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Palabras clave: pulmonary tuberculosis, public transport, primary prevention
OBJECTIVES
To describe the level of knowledge and perception of tuberculosis among public transport workers attending Road Safety Education courses in Lima, Peru.
METHODS
An observational, cross-sectional, analytic study was conducted between July and August 2014 in public transport workers attending the courses of Road Safety education. In Lima, such courses are mandatory for workers in the public transport area. An anonymous and voluntary survey was applied to obtain the following variables: sociodemographic characteristics, history of tuberculosis, tuberculosis knowledge and attitudes towards the disease. The factors associated to the risk perception of Tuberculosis infection were analysed using Poisson regression.
RESULTS
From 309 attendees, 216 surveys were analysed (69.9%). Of these, 88.4% were males, 3.2% had a history of tuberculosis. The most widely known symptom was cough with phlegm (44.4%), the most popular source of information was television (39.8%), and only 9.7% had any training about tuberculosis. A 41.2% of respondents believed that working in the public transport sector was an occupation with a high risk of tuberculosis infection. No significant association between risk perception of tuberculosis and sociodemographic characteristics was found.
CONCLUSION
A considerable lack of knowledge about tuberculosis symptoms and a low perception of risk for tuberculosis exists among public transport workers in Lima. Education strategies directed to this population need to be implemented.
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OBJECTIVES
To describe the level of knowledge and perception of tuberculosis among public transport workers attending Road Safety Education courses in Lima, Peru.
METHODS
An observational, cross-sectional, analytic study was conducted between July and August 2014 in public transport workers attending the courses of Road Safety education. In Lima, such courses are mandatory for workers in the public transport area. An anonymous and voluntary survey was applied to obtain the following variables: sociodemographic characteristics, history of tuberculosis, tuberculosis knowledge and attitudes towards the disease. The factors associated to the risk perception of Tuberculosis infection were analysed using Poisson regression.
RESULTS
From 309 attendees, 216 surveys were analysed (69.9%). Of these, 88.4% were males, 3.2% had a history of tuberculosis. The most widely known symptom was cough with phlegm (44.4%), the most popular source of information was television (39.8%), and only 9.7% had any training about tuberculosis. A 41.2% of respondents believed that working in the public transport sector was an occupation with a high risk of tuberculosis infection. No significant association between risk perception of tuberculosis and sociodemographic characteristics was found.
CONCLUSION
A considerable lack of knowledge about tuberculosis symptoms and a low perception of risk for tuberculosis exists among public transport workers in Lima. Education strategies directed to this population need to be implemented.
Autores:
Danitza Lukac[1], Octavio Garaycochea[1], Alvaro Taype-Rondan[1], Laura Luque Bustamante[1], André Mujica-Vasquez[1], Dario Zamora[1]
Citación: Lukac D, Garaycochea O, Taype-Rondan A, Luque Bustamante L, Mujica-Vasquez A, Zamora D. Knowledge and perception about tuberculosis among public transport workers in Lima, Peru. Medwave 2016 Nov;16(10):e6629 doi: 10.5867/medwave.2016.10.6629
Fecha de envío: 20/8/2016
Fecha de aceptación: 21/10/2016
Fecha de publicación: 23/11/2016
Origen: no solicitado
Tipo de revisión: con revisión por dos pares revisores externos, a doble ciego
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