What family doctors know about congenital CMV: a regional survey in Iran.
| Autor: | Hosseinzadeh Adli A; Department of Virology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Karami C; Department of Virology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran., Baghban Rahimi S; Department of Microbiology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran., Mirarab A; Department of Microbiology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran., Tabarraei A; Infectious Diseases Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. alijant@yahoo.com. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Italian journal of pediatrics [Ital J Pediatr] 2018 Mar 01; Vol. 44 (1), pp. 31. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Mar 01. |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13052-018-0470-4 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Since there is no effective treatment or vaccine against the congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection, knowledge and awareness of medical doctor's (MDs) especially family doctors are essential for preventive strategies and it also seems to be usually ignored by healthcare providers. Aim of this study was to investigate awareness of MDs about cCMV infection in Iran. Methods: A single page questionnaire was randomly distributed among 450 MDs including general practitioners, pediatricians, gynecologists, internal and other medical specialists concerning of their knowledge in clinical presentation, diagnosis, prevention, prognosis, epidemiology, transmission, and management of cCMV infection. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 16. Results: More than half of questionnaire recipients refused to take part in any of the questionnaire items. The most of the respondents were agreed for newborn CMV screening tests and mandatory CMV test for women trying to get pregnant, which, are not routinely tested. The knowledge of general practitioners about cCMV was less than usual. The field of expertise had a profound effect in this survey, but age and gender did not. Conclusions: Our results indicated that the knowledge of cCMV infection, especially among family doctors contains several gaps. Urgent action is required to improve family doctor's knowledge of CMV infection. Surveys to evaluate CMV awareness among MDs, healthcare professionals and women of childbearing age are proposed. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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