Current Knowledge and Awareness of Dengue Fever among Students of Government College University Faisalabad

Abstract

Background: Dengue fever is a vector-borne infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus, the most common arthropod-borne infection in humans. According to WHO, the best strategy to avoid dengue endemic is to educate people about the disease and preventative measures? Despite the efforts to avoid the dengue virus, the newest national survey statistics show that dengue fever is still on the increase among the population. The major goal of this study was to examine university students' knowledge of dengue and preventative measures, as well as to determine the relationship between awareness of dengue and drivers of knowledge of dengue infection in Government College University Faisalabad students. Aim: The aim of this review is to highlight Dengue fever (break-borne fever). Materials and methods: This was a survey review article. This research work was conducted at Government College University, Faisalabad. And this research work was conducted in three months (Between February 2020 and April 2020). A cross-sectional study investigation was carried out. A total of 500 students were interviewed, with pre-tested questioners being used. Results: A cross-sectional investigation was carried out. A total of 500 students were interviewed, with pre-tested questioners being used. The sampling was done in a convenient manner. In Government College University Faisalabad, several medical terminologies were put in plain English, and interviewers were trained for data collecting. The research was carried out at Government College University in Faisalabad. The course of study was also thought to have an influence on Dengue fever knowledge. SPSS was used to examine the findings of this investigation. The total score range was 25. The participants (26.4%) showed scores from a range of 10 or below 10 which means they had poor knowledge about dengue awareness. While the participants (45.4%) showed scores from a range of 11 to 18 which means they had fair knowledge about dengue awareness. The participants (28.2%) s showed scores ranging from 19 to 25 which means they had good knowledge about dengue fever awareness. Conclusion: Of this study is that knowledge is poor between the study respondents while the majority of persons had clear understanding of fever, headache, joint pain as general signs and symptoms of dengue viral fever. However, a huge proportion exhibited vague opinions of other different signs and symptoms involving muscular pain and skin rashes. Only rare of them knew that dengue viral fever is caused by mosquito bites, and was conscious that the mosquito causing dengue breeds in artificially collected water.

Dengue Fever Perception among Undergraduate Students at a Public Sector University, Rawalpindi

“…Only 35.5% of the students knew about the biting time of Dengue mosquito. Mixed responses on this have been recorded in other studies; studies (6,15) reported higher percentages, studies (14,16,18,20) reported medium percentages and studies (11,12,21) reported low percentages. Students in our study had good knowledge (95.1%) about the breeding sites.…”

“…The research will serve as a tool to generate new strategies within the community and among the students and will also facilitate in formulation of pragmatic recommendations that can impart awareness about the severity and prevention of the disease. Keeping in view previously conducted similar awareness studies (6,(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22), an online close-ended structured questionnaire was formulated and shared among the students using nonprobability convenience method. The questions were based on "correct", "incorrect" and "unaware" responses ("unaware " option was counted as an incorrect response).…”

Dengue awareness among faculty members of government college university, Faisalabad

“…This discrepancy in results can be explained based on the research conducted on the students of Government College University Faisalabad regarding level of awareness. The results of that study showed a poor level of awareness among the students of Government College University Faisalabad and thus it was concluded that the level of awareness regarding dengue is poor in southern Punjab 12 which explains the moderate level of dengue awareness instead of a high level of dengue awareness among the faculty members of Government College University Faisalabad.…”

Evaluation of clinical and laboratory characteristics of dengue viral infection and risk factors of dengue hemorrhagic fever: a multi-center retrospective analysis

“…These factors create ideal conditions for DVI transmission in the country [ 4 – 6 ]. Pakistan has reported more severe dengue cases due to condensation in inter-epidemic periods [ 3 , 5 – 7 ]. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad, the number of cases reported in Pakistan in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 were 22,938, more than 3,200, 24,547, and 3,442, respectively.…”

“…However, there are dearth of investigations evaluating risk factors of DHF in Pakistan. Other studies conducted in Pakistan focus on the clinical profile of the dengue infection [ 9 ], have small sample size [ 5 , 10 ], clinical and laboratory features of the disease [ 7 ], association of DVI with thrombocytopenia and leucopenia [ 8 ], dengue serotypes [ 11 ], and detection of DVI using immunoglobulins and nonstructural protein 1 (NS-1) antigens [ 12 ].…”