Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Areca Nut (kwai) Use among Employees of a Tertiary Health Care Institution in North-East India.

Q2 Medicine Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.31557/APJCP.2025.26.2.489

Caleb Harris, Samapti Debnath, Fine One Laloo

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Objective: This study strives to look for the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of areca nut use among health care workers in a tertiary hospital in North-East India.

Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was conducted among all health care and allied workers at a public sector teaching hospital in Meghalaya, Northeast India. A questionnaire, which was validated for content, was administered to the target population. Three domains of learned behavior towards areca nut viz. knowledge (cognitive), attitude (affective) and practice (psychomotor) were assessed. Data was analyzed using SPSS V21.0. Descriptive statistics were used.

Result: A total of 434 participants completed the questionnaire. Majority of the respondents [52.8% (229)] had consumed Kwai (Areca nut) in the past 12 months. Kwai was perceived to have beneficial effects by 17.9% (78) of respondents. A total of 76.3% (331), 72.8% (316) and 62.2% (210) of respondents thought that Kwai consumption caused throat, oral and esophageal cancers respectively.48.0% (110) of the respondents swallowed the kwai juice in contrast to 32.4% (69) who spit the kwai juice. 61.6% (141) Kwai chewers tried quitting, out of which 41.8% (59) managed to stay away from Kwai for more than a year but eventually ended consuming Kwai again.62.4% (143) of the respondents claimed that the children in their family/neighbor consumed Kwai.

Conclusion: Among our study population, the knowledge about harmful effects of areca nut is good. However, this knowledge has not translated into change in practices.

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研究目的本研究旨在了解印度东北部一家三级医院的医护人员对使用阿萨姆果的认识、态度和做法：方法：对印度东北部梅加拉亚邦一家公立教学医院的所有医护人员和相关人员进行了一项前瞻性、横断面、问卷调查研究。对目标人群发放了一份内容经过验证的调查问卷。调查评估了对阿萨姆果的三个学习行为领域，即知识（认知）、态度（情感）和实践（心理运动）。数据使用 SPSS V21.0 进行分析。结果共有 434 名参与者填写了问卷。大多数受访者[52.8%（229 人）]在过去 12 个月中食用过葵果。17.9%（78 人）的受访者认为葵有益处。分别有 76.3%（331 人）、72.8%（316 人）和 62.2%（210 人）的受访者认为食用桂圆会导致喉癌、口腔癌和食道癌。61.6%（141 人）的桂圆咀嚼者曾尝试戒掉桂圆，其中 41.8%（59 人）成功戒掉桂圆超过一年，但最终还是再次食用桂圆：结论：在我们的研究对象中，对猕猴桃有害影响的认识是好的。结论：在我们的研究人群中，对猕猴桃有害影响的认识是好的，但这种认识并没有转化为做法上的改变。

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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 医学-肿瘤学

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