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[Malaria prevention: the role of the general practitioner]
L Valerio Sallent1, C Roca i Saumell, M J Llorens Morales
1Comissió de Cooperació de la Societat Catalana de Medicina Familiar i Comunitària.
Objective:
To find whether the prophylactic measures against malaria used by travellers to the WHO-defined endemic zones are adequate and what role the General Practitioner plays in their prescription.
Design:
Descriptive study.
Setting:
El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona) airport and four Primary Care practices in Barcelona province.
Participants:
Susceptible travellers coming from zones with effective transmission of the disease.
Measurements And Results:
142 people satisfied the inclusion criteria, average age 32.8 and 52.1% women. 25.4% had visited type A transmission zones; 23.2%, type B; and 48.6%, type C. Trips which were not formally organised made up 61.3% of the total. 75.4% of travellers received health advice before leaving, but only 3.8% asked their G.P.. Indication of prophylactic measures was correct in 108 people (74.6%); there was under-dosage in 4 (2.8%) and incorrect medication in 32 (22.5%). 85.5% of travellers complied with prescribed amounts. 15.6% had pharmacological side-effects.
Conclusions:
At present, there is a hole in primary prophylaxis for malaria for travellers to the WHO's zone A. General Practitioners can and must prefer advice to the traveller on this question.
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