Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Ebola Virus Disease Among Medical Students of Rawalpindi: A Preventable Threat Not Yet Confronted.

Khan

2020

JPRI

Objective: To assess the attitude of healthcare students regarding Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in a medical university. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenience sampling method. A self-developed and pre-validated tool was used to collect data from students studying in three healthcare faculties of a university in Malaysia. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 24.0 was used to analyze the data. The level of significance was alpha of 5% (0.05). Results: Of the total of 252 studied student, more female students 177 (70.2%) participated in the present study than the male students 75 (29.8%).. The majority of the final years’ students had a positive attitude than the pre-final year students, with female students of the university had a more positive attitude (77.4%) as compared to the male students (69.3%) when the question was asked about the personal role in the management of JE is essential Conclusion: Overall positive attitude was observed among the studied healthcare students. The present study concluded that pharmacy students had a more positive attitude than the two other faculties students i.e. dentistry and medicine regarding JE.

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 92%

Attitude of Healthcare Students towards Japanese Encephalitis

Khan

2020

JPRI

Int J Community Med Public Health

“…had heard about the disease Ebola.In study conducted about awareness of rabies in Chhattisgarh, majority 83.1% of medical students knew about the viral cause of rabies, 93.4% knew the dog as most common reservoir of rabies and 91.8% knew the most common mode of rabies transmission by bites of rabid animal. [7][8][9] 72% of students (144) were aware about the reservoir host of Nipah virus (fruit bats and pig). Epidemiological investigations in Bangladesh have identified three pathways of transmission of NiV from bats to people.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…So these comparison show medical students are more aware of rabies as it is more prevalent and robust literature available than Nipah. 8,12…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Medicos: knowledge and attitude on Nipah at Malappuram district, India

Binub¹

2019

Background: A recent epidemic of Nipah virus affected few districts of Malabar in Kerala, Southern India. Eighteen people died, remarking case fatality rate of 94.7%. Early diagnosis within second case by doctors and prompt control activities by the health ministry saved more lives. Objective was to study knowledge and attitude about Nipah among medical students of Malappuram District.Methods: The study was conducted among 200 MBBS students of tertiary medical college at Malappuram district, North Kerala. A pre structured questionnaire was used to study on knowledge and attitude related to Nipah among medical. Then the data was collected, analyzed and entered into Excel. The frequency of awareness among medical students was expressed in proportions.Results: Majority had good attitude and half of them had good knowledge about the disease. Most of students have been aware about the virus by social media (40.5%) as major source of information followed by news/newspaper (34%), (17.5 %) internet and (8%) by awareness programs.Conclusions: Topic about Nipah virus disease should be inculcated in medical textbooks elaborately. Special training programs for medical students should be on focus and health education sessions should be enhanced.

Int J Community Med Public Health

“…6 A sound knowledge on the preventive aspects of the deadly disease can be a powerful tool in preventing future outbreaks of the disease in the community. [7][8][9][10][11] Since there are no published Indian studies on the knowledge and attitude of Nipah virus disease among medical students in this part of Karnataka, India, the results obtained here can be regarded as a first step towards the provision of information, on knowledge and attitudes among medicos on Nipah infectious disease…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the present study 58.7% were aware about the mode of spread of Nipah virus infection and only 29.5% students were aware about the laboratory test for diagnosis of Nipah virus infection. 7 Studies on Rabies awareness reveals that 74.3% of the medical students were aware about the common symptom of rabies in humans. Majority of the students (72.7%) were aware about immediate washing of the wound with soap and water.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge and attitude about Nipah virus infection among medical students, Mysuru, India

George¹,

Ramaiah²

2020

Background: As the deadly Nipah virus, which took the life of 18 people in 2018, resurfaces in Kerala, Karnataka being nearby state is put on high alert, among which Mysore is one such district. Even with a case fatality rate of 94.7%, early treatment and prompt control activities by medical professionals can save more lives. So with this background and relevance, the study intends to assess the knowledge and attitude about Nipah virus infection among the medical students of JSS Medical College, Mysuru district, as medical students must have a good insight about the effect of diseases on communities and individuals.Methods: The study was conducted among 4th term and 8th term MBBS students of JSS Medical College, Mysuru, Karnataka. The study sample of 271 was obtained by convenient sampling method. The study was done over a period of 3 months (April 2019 to June 2019). Data regarding knowledge and attitude was collected using pretested semi-structured questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS-24. Appropriate statistical tests were applied to find out association and was expressed statistically significant at a p value<0.05.Results: Majority of the students were aware about the Nipah virus infection and 97% were aware about the recent outbreak in Kerala. 43.5% of the students had good knowledge regarding the epidemiology and treatment of Nipah virus infection and 47.20% had acceptable knowledge on Nipah virus. 33.60% of the students had good attitude regarding the preventive aspects of Nipah virus infection.Conclusions: Majority of the students 97% were aware about the recent outbreak of Nipah virus infection in Kerala. Around 43.5% of the students had good knowledge regarding the epidemiology and treatment of Nipah virus infection and 33.6% of the students had good attitude regarding the preventive aspects of Nipah virus infection. Students from previously affected places had good knowledge and attitude regarding Nipah virus.