Survey of knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare professionals on dengue transmission, diagnosis and clinical classification.

Autor: Giang HTN; School of Medicine and Pharmacy, The University of Danang, Danang, 550000, Vietnam. htngiang@ud.edu.vn., Sayed AM; Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt., Dang T; Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center at the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX, USA., Iqtadar S; Dengue Expert Advisory Group Punjab, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan., Tuan NM; Children's Hospital 1, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam., Khiem NT; Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh, 70000, Vietnam., Viet DC; Children's Hospital 2, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam., Van TTK; Children's Hospital 2, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam., Phuoc NT; Cao Van Chi Hospital, Tay Ninh, Vietnam., Dung TTK; General Hospital of Agricultural, Ha Noi, Vietnam., Elhalwagy EA; Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt., Vien LHL; School of Medicine and Pharmacy, The University of Danang, Danang, 550000, Vietnam., Triet NM; The Le Ngoc Tung Hospital, Tay Ninh, Vietnam., Tong NT; Thanh Hien Pharmacy, Tay Ninh, Vietnam., Son DH; The Tay Ninh General Hospital, Tay Ninh, Vietnam., Hung LC; The Tay Ninh General Hospital, Tay Ninh, Vietnam., Tam DTH; Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, 70000, Vietnam., Hirayama K; Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan., Huy NT; School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan. tienhuy@nagasaki-u.ac.jp.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC infectious diseases [BMC Infect Dis] 2021 Nov 02; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 1130. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 02.
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06816-y
Abstrakt: Background: To investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the healthcare professionals (HCPs) including physicians and nurses regarding dengue transmission, diagnosis and clinical classification using the warning signs of World Health Organization (WHO) 2009 classification.
Results: Out of 471 respondents from three countries, 80.9% of physicians and 74% of nurses did not receive previous training regarding the dengue infection. The majority of respondents could identify the primary dengue vector (86%), while only a third of HCPs knew the biting time of dengue mosquitoes. Only half of our respondents knew about immunity induced by serotypes; Moreover, half of our participants could determine the diagnostic tests. On the other hand, about 90% of the respondents took responsibility for talking to the patients about preventive measures. Our respondents also showed wide variations in definition of warning signs listed in the WHO 2009 classification. Multivariate analysis linked the impact of different cofactors including prior training on dengue infection, type of profession, frequency of taking care of dengue patients and country on how HCPs defined these warning signs.
Conclusions: This study could declare the variation in employing the warning signs listed in the WHO 2009 classification. We have figured that most of the HCPs did not take prior training on the dengue viral infection; Also, we found gaps in the knowledge regarding various topics in dengue fever. This paper recommends the gathering of efforts to establish the proper knowledge of dengue infection and the warning signs listed by the WHO.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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