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OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes of physician faculty members, nurses, and medical students who work in a hospital in Istanbul regarding COVID-19. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary hospital from March 2 to March 10, 2020. The research data were collected through a survey consisting of 22 questions about their demographics and their level of knowledge, sources of information, actions, attitudes, and thoughts about COVID-19. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0. RESULTS: Out of 1.460 people, 614 (42%) participated in this study. More than 60% of the participants correctly answered the information questions about COVID-19. 72.6% of the participants stated that the situation that would stress them out the most in case of a COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey would be the diagnosis of one of their family members with COVID-19. Social media (66.4%) was the primary source of information in this process. CONCLUSION: The findings obtained in this study showed that right before the outbreak, healthcare professionals were concerned and stressed about the inadequacy of protective measures and the possibility of transmission, although they were ready for the outbreak in the professional sense.

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This study aimed to investigate the awareness of menopause and strategıes to cope wıth menopausal symptoms of the women aged between 40 and 65 who consulted to a tertiary care hospital and among those who were postmenopausal, to measure the severity of symptoms and to determine the strategies and choice of resources to cope with menopausal symptoms. From a total of 292 women 272 (93%) were available to participate in the study. A questionnaire and the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) was during face-to-face interviews. The mean age was 50.1±6.5 years. The mean total MRS score of non-menopausal women was 16.6±8.9. The mean scores: 6.2±3.5 for somatic subscale, 6.5±3.7 for psychological subscale and 3.8±2.7 for urogenital subscale. The most common menopausal symptom was physical and mental exhaustion (84.0%). Severe menopausal symptoms were identified in 79 (46.7%) women completing the MRS scale. The women with an average monthly income of 2000 TL or less and chronic illness had a higher frequency of severe menopausal symptoms. The most commonly preferred coping strategy was visit to a medical doctor or a healthcare center (n=103, 60.9%). In order to raise awareness about menopause, structured education programs should be prepared and implemented.