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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease among Primary Health-care Workers in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto State, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the only preventable cardiovascular disease that still causes significant morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries like Nigeria where it is classified as a neglected disease. The inciting agent causes pharyngitis often not properly trea...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10064898/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36695224 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_222_21 |
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author | Isezuo, Khadijat Omeneke Awosan, Kehinde Joseph Ango, Umar Mohammed Mohammed, Yahaya Sani, Usman Muhammad Waziri, Usman Muhammad Garba, Bilkisu Ilah Adamu, Asma’u Jiya, Fatima Bello |
author_facet | Isezuo, Khadijat Omeneke Awosan, Kehinde Joseph Ango, Umar Mohammed Mohammed, Yahaya Sani, Usman Muhammad Waziri, Usman Muhammad Garba, Bilkisu Ilah Adamu, Asma’u Jiya, Fatima Bello |
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description | BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the only preventable cardiovascular disease that still causes significant morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries like Nigeria where it is classified as a neglected disease. The inciting agent causes pharyngitis often not properly treated. AIM AND OBJECTIVES: To study the knowledge and preventive practices of RHD amongst primary healthcare workers who are in contact with larger ratio of populace in order to recommend appropriate interventions. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study conducted among health workers in primary health centres in Sokoto metropolis. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to recruit the study participants. A structured questionnaire and focus group discussion guide was used to collect the information. Data was analysed using IBM SPSS version 25. RESULTS: Majority (109/182; 59.8%) had RHD inadequate knowledge of causes, risk factors and treatment of pharyngitis which predisposes to RHD. Only 49 (26.9%) of the respondents knew the name of the causative agent. The knowledge gap was related to length of training and attendance at a training (ꭓ2 = 8.38; P=0.015 & ꭓ2 = 7.92; P=0.004). Majority of the respondents with 168 out of 182 (92.3%) had positive attitude. Practice grading was adequate in only less than half of the respondents (88/182; 48.4%). Male gender and negative attitude were predictors of adequacy of preventive practices (aOR= 0.49; 95% C.I =0.267-0.929; P=0.03 & aOR= 3.87; 95% C.I =1.027-14.586; P=0.046). CONCLUSION: The health workers had inadequate knowledge and poor practice on prevention of rheumatic heart disease. It is necessary to upscale information available to them by medical specialists and upgrade their curriculum. |
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spelling | pubmed-100648982023-04-01 Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease among Primary Health-care Workers in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto State, Nigeria Isezuo, Khadijat Omeneke Awosan, Kehinde Joseph Ango, Umar Mohammed Mohammed, Yahaya Sani, Usman Muhammad Waziri, Usman Muhammad Garba, Bilkisu Ilah Adamu, Asma’u Jiya, Fatima Bello Ann Afr Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the only preventable cardiovascular disease that still causes significant morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries like Nigeria where it is classified as a neglected disease. The inciting agent causes pharyngitis often not properly treated. AIM AND OBJECTIVES: To study the knowledge and preventive practices of RHD amongst primary healthcare workers who are in contact with larger ratio of populace in order to recommend appropriate interventions. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study conducted among health workers in primary health centres in Sokoto metropolis. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to recruit the study participants. A structured questionnaire and focus group discussion guide was used to collect the information. Data was analysed using IBM SPSS version 25. RESULTS: Majority (109/182; 59.8%) had RHD inadequate knowledge of causes, risk factors and treatment of pharyngitis which predisposes to RHD. Only 49 (26.9%) of the respondents knew the name of the causative agent. The knowledge gap was related to length of training and attendance at a training (ꭓ2 = 8.38; P=0.015 & ꭓ2 = 7.92; P=0.004). Majority of the respondents with 168 out of 182 (92.3%) had positive attitude. Practice grading was adequate in only less than half of the respondents (88/182; 48.4%). Male gender and negative attitude were predictors of adequacy of preventive practices (aOR= 0.49; 95% C.I =0.267-0.929; P=0.03 & aOR= 3.87; 95% C.I =1.027-14.586; P=0.046). CONCLUSION: The health workers had inadequate knowledge and poor practice on prevention of rheumatic heart disease. It is necessary to upscale information available to them by medical specialists and upgrade their curriculum. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2023-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10064898/ /pubmed/36695224 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_222_21 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Annals of African Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Isezuo, Khadijat Omeneke Awosan, Kehinde Joseph Ango, Umar Mohammed Mohammed, Yahaya Sani, Usman Muhammad Waziri, Usman Muhammad Garba, Bilkisu Ilah Adamu, Asma’u Jiya, Fatima Bello Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease among Primary Health-care Workers in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto State, Nigeria |
title | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease among Primary Health-care Workers in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto State, Nigeria |
title_full | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease among Primary Health-care Workers in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto State, Nigeria |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease among Primary Health-care Workers in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto State, Nigeria |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease among Primary Health-care Workers in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto State, Nigeria |
title_short | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease among Primary Health-care Workers in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto State, Nigeria |
title_sort | knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding prevention of rheumatic heart disease among primary health-care workers in sokoto metropolis, sokoto state, nigeria |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10064898/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36695224 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_222_21 |
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