Consultation of traditional bone setters instead of doctors: Is it a sociocultural and educational or social insurance problem?

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dc.authoridkaymaz, burak/0000-0001-6207-8063
dc.contributor.authorGolge, Umut Hatay
dc.contributor.authorKaymaz, Burak
dc.contributor.authorKomurcu, Erkam
dc.contributor.authorEroglu, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorGoksel, Ferdi
dc.contributor.authorNusran, Gurdal
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:31:31Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:31:31Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground Patients consulting bone setters is common in the eastern and south-eastern regions of Turkey. The reasons for consulting bone setters instead of qualified doctors remains unclear. We investigated the characteristics of such patients who consult traditional bone setters after trauma prior to admission to hospital. Methods In the study, 3,422 of 14,080 patients were investigated admitted to hospital between January 2012 and February 2013 with trauma or sequelae of such who were previously treated by bone setters. The characteristics of these patients and the main reasons for consultation of bone setters instead of doctors were recorded. Results Most of the patients consulting bone setters were found to be young adults or children. Generally speaking, the poorly educated prefer bone setters despite having social insurance. The most common reason (29.3%) was a general preference and secondarily (27.1%) the fear of being disabled after medical treatment. However, the most common cause of patients' consultation at hospital subsequently was due to complications of treatment (46.8%); indeed the complication rate after bone setters' intervention was found to be 54.8%. Conclusion Although improvements have occurred in the access to and utilisation of healthcare services, consultation by patients of bone setters seems to be a sociocultural and educational issue rather than a problem of lack of medical insurance.
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0049475514566531
dc.identifier.endpage95
dc.identifier.issn0049-4755
dc.identifier.issn1758-1133
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.pmid25568001
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84925873434
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage91
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0049475514566531
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/23183
dc.identifier.volume45
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000352003400007
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage Publications Inc
dc.relation.ispartofTropical Doctor
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectBone setters
dc.subjecteducational problem
dc.subjecttrauma
dc.subjectsocial insurance
dc.subjectcomplication
dc.titleConsultation of traditional bone setters instead of doctors: Is it a sociocultural and educational or social insurance problem?
dc.typeArticle

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