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Connaissances du paludisme et attitudes préventives des voyageurs tunisiens vers les zones d’endémie palustre

INTRODUCTION: travellers to endemic areas must know malaria, its risk factors and prophylactic measures. This can help to avoid severe cases of malaria and to prevent transmission in countries that are malaria-free. The purpose of this study is to assess Tunisian travellers´ knowledge about malaria,...

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Autores principales: Kechaou-Cherif, Sonia, Hsairi, Mohamed, Bouratbine, Aida, Benkahla, Alia, Khoufi, Samy, Aoun, Karim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9167471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35721633
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.41.223.28696
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author Kechaou-Cherif, Sonia
Hsairi, Mohamed
Bouratbine, Aida
Benkahla, Alia
Khoufi, Samy
Aoun, Karim
author_facet Kechaou-Cherif, Sonia
Hsairi, Mohamed
Bouratbine, Aida
Benkahla, Alia
Khoufi, Samy
Aoun, Karim
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description INTRODUCTION: travellers to endemic areas must know malaria, its risk factors and prophylactic measures. This can help to avoid severe cases of malaria and to prevent transmission in countries that are malaria-free. The purpose of this study is to assess Tunisian travellers´ knowledge about malaria, its transmission and prevention and their adherence to prophylactic measures. METHODS: we conducted a survey based on two anonymous questionnaires (pre- and post-trip) among adults travelling to endemic countries. The 1st questionnaire was followed by a medical interview focusing on level of risk and recommended prophylactic measures. RESULTS: two hundred and eighty-nine travellers were recruited. They mainly moved within sub-Saharan Africa (99%) for professional reasons (84,4%). The average age of subjects was 42.3 years and sex ratio (male/female) was 3.1. Prior to departure, only 53.3% of subjects were aware of the risk of malaria, and only 28% gave correct answers about modes of transmission. Recommendations for chemoprophylaxis were only known by 62.3% of subjects and only 43.6% intended to use chemoprophylaxis (p < 0.01). Better adherence to protective measures, including chemoprophylaxis, was reported after the trip, with attitudes qualified as good or excellent by 64.2% on return against 23.7% before the interview (<0.001). CONCLUSION: Tunisian travellers knowledge of malaria is insufficient. Strengthening information through specialized consultations (whose usefulness has been demonstrated) is required.
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spelling pubmed-91674712022-06-17 Connaissances du paludisme et attitudes préventives des voyageurs tunisiens vers les zones d’endémie palustre Kechaou-Cherif, Sonia Hsairi, Mohamed Bouratbine, Aida Benkahla, Alia Khoufi, Samy Aoun, Karim Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: travellers to endemic areas must know malaria, its risk factors and prophylactic measures. This can help to avoid severe cases of malaria and to prevent transmission in countries that are malaria-free. The purpose of this study is to assess Tunisian travellers´ knowledge about malaria, its transmission and prevention and their adherence to prophylactic measures. METHODS: we conducted a survey based on two anonymous questionnaires (pre- and post-trip) among adults travelling to endemic countries. The 1st questionnaire was followed by a medical interview focusing on level of risk and recommended prophylactic measures. RESULTS: two hundred and eighty-nine travellers were recruited. They mainly moved within sub-Saharan Africa (99%) for professional reasons (84,4%). The average age of subjects was 42.3 years and sex ratio (male/female) was 3.1. Prior to departure, only 53.3% of subjects were aware of the risk of malaria, and only 28% gave correct answers about modes of transmission. Recommendations for chemoprophylaxis were only known by 62.3% of subjects and only 43.6% intended to use chemoprophylaxis (p < 0.01). Better adherence to protective measures, including chemoprophylaxis, was reported after the trip, with attitudes qualified as good or excellent by 64.2% on return against 23.7% before the interview (<0.001). CONCLUSION: Tunisian travellers knowledge of malaria is insufficient. Strengthening information through specialized consultations (whose usefulness has been demonstrated) is required. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2022-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9167471/ /pubmed/35721633 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.41.223.28696 Text en Copyright: Sonia Kechaou-Cherif et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kechaou-Cherif, Sonia
Hsairi, Mohamed
Bouratbine, Aida
Benkahla, Alia
Khoufi, Samy
Aoun, Karim
Connaissances du paludisme et attitudes préventives des voyageurs tunisiens vers les zones d’endémie palustre
title Connaissances du paludisme et attitudes préventives des voyageurs tunisiens vers les zones d’endémie palustre
title_full Connaissances du paludisme et attitudes préventives des voyageurs tunisiens vers les zones d’endémie palustre
title_fullStr Connaissances du paludisme et attitudes préventives des voyageurs tunisiens vers les zones d’endémie palustre
title_full_unstemmed Connaissances du paludisme et attitudes préventives des voyageurs tunisiens vers les zones d’endémie palustre
title_short Connaissances du paludisme et attitudes préventives des voyageurs tunisiens vers les zones d’endémie palustre
title_sort connaissances du paludisme et attitudes préventives des voyageurs tunisiens vers les zones d’endémie palustre
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9167471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35721633
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.41.223.28696
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