Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
5th International Researchers, Statisticians and Young Statisticians Congress, Aydın, Türkiye, 18 - 20 Ekim 2019, ss.1-476, (Özet Bildiri)
Sensitive question methods are used when the subject under investigation is illegal or undesirable, and
respondents are unwilling to give truthful answers to the questions. In our study intended to antibiotics
prescription, we investigated insistence of patients and their try to force physician for prescription, by
using sensitive question methods. There are many methods account for sensitive subjects, we used
crosswise model which is one of the sensitive question methods. The crosswise model has developed for
sensitive questions which participants are hesitant to answer directly. In this method, participants receive
two questions which one of them is a sensitive question and another one is a non-sensitive. The
probability of the non-sensitive question is known to the researcher. To answer the questions, participants
are asked to select "A" if both items have the same answer or they are asked to select "B" if the two items
do not have the same answer, in this way the sensitive question is not asked directly. For this study a
cross-sectional survey using a validated self-administered questionnaire was held in Bursa city. For the
sensitive question we asked respondents if they force the physician to prescribe antibiotics with
complaining of unrealistic health symptoms. The non-sensitive item asked respondents about their
birthday: “Is your birthday in January, February, or March?” In our study, a total of 1050 questionnaires
was applied to 1050 patients by Uludag University. As a result of application, 30% of the patients were
forced the physician to prescribe antibiotics.