Attitude towards Zika among frontline physicians in a dengue-endemic country: A preliminary cross-sectional study in Indonesia.

Autor:	Yufika A; Medical Research Unit, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh,Indonesia.; Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh,Indonesia., Anwar S; Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh,Indonesia., Maulana R; Medical Research Unit, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh,Indonesia., Wahyuniati N; Medical Research Unit, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh,Indonesia., Ramadana RR; Medical Research Unit, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh,Indonesia., Ikram I; Medical Research Unit, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh,Indonesia., Mudatsir M; Medical Research Unit, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh,Indonesia.; Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh,Indonesia., Utomo PS; Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Jogjakarta,Indonesia., Te H; Siem Reap Provincial Hospital, Siem Reap, Cambodia.; Siem Reap Provincial Health Department, Ministry of Health, Cambodia., Enitan SS; Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria., Sirinam S; Department of Tropical Pediatrics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand., Müller R; Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.; Unit of Medical Entomology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium., Setiawan AM; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University of Malang, Malang, Indonesia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Narra J [Narra J] 2021 Apr; Vol. 1 (1), pp. e32. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Apr 01.
DOI:	10.52225/narraj.v1i1.32
Abstrakt:	In dengue-endemic countries such as Indonesia, Zika may be misdiagnosed as dengue, leading to underestimates of Zika disease and less foreknowledge of pregnancy-related complications such as microcephaly. Objective: To assess the attitudes of frontline physicians in a dengue-endemic country toward testing for Zika infection among patients with dengue-like illnesses. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among general practitioners (GPs) in Indonesia. The survey assessed their attitude and also collected sociodemographic data, characteristics of their medical education, professional background, and workplace, and exposure to Zika cases. A two-step logistic regression analysis was used to assess possible variables associated with these attitudes. Results: A total of 370 GPs were included in the final analysis of which 70.8% had good attitude. Unadjusted analyses suggested that GPs who were 30 years old or older and those who had medical experience five years or longer had lower odds of having a positive attitude compared to those who aged younger than 30 years and those who had medical experience less than five years, OR: 0.58; 95%CI: 0.37, 0.91 and OR: 0.55; 95%CI: 0.35, 0.86, respectively. No explanatory variable was associated with attitude in the fully adjusted model. Conclusion: Our findings point to younger GPs with a shorter medical experience being more likely to consider testing for Zika infection among their patients presenting with dengue-like illnesses. Strategic initiatives may be needed to enhance older or longer-experienced physicians' capacity in diagnosing Zika infection. Competing Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. (© 2021 The Author(s).)
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