加拿大大西洋地区卫生保健工作者的结核病相关知识,态度和做法:一项描述性研究
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
概括
大西洋加拿大的卫生保健工作者表现出良好的结核病预防知识,态度和实践. 然而, 识别症状的差距和不一致的做法凸显了改善结核病治疗的有针对性的教育干预措施的必要性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生
- 传染病控制
- 医疗保健专业教育
背景情况:
- 关于加拿大大西洋地区卫生保健工作者 (HCW) 关于结核病 (TB) 的知识,态度和做法 (KAP) 的区域数据有限.
- 在预防和控制结核病方面, 医疗保健工作者发挥着至关重要的作用.
研究的目的:
- 评估加拿大大西洋地区结核病相关的HCW的KAP.
- 确定教育干预措施的具体领域,以加强结核病的治疗和控制.
主要方法:
- 在加拿大大西洋地区的157个高温室中进行了横截面的在线调查 (2023年10月至2024年2月).
- 通过社交媒体,电子邮件列表和雪球采样招募参与者.
- 数据使用IBM SPSS统计 v29进行分析,KAP使用利克特类型尺度进行评估,可靠性通过Cronbach的alpha进行评估.
主要成果:
- 医疗保健工作者对结核病的知识 (M=29.32,SD=3.25) 和积极态度 (M=3.87,SD=0.37),实践力度强 (M=4.24,SD=0.69).
- 确定的缺陷包括识别不太常见的结核病症状以及通风和预治疗的不一致做法.
- 在所有KAP域中发现了低于最佳的可靠性 (克朗巴赫α< 0. 7),限制了进一步的分析.
结论:
- 总体而言,加拿大大西洋地区的医疗保健工作者中结核病相关的KAP是中等到强大的,但存在重大知识和实践差距.
- 研究结果强调需要有针对性的教育和培训, 以提高结核病防治能力.
- 这些数据将指导未来的干预措施, 以确保该地区的结核病患者得到公平的护理.
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