A study on knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding dengue fever, its prevention and management among dengue patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization (WHO) has ranked dengue as one of the top ten threats to Global health in 2019. Sri Lanka faced a massive dengue epidemic in 2017, the largest outbreak in the country during the last three decades, consisting of 186,101 reported cases, and over 320 deaths. The epidemic was controlled by intense measures taken by the health sector. However, the reported dengue cases and dengue deaths in 2019 were significantly higher than that of 2018. Deaths were mostly due to delay in hospitalization of severe dengue patients. The mortality of dengue hemorrhagic fever is 2-5% if detected early and treated promptly, but is high as 20% if left untreated.

Methods

A descriptive cross-sectional study was done among patients with dengue fever presenting to

SUBMITTER: Jayawickreme KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8454131 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature