Knowledge and attitudes towards Zika virus among medical students in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim, Nahla Khamis; Moshref, Rana; Moshref, Leena; Walid, Jawaher Badr; Alsati, Hadeel S.

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2017.02.015

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“…Respondents in this study also exhibited better knowledge on this, than what was found in Greece in 2016 (36.7%) [28]. A more worrisome finding on this (17.1%) was recorded in Saudi Arabia among medical students in 2017 [34]. One would have expected medical students to be more knowledgeable on Zika virus than the general public.…”

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confidence: 43%

“…. Surprisingly, this score is better than scores recorded in similar studies in some more developed countries such as Qatar (22.9%), and Saudi Arabia (30.3%) [27] [34]. It is important that women, and the general public are equipped with the knowledge that Zika virus can be transmitted through blood transfusion, so that they request for Zika virus blood screening before transfusion, in times of outbreak.…”

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confidence: 61%

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Formal Education Related Pattern of Awareness and Basic Knowledge on Zika Virus Disease, among Women Visiting Children Immunization Unit in a Tertiary Hospital, Southeast Nigeria

Ndibuagu¹

2018

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Zika virus is transmitted through the bite of infected Aedesa egypti, or Aedes albopictus mosquito, and re-emerged as a disease of global public health importance in March/April 2015 in Brazil. The objective of this study is to assess the formal education related pattern of awareness, and basic knowledge on Zika virus disease, among women visiting children immunization unit in a tertiary hospital, in Nigeria. Study was conducted in 2016/2017 with 256 randomly selected respondents. Semi-structured questionnaire was used in the cross-sectional study. Findings including 77.8% of respondents with postgraduate educational qualification were aware that there is a disease known as Zika Virus Disease (ZVD), 62.0% for tertiary education qualification, 53.8% for secondary education level, 20.0% for primary education level, while none of the three respondents that had no formal education were aware of ZVD. The level of awareness increased with increasing educational qualification. These findings were analyzed using the Likelihood Ratio which was calculated to be 28.329, with P-value of <0.001. Television was the commonest source of first ZVD information. Overall mean percentage knowledge level of the different educational groups revealed as followed; no formal education 22.2%, primary level 12.0%, secondary level 46.1%, tertiary level 54.4%, and postgraduate level was 51.5%. The mean for the stated scores was 37.2%. Students' T-Test at 95.0% confidence interval was 0.012, showing that the difference in the mean percentage scores between the groups was significant. Respondents with tertiary and postgraduate education qualifications recorded overall mean score above 50.0% each, while secondary, primary, and no for-How to cite this paper: Ndibuagu, E.O.

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Formal Education Related Pattern of Awareness and Basic Knowledge on Zika Virus Disease, among Women Visiting Children Immunization Unit in a Tertiary Hospital, Southeast Nigeria

Ndibuagu¹

2018

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“…Studies related to knowledge and attitude towards ZIKV infection have been conducted in various community groups. At least 21 studies related to knowledge of ZIKV infection have been conducted [1,[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52], in the general population [33][34][35][36][37] or specific groups such as reproductive-age women [38,39], pregnant women [40][41][42][43], construction workers [44], and medical [1,39,[45][46][47][48][49]52] and non-medical university students [33,52]. Five of these studies were conducted among HCWs [1,39,45,50,51].…”

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Knowledge and attitude towards pregnancy-related issues of Zika virus infection among general practitioners in Indonesia

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Background: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes towards pregnancy-related issues of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection among general practitioners (GPs), a frontline healthcare worker group, in Indonesia. Methods: A cross-sectional, online survey assessing knowledge and attitudes towards ZIKV infection on multiple-item scales was sent to GPs in the Sumatra and Java islands of Indonesia. The associations between independent factors and either knowledge or attitude were assessed with logistic regressions. The correlation and association between knowledge and attitude were estimated. Results: We included 457 (53.7%) out of 850 responses in the analysis. Among these, 304 (66.5%) and 111 (24.2%) respondents had a good knowledge and attitude, respectively. No demographic, workplace, professional development, or experiential characteristics related to ZIKV infection were associated with knowledge. In the multivariate analysis, only contact experience was associated with attitude. There was a significant, positive correlation between knowledge and attitude scores. Conclusions: Although knowledge of pregnancy-related complications of ZIKV infection is relatively high among GPs in Indonesia, more than 75% of them had a poor attitude towards pregnancy-related issues of Zika. Strategies for enhancing the capacity of GPs to develop positive attitudes and respond to ZIKV infection are needed.

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“…In Indonesia, one report addressed the knowledge of the surveyed HCP [14], whilst another has recently addressed the attitude of medical doctors [15]. In the Middle East, nurses' knowledge regarding ZIKAV screening in pregnant women was assessed in a study in Bahrain [16], while in Saudi Arabia, ZIKAV knowledge and attitude were assessed in a sample of medical students [17]. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first systematic report that addressed this issue specifically amongst general physicians and gynecologists, the two categories of physicians who are most probably encountering pregnant women that require counseling concerning ZIKAV.…”

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Physicians’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards Zika virus infection in Jordan

Abu-rish¹,

Elayeh²,

Browning³

2019

J Infect Dev Ctries

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Introduction: Zika virus (ZIKAV) disease is a public health problem of international concern. Recent evidence has documented imported ZIKAV cases into the Middle East and the existence of ZIKAV-transmitting mosquitoes in Jordan. However, limited data exist on the role of physicians in public awareness in this regard. This study aimed to assess ZIKAV knowledge, attitudes and counseling practices (KAP) of general physicians and gynecologists in Amman, Jordan. Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, a structured paper-based questionnaire was completed by 119 participants during 2016-2017. Results: Only 4.2% of the physicians correctly addressed ZIKAV-complication questions. A misconception of considering direct contact between individuals and breastfeeding as modes of ZIKAV transmission was observed. Only one participant correctly recognized that isolation of infected or exposed persons is not recommended. Having at least five years of experience in medical practice was the only factor that was significantly associated with a high knowledge score (P-value = 0.011). Although prevention measures are the sole method to control ZIKAV spread, only 50% of participants believed in the efficacy of such measures. Despite a quarter of participants perceiving ZIKAV as a threat to their patients, none of them have counseled a patient in this regard before. The presence of an evidence of ZIKAV in Jordan and health authorities' recommendations were the most important predictors for adoption of counseling practice. Conclusions: General physicians and gynecologists in Jordan had several gaps in knowledge of key aspects of ZIKAV disease, and there is a need for specific training programs of physicians and gynecologists.

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Knowledge and attitudes towards Zika virus among medical students in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Cited by 27 publications

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Formal Education Related Pattern of Awareness and Basic Knowledge on Zika Virus Disease, among Women Visiting Children Immunization Unit in a Tertiary Hospital, Southeast Nigeria

Formal Education Related Pattern of Awareness and Basic Knowledge on Zika Virus Disease, among Women Visiting Children Immunization Unit in a Tertiary Hospital, Southeast Nigeria

Knowledge and attitude towards pregnancy-related issues of Zika virus infection among general practitioners in Indonesia

Physicians’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards Zika virus infection in Jordan

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