Are there knowledge and attitude deficits on leprosy? A study among medical interns and final year medical students in southeast Nigeria
| Autor: | Ijeoma Nduka, Joseph N. Chukwu, Edmund Ndudi Ossai, Anthony O. Meka, Kenechi A. Uwakwe, Emmanuel N. Aguwa, Ben Azuogu, Uche Anyanwagu, Charles C. Nwafor, Ngozi Ekeke, Daniel C. Oshi |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Response rate (survey)
medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis Cross-sectional study business.industry education medicine.disease Logistic regression Family medicine Chi-square test General Earth and Planetary Sciences Medicine Lack of knowledge Leprosy business Male gender General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 2162-8807 |
| Popis: | Background: Lack of knowledge about leprosy exists even among medical practitioners around the world. This study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and treatment practice regarding leprosy among final year medical students and medical interns in southeast Nigeria. Methods: This was a comparative cross sectional study. All final year medical students and all medical interns in five tertiary health institutions in southeast Nigeria were included in the study. Information was obtained using pre-tested, self-administered, semi-structured questionnaires. Chi square test and multivariate analysis using binary logistic regression were used in the analysis. Significance was determined to be p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|