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Urogenital schistosomiasis: prevalence, knowledge and practices among women of reproductive age in Northern Tanzania
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence, knowledge and practices regarding urogenital schistosomiasis among women of reproductive age in Kileo Ward, Mwanga District. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the dispensary in Kileo Village, Mwanga District. A pre-tested structured questionnai...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9791118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36578524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.09.013 |
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author | Ngassa, Neema Zacharia, Abdallah Lupenza, Eliza T. Mushi, Vivian Ngasala, Billy |
author_facet | Ngassa, Neema Zacharia, Abdallah Lupenza, Eliza T. Mushi, Vivian Ngasala, Billy |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence, knowledge and practices regarding urogenital schistosomiasis among women of reproductive age in Kileo Ward, Mwanga District. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the dispensary in Kileo Village, Mwanga District. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was administered to participants to collect information on sociodemographic characteristics and schistosomiasis-related knowledge and practices. Urine samples were examined for schistosoma eggs using the urine sedimentation technique. Data collected were cleaned, coded and entered into SPSS Version 20 for analysis. Chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test were used for analysis. RESULTS: Overall prevalence of urogenital schistosomiasis was 2.3%. The prevalence was higher among participants aged ≥18 years (3.2%), those who did domestic chores in river water (13.3%), and those who swam in river water (7.1%). Only a few participants had a low level of knowledge (4.8%) and poor practices (1.9%) regarding urogenital schistosomiasis. CONCLUSION: The transmission of urogenital schistosomiasis was low among women of reproductive age in the study area. Despite a high level of knowledge and good practices for urogenital schistosomiasis, there are knowledge gaps regarding its causes and risk factors. |
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spelling | pubmed-97911182022-12-27 Urogenital schistosomiasis: prevalence, knowledge and practices among women of reproductive age in Northern Tanzania Ngassa, Neema Zacharia, Abdallah Lupenza, Eliza T. Mushi, Vivian Ngasala, Billy IJID Reg Original Report OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence, knowledge and practices regarding urogenital schistosomiasis among women of reproductive age in Kileo Ward, Mwanga District. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the dispensary in Kileo Village, Mwanga District. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was administered to participants to collect information on sociodemographic characteristics and schistosomiasis-related knowledge and practices. Urine samples were examined for schistosoma eggs using the urine sedimentation technique. Data collected were cleaned, coded and entered into SPSS Version 20 for analysis. Chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test were used for analysis. RESULTS: Overall prevalence of urogenital schistosomiasis was 2.3%. The prevalence was higher among participants aged ≥18 years (3.2%), those who did domestic chores in river water (13.3%), and those who swam in river water (7.1%). Only a few participants had a low level of knowledge (4.8%) and poor practices (1.9%) regarding urogenital schistosomiasis. CONCLUSION: The transmission of urogenital schistosomiasis was low among women of reproductive age in the study area. Despite a high level of knowledge and good practices for urogenital schistosomiasis, there are knowledge gaps regarding its causes and risk factors. Elsevier 2022-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9791118/ /pubmed/36578524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.09.013 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Report Ngassa, Neema Zacharia, Abdallah Lupenza, Eliza T. Mushi, Vivian Ngasala, Billy Urogenital schistosomiasis: prevalence, knowledge and practices among women of reproductive age in Northern Tanzania |
title | Urogenital schistosomiasis: prevalence, knowledge and practices among women of reproductive age in Northern Tanzania |
title_full | Urogenital schistosomiasis: prevalence, knowledge and practices among women of reproductive age in Northern Tanzania |
title_fullStr | Urogenital schistosomiasis: prevalence, knowledge and practices among women of reproductive age in Northern Tanzania |
title_full_unstemmed | Urogenital schistosomiasis: prevalence, knowledge and practices among women of reproductive age in Northern Tanzania |
title_short | Urogenital schistosomiasis: prevalence, knowledge and practices among women of reproductive age in Northern Tanzania |
title_sort | urogenital schistosomiasis: prevalence, knowledge and practices among women of reproductive age in northern tanzania |
topic | Original Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9791118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36578524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.09.013 |
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