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Today, limited resources should be used efficiently and in accordance with needs for effective healthcare services. Being seriously concerned about illnesses, seeking unnecessary medical help, insisting on making unnecessary medical examinations to physicians, and / or using unnecessary medication characterize abnormal illness behavior and individuals with abnormal illness behavior do not use health services in line with their needs. It is important for healthcare professionals to provide services with the awareness of the diversity of disease behavior, to strengthen physician-patient communication and to raise awareness of the effective use of health services. This research is designed to reveal the illness behavior of individuals and the socio-demographic characteristics that affect this behavior. 255 persons who applied to the cardiology outpatient clinic of a tertiary health institution operating in Ankara and accepted to participate in the study were included in the scope of the study. Socio-demographic information form and a questionnaire consisting of the Disease Behavior Assessment Scale (HaDDÖ) were used as data collection tools in the study, and data were collected by face-to-face interview method. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that 52.9% of the 255 participants showed increased abnormal disease behavior. It has been concluded that there is a significant relationship between individuals' education levels, income and employment status and increased abnormal illness behavior.

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