Knowledge on Lassa Fever among Primary Health Care workers in Oka-Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area, Ondo State Nigeria

Fabusiwa Of, Adesina Fp, M. Eganni, Adeomi Aa, Gbenga-Fabusiwa Fj
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Background: This research work was carried out at Oka-Akoko, the Headquarters of Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State and its objective is to evaluate the Knowledge on Lassa fever among Primary Health Care workers in Oka-Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area, Ondo State Nigeria. Methods: The study design adopted for this work was based on cross sectional descriptive study. The Primary Health Care workers working in government owned Primary Health Care facilities in Oka – Akoko are the study population. Questionnaire was used for the purpose of data collection from the respondents for the investigation. Two hundred and seventy three (273) respondents were selected as a sample size for the study and 250 questionnaires were returned. Result: The mean age of respondents was 35.67 years and 103 (41.2%) have been working for almost 20 years. Half of the respondents 126 (50.4%) agreed that they have attended training or sensitization workshop on Lassa Fever and 162 (64.8%) said that Lassa Fever is a common deadly disease while 156 (62.4%) claimed that Lassa fever is an acute Viral Hemorrhagic illness. Larger percent 218 (87.2%) of the respondents agreed that the direct contact with urine or feaces of infected rats (through food, drinks and touch). Also, high proportion 212 (84.8%) claimed that fever, malaise, headache, muscle pain, vomiting and diarrhea as the signs and symptoms of lassa fever. Conclusion: All the tested variables against overall knowledge on Lassa fever were not significantly associated with the respondents knowledge on lassa fever with p value>0.05.
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尼日利亚翁多州阿科科西南地方政府区奥卡-阿科科初级卫生保健工作者关于拉沙热的知识
背景:这项研究工作是在奥卡-阿科进行的,奥卡-阿科是翁多州阿科科西南地方政府区总部,其目的是评估尼日利亚翁多州阿科科西南地方政府区奥卡-阿科初级卫生保健工作者对拉沙热的知识。方法:本研究采用横断面描述性研究设计。在奥卡-阿科科市政府所有的初级卫生保健机构工作的初级卫生保健工作者是研究人群。问卷调查是为了收集调查对象的数据。273名受访者被选中作为研究的样本,并返回了250份问卷。结果:被调查者的平均年龄为35.67岁,其中工作近20年的103人(41.2%)。半数受访者126人(50.4%)同意参加过拉沙热的培训或敏化讲习班,162人(64.8%)表示拉沙热是一种常见的致命疾病,156人(62.4%)声称拉沙热是一种急性病毒性出血性疾病。较大比例的218人(87.2%)同意直接接触受感染大鼠的尿液或面部(通过食物、饮料和触摸)。此外,高比例212人(84.8%)声称发烧、不适、头痛、肌肉疼痛、呕吐和腹泻是拉沙热的体征和症状。结论:所有被测变量对拉沙热知识的总体认知与被调查者对拉沙热知识的认知无显著相关,p值为bb0 0.05。
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