Background and Purpose: Occupational diseases (ODs) and work-related diseases are important issues that affect work life and involve economic, medical, social, and ethical dimensions. The aim of this study was to develop a scale to measure the attitudes of physicians working or likely to work on the diagnosis and notification of ODs toward occupational health and OD.Methods: This study was planned as a scale development study. During the scale development process, the item pool was determined using the three-round Delphi method, and explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed using the pilot study data. A pilot study was conducted for the validity of the scale (n = 142). Data were collected again for confirmatory factor analysis of the scale (n = 216) Results:The total explained variance of the scale was calculated as 67.80%. The KMO value of the scale was calculated as 0.87, In the exploratory factor analysis, the scale was divided into four dimensions. The scale was transformed into a 19-item scale comprising four subdimensions: "self-efficacy", "readiness", "awareness" and "contribution". While evaluating the scale items, the VIF value of all items was below 5 and the correlation between the items was min:0,299, max: 0,803. All the scale items had a t-value of >1.96. The reliability coefficient of the scale was calculated as 0.943 according to the classical test theory and generalizability theory. Conclusion:The "Attitude Scale toward Occupational Health and Occupational Diseases for Physicians," developed in this study, is a valid and reliable tool to determine the attitude of physicians toward occupational health and ODs.
Objective Worldwide, scientists continue to follow-up on patients recovered from COVID-19 and have published the long-term persistent symptoms and permanent damage observed in various tissues. The present study aimed to evaluate hearing loss in patients with COVID-19 on the basis of pure tone averages measured using pure tone audiometry. Material and Method In this retrospective data analysis study, pure tone averages of non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19 were compared over 1 year before and after contracting COVID-19. Continuous variables were presented as mean ± Standard deviation (SD) and categorical variables were presented as number (n) and percentage (%). All data showed normal distribution. Therefore, paired t-test, a type of parametric test, was used to identify the significant differences between the measurements. Results The pure tone threshold values of patients increased significantly after COVID-19 (p0.001 for all) based on puretone averages measured in the bones and airways of theleftandrightears. Olderadults (41–64 yearsold) had a greater difference in puretone averages of the left ear airway before and after COVID-19 (p=0.040) than younger adults (18–40 yearsold). Conclusion COVID-19 affects both ears' bones and airways, causing varying degrees of hearing loss at different frequencies. Hearing loss tests should be included in COVID-19 complications research, and clinicians should be given advice on how to avoid hearing loss.
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