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Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding tuberculosis among final year students in Yazd, central Iran

Authors
Fatemah Behnaza, 1, Fatemah.behnaz@yahoo.com, Golnaz Mohammadzadeb, 2, g.mohammadzade@gmail.com, Razieh S. Mousavi-e-roknabadib, 3, mousavi_razieh@yahoo.com, Mahmoud Mohammadzadeha, *, 4, mahmoudmohammadzadeh@yahoo.com
aDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran
bShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
1

Designed and conducted the study, prepared the manuscript.

2

Contributed in preparation of proposal and statistical analysis.

3

Contributed in preparing questionnaire and data collection.

4

Contributed in data analysis, contributed in manuscript preparation.

*Corresponding author. Address: Infectious Diseases Ward, Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Ebne-sina Avenue, Shahid Ghandi Blvd., Yazd, Iran. Tel.: +98 531 8113590; fax: +98 358224300.
Corresponding Author
Mahmoud Mohammadzadehmahmoudmohammadzadeh@yahoo.com
Received 3 August 2013, Revised 2 September 2013, Accepted 3 September 2013, Available Online 21 October 2013.
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2013.09.003How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Knowledge; Attitude; Practices; Tuberculosis; Medical students
Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health problem. Treatment and prevention of TB has shifted from inpatient to outpatient settings. A report from the World Health Organization has emphasized educational strategy to ensure students graduate with the appropriate knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential to the effective management of TB. The objective of this study was to determine the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices among medical students.

The survey was done from 2012 to 2013. Knowledge, attitudes and practices were assessed regarding tuberculosis with a questionnaire.

Knowledge mean score of students was 16.13 ± 2.06 and Attitude score was 36.08 ± 3.76, Knowledge and attitude levels of students were moderate to high in the majority of them. Practice score of the study subjects was 22.77 ± 4.95, 11.9% of students had poor practice level. 43% did not know that a sputum smear is the most important method used for diagnosis of TB. Two-thirds of them did not know the distance that should be kept from contagious patients. Half of them believed that the BCG vaccination has no role in the prevention of TB.

This study concluded that more efforts should be made to improve the knowledge of students regarding TB transmission and the role of sputum smear in diagnosis. The importance of the BCG vaccination should be emphasized.

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Journal
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81 - 85
Publication Date
2013/10/21
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
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2210-6006
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2013.09.003How to use a DOI?
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© 2013 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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