アトランティック カナダ の 医療 職員 の 結核 に 関する 知識,態度,習慣: 記述 的 な 研究
Harold Joonkeun Oh1, Moira A Law2, Isdore Chola Shamputa3
1Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, NB E2L 4L5, Canada.
Tropical medicine and infectious disease
|August 27, 2025
まとめ
アトランティック・カナダの医療従事者は,結核 (TB) の予防に関する良好な知識,態度,実践を示しています. しかし 症状を認識する際の ギャップや一貫性のない慣行は 結核の治療を改善するための 標的型教育介入の必要性を 強調しています
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 感染症対策
- 医療専門教育
背景:
- 大西洋カナダにおける結核に関する医療従事者 (HCW) の知識,態度,実践 (KAP) に関する地域データは限られている.
- HCWは結核の予防と制御に 重要な役割を果たしています
研究 の 目的:
- 大西洋カナダにおける結核に関するHCWのKAPを評価する.
- 結核の治療と制御を強化するための教育介入の具体的な分野を特定する.
主な方法:
- アトランティックカナダの157の高熱労働者を対象に,横断的なオンライン調査が行われました (2023年10月〜2024年2月).
- 参加者はソーシャルメディア,メールリスト,スノーボールサンプリングで募集されました.
- データはIBM SPSS Statistics v29を使用して分析され,KAPはライカート型スケールを使用して評価され,信頼性はCronbach's alphaで評価されました.
主要な成果:
- HCWは,TBに対する知識 (M=29.32,SD=3.25) とポジティブな態度 (M=3.87,SD=0.37) を示し,強力な実践 (M=4.24,SD=0.69) を示した.
- 特定されたギャップには,より一般的な結核の症状の認識と,換気と治療前の開始における一貫性のない慣行が含まれています.
- すべてのKAP領域で不適切な信頼性 (Cronbach' s alpha < 0. 7) が認められ,さらなる分析は制限された.
結論:
- アトランティックカナダの HCW の間で結核に関連する KAP は中等から強いですが,重要な知識と実践のギャップがあります.
- 結核対策の改善を目的とした教育と訓練の必要性を強調しています.
- このデータは 地域における TB患者の公平なケアを確保するための 将来の介入の指針となるでしょう
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