- Hipokrat Tıp Dergisi
- Vol: 3 Issue: 2
- The Effect of Sociodemographic Characteristics of Covid 19 Positive Individuals on Covid 19 Spread
The Effect of Sociodemographic Characteristics of Covid 19 Positive Individuals on Covid 19 Spread
Authors : Ferhat EKİNCİ, Salih METİN, Ahmet TİMUR
Pages : 14-19
Doi:10.58961/hmj.1279528
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Publication Date : 2023-08-21
Article Type : Research Article
Abstract :Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the causes of the individual spread of the Covid 19 infection, which has ravaged our country and our world for more than two years, to identify the factors affecting the spread and to draw attention to health literacy and to make correct recommendations for the fight against the current Material and Methods: The descriptive study was carried out in Yıldırım and Nilüfer districts, which are the central districts of Bursa, between March 2021 and February 2022,by contacting individuals with a positive Covid test over the HSYS system,with the participation of people who agreed to fill out the questionnaire Results: The study was conducted between March 2021 and February 2022, by reaching a total of 3842 people, 992 (25.8%) from Nilüfer district and 2850 (74.2%) from Yıldırım district. While 8 (0.8%) of the patients in Nilüfer district stated that they did not go into isolation, this rate was 260 (9.1%) in Yıldırım district.The contact mean of the participants was 2.42±2.52; It is 1.39±1.94 in Nilüfer district, 2.77±2.60 in Yıldırım district and the difference is statistically significant. Conclusion: In this study, which we conducted on the basis of social life, household income, education level, number of households at the scale of our city,we examined the effects of the spread of the Covid 19 epidemic in our socioeconomically advanced district, and we observed that the level of education, high household income and low number of people living in the household reduced the spread of covid 19.Keywords : covid 19, temaslı takibi, sosyodemografik faktörler