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Item The evaluation of asthma and COPD awareness in Turkey (GARD Turkey Project-National Control Program of Chronic Airway Diseases); [Türkiye'de asti{dotless}m ve KOAH farki{dotless}ndali{dotless}ǧi{dotless}ni{dotless}n deǧerlendirilmesi (GARD Türkiye Projesi-Kronik hava Yollari{dotless} Hastali{dotless}klari{dotless} Ulusal Kontrol Programi{dotless})](2013) Yildiz F.; Bingöl Karakoç G.; Ersu Hamutçu R.; Yardim N.; Ekinci B.; Yorgancioǧlu A.Introduction: Although chronic respiratory disorders are important causes of morbidity and mortality, health care workers, patients and caretakers are not well informed about these disorders. Therefore these problems are underdiagnosed and un-dertreated; also preventive measures are not widely taken. Our aim was to evaluate the knowledge of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Turkey. This study was designed and performed as a Global Alliance Against Respiratory Disorders (GARD) project. Materials and Methods: People greater than 15 years of age who lived in cities with a population of 200 or greater were eligible for the study. A questionnaire including demographic data and questions regarding asthma and COPD was used for the evalution of the participants. Results: 12.000 people were selected (6000 in rural and 6000 in urban areas); 8527 people were reached. 8342 people who completed the questionnaire were included to the study. There were 4182 (50.1%) female and 4160 (%49.9) male subjects. 49.6% of the subjects knew that COPD is a lung disease, 51.1% indicated that smoking is the most important risk factor for COPD and 48% identified quitting smoking as the most important preventive measure. Every other person had baseline knowledge on COPD. However only 25.2% knew that there are treatment options for COPD. 80% of subjects said asthma can be seen in all age groups. 51.1% knew asthma is a genetic disease and 58% said it is not an infectious disease. However when whether asthma medications caused drug dependency only 27% answered as "No" while 55.2% said "They do not know". Conclusion: Awareness of COPD and asthma seem to be insufficient among Turkish people. Since these disorders are important causes of morbidity and mortality and have high impact on work and economic loss, it is important to increase knowledge among public.Item Evaluation of asthma and COPD awareness in primary care doctors in Turkey; [Türkiye’de birinci basamak hekimlerinde astım ve KOAH farkındalığının değerlendirilmesi](Ankara University, 2016) Ersu R.; Bingöl Karakoç G.; Yildiz F.; Köktürk N.; Mungan D.; Ekinci B.; Gemicioğlu B.; Yorgancioğlu A.A.Introduction: Chronic pulmonary diseases cause significant morbidity and mortality. However awareness about the risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis and traetment of these disorders is low among patients and health care providers. Our aim was to evaluate the awareness of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among primary care doctors. This study was performed by the national Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases programme. Material and Methods: Primary care doctors employed by the Ministry of Healthy were included to the study. Turkish Statistical Institute randomly selected 680 doctors. Questionnaires evaluating the awareness of asthma and COPD which were developed by the Turkish Thoracic Society COPD and asthma assemblies were completed online by these doctors. Results: 84% of the doctors described asthma as airway obstruction. Dyspnea was reported as the most common symptom of asthma (78.8%) and inspiratory rhonci was reported as the most common physical exam finding (42.3%). Around 50% of doctors thought impairment of pulmonary function tests (PFT) was important for diagnosis and evaluation of severity of asthma while 24.2% thought physical exam was more important. When treatment options were evaluated 87.6% chose inhaled treatment for asthma. COPD was described as bronchiectasis and chronic bronchitis by 9.1%, chronic bronchitis and emphysema by 61.6%, chronic bronchitis and asthma by 22.2% and asthma and emphysema by 7.1%. 1.2% of the doctors did not consider cigarette smoking as a risk factor for COPD. PFT was recommended for diagnosis by 83%. Most correctly differentiated asthma and COPD. Bronchodilators were the first choice for COPD by 72.5%. Conclusion: Awareness is low for asthma and COPD among primary care doctors. Awareness should be raised among health care professionals for these diseases with high economical burden to improve outcome. © 2016, Ankara University. All rights reserved.Item Country activities of Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD): Focus presentations at the 11th GARD General Meeting, Brussels(AME Publishing Company, 2018) Bousquet J.; Mohammad Y.; Bedbrook A.; To T.; McGihon R.; Bárbara C.; Melo-Gomes E.; Rosado-Pinto J.; Simão P.; George F.; Punturieri A.; Kiley J.P.; Nunes E.; Cossa A.; Camargos P.; Stelmach R.; Cruz A.A.; Rostan M.V.; Yañez A.; González-Díaz S.N.; Urrutia-Pereira M.; Calderon M.A.; Gómez R.M.; German Z.; Kolek V.; Špicák V.; Lan L.T.T.; Hurd S.; Lenfant C.; Yorgancioglu A.; Gemicioglu B.; Ekinci B.; Ozkan Z.; Al-Zahab B.A.; Dmeirieh A.; Shifa R.; Faroun H.; AlJaber A.; Halloum R.; Fatmeh Y.; Alzein A.; Aloush J.; Dib G.; Shaaban R.; Arrais M.; Do Céu Teixeira M.; Conceição C.; Ferrinho P.[No abstract available]Item Asthma in the context of global alliance against respiratory diseases (GARD) in Turkey(AME Publishing Company, 2018) Yorgancioğlu A.; Gemicioglu B.; Ekinci B.; özkan Z.; Bayram H.; Ergan B.; Ersu R.; Kocabaş A.; Köktürk N.[No abstract available]