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Awareness of people about forensic doctors in Iraq in 2018:a cross-sectional study.

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Abstract

Background:
Forensic medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with applying medical knowledge to establish facts in civil or criminal cases, such as investigations into the cause and time of death. In Iraq, people's knowledge about forensic doctors' profiles is unknown, so this study aims to assess the general population's knowledge regarding forensic doctors. 
Methods: 
This is a cross-sectional study that involved 644 participants from different provinces in Iraq using a self-administered questionnaire published via social media websites. The survey involved questions about the sociodemographic status of participants and twelve questions about forensic doctor duties, which were listed in the Iraqi constitution. These were tested for internal consistency with an alpha Cronbach value of 0.82. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social science (SPSS) version 23. 
Results:
The mean number of questions correctly answered was 7.35 with a standard deviation of 3, 9.5% of the sample answered all the questions correctly, 30.4% answered from 9 to 11 questions, 20.5% from 7 to 8, 28% from 4 to 6, 9.4% from 1 to 3 and 2.2%  answered all questions wrongly. The highest awareness was about the duty of dissecting bodies, identifying the remnants' identity, and identifying the cause of death. The lowest awareness was about public morality issues as a duty of the forensic doctor. There was a statistically significant association between the number of correctly answered questions and gender, age, marital status, and education level. 
Conclusion :
This study shows moderate knowledge and awareness about forensic doctors among Iraq's general population.

DOI

10.21608/ejfsat.2022.46138.1171

Keywords

Awareness, Forensic doctor, Iraq, Duties

Authors

First Name

Nabeel

Last Name

Hashim

MiddleName

Ghazi

Affiliation

Department of Pathologh and Forensic Medicine / College of Medicine / University of Baghdad / Baghdad / Iraq

Email

nabeelghazi_hashim@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

https://orcid.org/00

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Mutar

MiddleName

Tareq

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

muhammed.tariq64@gmail.com

City

Baghdad

Orcid

0000-0002-9699-4665

First Name

Mustafa

Last Name

Majid

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

mostafa.maged1600d@comed.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

https://orcid.org/00

First Name

Mina

Last Name

Mohanad

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

mina.mohannad1600d@comed.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

-

First Name

Namariq

Last Name

Jasim

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

namareq.jassem1600d@comed.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

-

First Name

Muslim

Last Name

Muslim

MiddleName

Amoori

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

moslimma98@gmail.com

City

Baghdad

Orcid

0000-0002-6529-8712

First Name

Nabaa

Last Name

Sakban

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

nabaa.aziz1600d@comed.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

-

First Name

Nedaa

Last Name

Hashim

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

nedaa.hashem1600d@comed.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

-

First Name

Nada

Last Name

Muthana

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

nada.mothana1600d@comed.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

-

First Name

Nour Al-Huda

Last Name

Raheem

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

sallybrad15@gmail.com

City

Baghdad

Orcid

-

First Name

Noor

Last Name

Hameed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

nour.hameed1600d@comed.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

-

First Name

Noor-Alhuda

Last Name

Jasim

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

nooralhudajasim1997@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Noor

Last Name

Jaafar

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

nour.jaafar1600d@comed.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

-

First Name

Noor

Last Name

Mosaad

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

nour.mossad1600d@comed.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

-

First Name

Noor

Last Name

salam

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

noorsalamjabbar@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Noor

Last Name

Abdulkareem

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

nour.abd1600d@comed.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

-

First Name

Mustafa

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

mostafa.ahmed1600d@comed.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

-

First Name

Mustafa

Last Name

Mouwafak

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Baghdad university college of medicine/ medical researcher

Email

mostafa.mowafaq1600d@comed.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

-

Volume

22

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

31913

Issue Date

2022-03-01

Receive Date

2020-11-06

Publish Date

2022-03-01

Page Start

1

Page End

10

Print ISSN

1687-0875

Online ISSN

2535-1915

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EJFSAT_Volume 22_Issue 1_Pages 1-10.pdf

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The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology

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Awareness of people about forensic doctors in Iraq in 2018:a cross-sectional study.

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22 Jan 2023