Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey among health care workers and tuberculosis patients in Iraq
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2003; 9 (4): 718-731
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-158209
ABSTRACT
A cross-sectional study was made of 500 patients and 500 health care workers randomly selected from 250 primary health care centers throughout Iraq to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and practices towards tuberculosis [TB]. Using structured questionnaire interviews, the study showed 64.4% of patients had good knowledge, while 54.8% had negative attitudes and practices towards TB. The 2 most important sources of patient information about TB were physicians and television. Of health care workers, 95.5% had good knowledge about TB and this was significantly associated with age and job duration. By contrast, health care workers' practice was poor only 38.2% handled suspected TB cases correctly. The national TB programme in Iraq has had a good impact on knowledge of TB patients and health care workers
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Primary Health Care
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Tuberculosis
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Attitude to Health
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Residence Characteristics
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Rural Health
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Urban Health
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Patient Education as Topic
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Surveys and Questionnaires
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
East Mediterr Health J.
Year:
2003
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