This study covers 434 medical doctors for whom sufficient data were obtained, from among a total of 623. A questionnaire was given out to all in the first stage and the doctors who had positive findings at this stage were called for further investigations, such as urinalysis, KUB and IVP. There was urolithiasis in 12.90% (56/434). A positive family history was found in 110 cases (25.34%). The differences between stone positive and stone negative groups regarding coffee and tea intake were not statistically significant. The water intake of the stone positive group was significantly higher than that of the stone negative group. When the prevalence of urolithiasis was investigated with regard to the surgeon and non-surgeon groups, the difference was not found to be statistically significant (16.8% as against 10.1%).

Keywords: history, prevalence, profession (doctor), stone disease