Survey of knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare professionals on dengue transmission, diagnosis and clinical classification.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the healthcare professionals (HCPs) including physicians and nurses regarding dengue transmission, diagnosis and clinical classification using the warning signs of World Health Organization (WHO) 2009 classification.

Results

Out of 471 respondents from three countries, 80.9% of physicians and 74% of nurses did not receive previous training regarding the dengue infection. The majority of respondents could identify the primary dengue vector (86%), while only a third of HCPs knew the biting time of dengue mosquitoes. Only half of our respondents knew about immunity induced by serotypes; Moreover, half of our participants could determine the diagnostic tests. On the other hand, about 90% of the respondents took

SUBMITTER: Giang HTN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8564985 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature