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Borowski, Bartosz, Kupisz, Zuzanna, Długosz, Patrycja, Kozioł, Małgorzata. The state of knowledge regarding pertussis amongst young adults. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2022;12(9):341-353. eISSN 2391-8306. DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.09.038 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/39629 https://zenodo.org/record/7040686 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2022; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 15.08.2022. Revised: 20.08.2022. Accepted: 01.09.2022. The state of knowledge regarding pertussis amongst young adults Bartosz Borowski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1575-4265 Zuzanna Kupisz Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1746-2661 Patrycja Długosz Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4517-4832 Małgorzata Kozioł Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9079-8594 Abstract Pertussis remains a serious health problem to this day. Even though a successful vaccine campaign reduced the morbidity rate in most countries, it still is a present and concerning disease. The sickness is especially dangerous to infants and young children, as it may result in serious health complications, and even death. The aim of this study was to determine how much do young adults know about this condition, and how often does pertussis occur within this population, as well as within its family members. Materials and methods: data was collected with use of an authorial survey, which was handed around a group of 201 freshmen medical students in contact, in April 2022. Results: Most of the students possess basic knowledge regarding aetiology, routes of transmission and symptoms of pertussis, but lack information about the vaccines, treatment, course of the disease and specific at-risk groups. Some students were diagnosed with the condition in the past, and some have a family member diagnosed with it sometime. Conclusion: Young adults have basic knowledge regarding pertussis, but they should be educated about some aspects of this sickness, with use of social campaigns or advertisements. Only some of the people are affected by pertussis during their life, as the disease is relatively rare in developed countries. A possibility of getting a booster shot of pertussis vaccine should be touted. Key words: whooping cough, Bordetella pertussis, infectious disease |
