Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Survey of knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare professionals on dengue transmission, diagnosis and clinical classification. |
| Authors: |
Giang, Hoang Thi Nam1 (AUTHOR) htngiang@ud.edu.vn, Sayed, Ahmed M.2 (AUTHOR), Dang, Thao3 (AUTHOR), Iqtadar, Somia4 (AUTHOR), Tuan, Nguyen Minh5 (AUTHOR), Khiem, Nguyen Tuan6 (AUTHOR), Viet, Do Chau7 (AUTHOR), Van, Tran Thi Kim7 (AUTHOR), Phuoc, Nguyen Thanh8 (AUTHOR), Dung, Tran Thi Kim9 (AUTHOR), Elhalwagy, Esraa Ahmed10 (AUTHOR), Vien, Le Huu Linh1 (AUTHOR), Triet, Nguyen Minh11 (AUTHOR), Tong, Nguyen Thanh12 (AUTHOR), Son, Do Hong13 (AUTHOR), Hung, Lieu Chi13 (AUTHOR), Tam, Dong Thi Hoai14 (AUTHOR), Hirayama, Kenji15 (AUTHOR), Huy, Nguyen Tien16 (AUTHOR) tienhuy@nagasaki-u.ac.jp |
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BMC Infectious Diseases. 11/2/2021, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-11. 11p. |
| Abstract: |
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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