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A Survey of Jellyfish Sting Knowledge among Naval Personnel in Northeast China
Background: Jellyfish envenomation is common along the coastal area, and can cause severe consequences. Naval personnel are among the high-risk population for this injury. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge regarding jellyfish envenomation among naval personnel in a navy unit in northeast...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4962266/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27447652 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13070725 |
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author | Kan, Ting Gui, Li Shi, Wenwen Huang, Yan Li, Shuang Qiu, Chen |
author_facet | Kan, Ting Gui, Li Shi, Wenwen Huang, Yan Li, Shuang Qiu, Chen |
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description | Background: Jellyfish envenomation is common along the coastal area, and can cause severe consequences. Naval personnel are among the high-risk population for this injury. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge regarding jellyfish envenomation among naval personnel in a navy unit in northeast China. Methods: A predesigned questionnaire was distributed to 120 naval members in January 2015. The data of 108 respondents were included in the statistical analysis. Results: We found that 38.0% of the respondents selected jellyfish sting as the common wound in their units, and 13.0% had experienced or observed this injury. In addition, 63.0% of the participants rated their own knowledge as “low” or “none”. The average score they got was 5.77 ± 2.50, with only 16.7% getting a score above 60% of the full score. The correct rates of five questions were below 60%. No statistical differences existed in the knowledge score among different groups of respondents defined by socio-demographic variables. Conclusions: Jellyfish sting is common in this navy unit, but personnel got a low score on the knowledge assessment. They also lacked confidence in first aid. Medical education and training should be implemented to address this issue. |
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spelling | pubmed-49622662016-08-01 A Survey of Jellyfish Sting Knowledge among Naval Personnel in Northeast China Kan, Ting Gui, Li Shi, Wenwen Huang, Yan Li, Shuang Qiu, Chen Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Jellyfish envenomation is common along the coastal area, and can cause severe consequences. Naval personnel are among the high-risk population for this injury. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge regarding jellyfish envenomation among naval personnel in a navy unit in northeast China. Methods: A predesigned questionnaire was distributed to 120 naval members in January 2015. The data of 108 respondents were included in the statistical analysis. Results: We found that 38.0% of the respondents selected jellyfish sting as the common wound in their units, and 13.0% had experienced or observed this injury. In addition, 63.0% of the participants rated their own knowledge as “low” or “none”. The average score they got was 5.77 ± 2.50, with only 16.7% getting a score above 60% of the full score. The correct rates of five questions were below 60%. No statistical differences existed in the knowledge score among different groups of respondents defined by socio-demographic variables. Conclusions: Jellyfish sting is common in this navy unit, but personnel got a low score on the knowledge assessment. They also lacked confidence in first aid. Medical education and training should be implemented to address this issue. MDPI 2016-07-19 2016-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4962266/ /pubmed/27447652 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13070725 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kan, Ting Gui, Li Shi, Wenwen Huang, Yan Li, Shuang Qiu, Chen A Survey of Jellyfish Sting Knowledge among Naval Personnel in Northeast China |
title | A Survey of Jellyfish Sting Knowledge among Naval Personnel in Northeast China |
title_full | A Survey of Jellyfish Sting Knowledge among Naval Personnel in Northeast China |
title_fullStr | A Survey of Jellyfish Sting Knowledge among Naval Personnel in Northeast China |
title_full_unstemmed | A Survey of Jellyfish Sting Knowledge among Naval Personnel in Northeast China |
title_short | A Survey of Jellyfish Sting Knowledge among Naval Personnel in Northeast China |
title_sort | survey of jellyfish sting knowledge among naval personnel in northeast china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4962266/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27447652 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13070725 |
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