The Reasons Of Patients With Headache Chosing The Neurosurgery Outpatient Clinic
Halil Murat Şen1, Adem Bozkurt Aras2, Mustafa Güven2, Tarık Akman2, Ayşegül Uludağ3, Handan Işın Özışık Karaman1
1Medical Faculty Of 18 Mart University, Department Of Neurology, Çanakkale, Turkey
2Medical Faculty Of 18 Mart University, Department Of Brain Surgery, Çanakkale, Turkey
3Medical Faculty Of 18 Mart University, Department Of Family Medicine, Çanakkale, Turkey
Keywords: Headache, Brain Surgery, Neurology
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the preference causes of the patients who were admitted to the neurosurgery clinic with complaints of headache for admission in this clinic.
METHODS: The study population has been selected from brain surgery department outpatient clinic. One hundred patients with complaints of headache were enrolled in this study.
RESULTS: Questioned the reasons for choosing the neurosurgical and most preferred cause of including word for brain surgery of the brain named (n=54, 54%). Patients were questioned about the information of the neurology and demostrated that there was not any knowledge about neurology (n=66, 66%).
CONCLUSION: Headache causes loss of the financial and workforce. Preferences in the wrong departments of the patients, as a result of misdiagnosis and inadequate treatment, increasing the number of hospital admissions. This shows that how important names and introduction of the departments.