Journal Article

Survey of knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare professionals on dengue transmission, diagnosis and clinical classification

Triet, Nguyen Minh, Hung, Lieu Chi, Vien, Le Huu Linh, Tong, Nguyen Thanh, Hirayama, Kenji, Iqtadar, Somia, Phuoc, Nguyen Thanh, Elhalwagy, Esraa Ahmed, Khiem, Nguyen Tuan, Tam, Dong Thi Hoai, Viet, Do Chau, Dung, Tran Thi Kim, Huy, Nguyen Tien, Sayed, Ahmed M., Tuan, Nguyen Minh, Van, Tran Thi Kim, Giang, Hoang Thi Nam, Dang, Thao, Son, Do Hong

2021

Overview

Background To investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the healthcare professionals (HCPs) including physicians and nurses regarding dengue transmission, diagnosis and clinical classification using the warning signs of World Health Organization (WHO) 2009 classification. Results Out of 471 respondents from three countries, 80.9% of physicians and 74% of nurses did not receive previous training regarding the dengue infection. The majority of respondents could identify the primary dengue vector (86%), while only a third of HCPs knew the biting time of dengue mosquitoes. Only half of our respondents knew about immunity induced by serotypes; Moreover, half of our participants could determine the diagnostic tests. On the other hand, about 90% of the respondents took responsibility for talking to the patients about preventive measures. Our respondents also showed wide variations in definition of warning signs listed in the WHO 2009 classification. Multivariate analysis linked the impact of different cofactors including prior training on dengue infection, type of profession, frequency of taking care of dengue patients and country on how HCPs defined these warning signs. Conclusions This study could declare the variation in employing the warning signs listed in the WHO 2009 classification. We have figured that most of the HCPs did not take prior training on the dengue viral infection; Also, we found gaps in the knowledge regarding various topics in dengue fever. This paper recommends the gathering of efforts to establish the proper knowledge of dengue infection and the warning signs listed by the WHO.

• Publisher: BioMed Central,Springer Nature B.V,BMC
• Subject: Attitudes / Biting / Blood transfusions / Classification / Cofactors / Definition / Dengue / Dengue fever / Diagnosis / Disease prevention / Disease transmission / Fetuses / Fever / Health care / Hospitals / Impact analysis / Infections / Infectious Diseases / Internal Medicine / Medical Microbiology / Medical personnel / Medical research / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Mosquitoes / Multivariate analysis / Nurses / Parasitology / Patients / Physicians / Questionnaires / Regression analysis / Serology / Serotypes / Statistical analysis / Training / Tropical Medicine / Vector-borne diseases / Viral diseases / Viruses / Warning / Warning signs