Objective: It's aimed to evaluate the public knowledge and attitude regarding self medication with antibiotics and it's influencing factors in Ankara. Results: Three hundred twenty-two volunteers aged between 18-86 years participated in the study. It was found that 64.3% of the participants were using self medication with antibiotics. The comon cold and high fever were the leading causes of self medication with antibiotics. 64% of the participants were noted that they demand a prescription for antibiotics from the doctor when they attend any reason. Also 64.9% of the participants this stated that they were keeping antibiotics at home and 87% of them could buy antibiotics without prescription.While the 83.9% of the participants were thinking that unnecessary antibiotics can be harmful only 21.7% of

SUMMARY: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a potentially fatal infectious disease, and it is endemic in Turkey. Patients are placed in isolation when hospitalized, and some may require blood transfusions. Moreover, some patients may require admission to intensive care units (ICU). CCHF is not a recurrent disease, and relapses are not expected. Therefore, no medical follow-up is conducted on recovery from CCHF. In this study, health-related quality of life (HRQL) and the presence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among CCHF survivors were evaluated 12 months after recovery from the disease. PTSD diagnosis was established by DSM-IV-TR criteria and HRQL was investigated by using the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36. This study included 54 patients. Our results showed that 48.1z of the patients had PTSD symptoms and 18.5z had PTSD. PTSD incidence was higher among patients who required an ICU stay, who had bleeding, and who required blood transfusion. In addition, 4 out of 8 dimensions of HRQL were impaired. However, none of these patients admitted psychiatric problems to health care professionals. Our findings revealed that periodic psychiatric evaluation should be performed on CCHF patients, and they should be provided medical support, if required.

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