苏丹卫生保健工作者对蛇,蛇咬和它们的管理的知识和看法
Ali Awadallah Saeed1,2, Omer A Gibreel3, Ayman B Mousa1
1Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Clinical and Industrial Pharmacy, National University-Sudan, Khartoum, Sudan.
PloS one
|September 20, 2024
概括
苏丹的医疗保健提供者对蛇咬及其管理知识不足. 迫切需要培训,以改善蛇的护理和特有地区的结果.
科学领域:
- 医学昆虫学 医学昆虫学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 热带医学 热带医学
背景情况:
- 蛇咬是苏丹的一个重要健康问题,但统计数据很少.
- 在医学上有意义的蛇存在,农场工人是主要的受害者,通常是在雨季.
- 毒蛇咬伤管理结果差以及医疗保健提供者的知识数据有限,这使得这项研究成为必要的.
研究的目的:
- 评估医疗保健提供者的知识和准备能力,以管理苏丹的蛇咬伤.
- 在医疗专业人员中发现了解蛇,蛇咬和治疗方案的差距.
主要方法:
- 在2022年8月进行了一项描述性的横截面调查.
- 苏丹蛇流行地区的394名医疗和医疗保健提供者参加了这次活动.
- 数据采集使用验证的问卷,并使用SPSS版本20进行分析.
主要成果:
- 只有45.3%的参与者对蛇咬有充分的了解,58.1%的人对蛇有了解.
- 一个很低的百分比 (25.9%) 接受了蛇咬伤管理培训,尽管有60.4%的人表现出了足够的知识.
- 对管理层的信心很低 (14%),只有40.9%的人有设施协议.
结论:
- 苏丹蛇流行地区的医疗保健提供者对蛇,蛇和它们的管理知识不足.
- 迫切需要立即进行干预,包括持续的专业教育和培训.
- 解决这种被忽视的热带疾病需要加强提供者能力,以改善患者的治疗结果.
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