The Journal of Turkish Family Physician (e-ISSN 2148-550X) is an open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal, being published regularly since 2010. The journal is published online only, four times per year, bilingual in Turkish and English and no article submission or publication charges requested. The abbreviation of the Journal is TJTFP.

The Journal of Turkish Family Physician publishes original research articles, clinical case reports, review articles, articles that will contribute to continuing medical education, short reports, editorials, letters to the editor, translations of important international documents and abstracts concerning family medicine and primary care, healthcare services, medical education, and research methodology.

The aim of the Journal is to make contribution to the academic development of Family Medicine as well as to the academic development of the other health providers working in primary care such as nurses, midwifes, dieticians and psychologists and social workers in Turkey. TJTFP aims also to strengthen primary care in the world by publishing primary care research that encompass epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, patient health education and chronic disease management, dealing with multimorbidity, palliative care, inter-professional collaboration, quality and safety.

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Arzu Uzuner, MD.
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Editors’ Board

Prof. Mehmet Akman, MD (European Region Editor / Organization of Primary Care)
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Associate Editor of Primary Health Care Research & Development. Chair of The WONCA Working Party on Research.

Prof. Çiğdem Apaydın Kaya, MD. (Turkish Region Editor / Clinical Practice in Family Medicine)
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Prof. Güzel Dişcigil, MD. (Editor for Elderly Health in Primary Care)
Adnan Menderes University Institute of Health Sciences Founder of Department Elderly Health

Prof. M. Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu, MD. (South East Europe Editor)
Erciyes University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Birgül Coşkun, MD. (Technical Coordinator Editor)
Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Department of Family Medicine
Regional Directorate of Highways, Institutional Medicine

Prof. Ahmet Öztürk, PhD (Statistics Editor)
Erciyes University Scool of Medicine Department of Biostatistics

Assoc. Prof. Özden Gökdemir, MD. PhD English Language Editor
Izmir University of Economics Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine.

International Advisory Board

Prof. Alis Özçakır, MD.
Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

Prof. Berrin Telatar, MD.
University of Health Sciences, Hamidiye School of Medicine, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Reasearch Hospital, Family Medicine Clinic

Prof. Chris van Weel, MD.
Department of Primary and Community Care Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

Prof. Danica Rotar Pavlič, MD
Department of Family Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Prof. Dilaver Kaya, MD.
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology

Assoc. Prof. Duygu Ayhan Başer, MD.
Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Prof. Eva Hummers, MD.
Institut für Allgemeinmedizin Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Prof. Felicity Anne Goodyear-Smith, MD
Department & Goodfellow Postgraduate, Chair General Practice & Primary Health Care in the Faculty of Medical and Health Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Editor of the Journal of Primary Health Care

Prof. Gülru Pemra Cöbek Ünalan, MD.
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Prof. Hasibe Kadıoğlu, PhD.
Marmara University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Public Health Nursing

Prof. Hülya Akan, MD.
Medipol University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Martin von Fragstein, MD.
Honorary Special Lecturer School of Community Health Science
Clinical Director in Drugs and Alcohol Derby NHS

Prof. Perran Boran, MD.
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Prof. Pınar Topsever, MD.
Acıbadem University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Prof. Rasim Gençosmanoğlu, MD.
Academic Hospital General Surgery Clinic

Assoc. Prof. Sabah Tüzün, MD.
MoH Marmara University Pendik Education and Research Hospital, Family Medicine Clinics

Prof. Saliha Serap Çifçili, MD.
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Owner
President of the Executive Board, Arzu Uzuner, MD, Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Phone: 0542 327 16 72 / E-mail: arzuuzuner@gmail.com

Editorial Manager
Mehmet Akman, MD, Professor, İstanbul, Turkey

Administrative Office
İstanbul / Phone:+90 542 327 16 72 / E-mail: editor@turkishfamilyphysician.com

Publishing Classification
Due the Press Law of Turkish Republic dated as June 26, 2004 and numbered as 5187, this publication is classified as a national periodical in Turkish or English.

Publisher

Medikal Akademi Publishing House, Istanbul
Hüseyin Kandemir / E-mail: huseyin@medikalakademi.com.tr
Phone: +90 537 309 29 55 / E-mail: info@medikalakademi.com.tr
Adress: Halaskargazi Cad. No: 172, D: 134 – Şişli / İstanbul / Turkey

Owner
President of the Executive Board, Arzu Uzuner, MD, Professor, İstanbul, Turkey
Phone: 0542 327 16 72 / E-mail: arzuuzuner@gmail.com

Copyright and License

The Journal of Turkish Journal of Family Physician to publish and disseminate research articles, requests Copyright Transfer and Conflict of Interest Form to be wet signed by the author(s) upon submission as a publishing agreement between the author(s) and the Journal. The signed form must be scanned and loaded in the submission process. By this form authors agree to transfer copyright privileges to the Journal of Turkish Journal of Family Physician. This transfer takes effect upon acceptance for publication.

All published materials (including illustrations, tables, and images in the manuscripts) is copyrighted by The Journal of Turkish Journal of Family Physician. No payment is requested for copyright or for publishing in the journal and no publication cost is charged. The Journal of Turkish Journal of Family Physician does not charge fees for publishing an article (APCs).

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