulanmış bir hasta ile karşılaşan öğrencilerin COVID-19 risk algısı puan ortalamaları istatistiksel açıdan önemli derecede yüksek bulunmuştur (p değerleri sırasıyla 0.009; 0.041; <0.001 ve 0.020). "Pandemi döneminde hastalarla mümkün olduğunca kısa ve yüzeysel iletişim kurarım" diyen öğrencilerin risk algısı puan ortalaması önemli derecede yüksek bulunmuştur (p=<0.001). "Hasta/hasta yakınları maske ve fiziksel mesafe kurallarına uyarsa her koşulda iletişim kurarım" diyen öğrencilerin risk algısı puanı ortalaması önemli derecede düşük bulunmuştur (p=0.013). Çalışmada öğrencilerin COVID-19 risk algısı düzeyleri belirlenmiş ve risk algılarının sağlık iletişimine yönelik tutumlarını yönlendirebildiği ortaya konmuştur. Bu bağlamda öğrencilere, risk yönetimi ve doğru iletişimin önemi hakkında eğitimler verilebilir. Risk yönetiminin teknolojik ve idari özelliklerinin sosyo-psikolojik düşünceler ve önlemlerle zenginleştirilmesi amacına yönelik uygun psikolojik destek sunulabilir.

Keywords

COVID-19, Hekim-hasta iletişimi, Risk algısı, Sağlık iletişimi, Tıp öğrencileri

Evaluation of COVID-19 Risk Perception and Attitudes About Health Communication of Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine Students in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The communication of medical students with patients/patient relatives is very important in the diagnosis and treatment of health problems. The better the patient/relatives feel understood in communication, the more positive improvement can be achieved in the treatment process. It is thought that one of the factors affecting students' communication with patients/patient relatives is the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study is to examine medical school students' COVID-19 risk perception levels and their attitudes towards health communication during the pandemic period. 903 students were included. An online survey method was used because it was thought that face-to-face data collection would not be appropriate during the pandemic. The mean COVID-19 risk perception scores of students who had a disease or risk factor related to the respiratory system, who hadn’t had SARS-CoV-2 infection, who followed the daily COVID-19 case table, and who encountered a patient with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection were statistically significantly higher (p values 0.009; 0.041; <0.001; 0.020, respectively). The mean risk perception score of the students who said “I communicate with patients as briefly and superficially as possible during the pandemic” was significantly higher (p=<0.001). The mean risk perception score of the students who said, “I can communicate under all circumstances if the patient/patient relatives follow the mask and physical distancing rules” was found to be significantly lower (p=0.013). The level of COVID-19 risk perception of students can direct their attitudes towards health communication. Students can be trained on risk management and the importance of correct communication, and appropriate psychological support can be provided to enrich the technological and administrative features of risk management with sociopsychological considerations and precautions.

Keywords

COVID-19, Health communication, Medical students, Physician-patient communication, Risk perception

Ethical Statement

This study was approved by the Scientific Research Ethics Committee of Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine (decision dated 09.12.2021 and numbered 24237859-894).

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