Awareness, attitudes, and practices related to the swine influenza pandemic among the Saudi public.
Awareness, attitudes, and practices related to the swine influenza pandemic among the Saudi public.
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沙特公众对猪流感大流行的认识、态度和做法。
DOI：
10.1186/1471-2334-10-42
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发表时间：
2010-02-28
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Al-Jumah MA
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文献类型：
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作者：
Balkhy HH;Abolfotouh MA;Al-Hathlool RH;Al-Jumah MA
在传染病爆发期间，尽可能多地了解公众的关注点、知识、态度和行为至关重要。这些信息对于改善公共卫生官员和临床医生的沟通工作至关重要。本研究的目的是确定沙特公众对甲型H1N1流感的认识、态度和做法。对从利雅得和吉达的各个购物中心招募的1,548名成年受试者进行了横断面研究。所有的受试者进行了采访，使用问卷调查，测试他们的知识，态度，并使用有关H1N1流感大流行的预防措施。超过一半（54.3%，840/1548）的参与者表示高度关注，43.7%（677/1548）的知识水平较低，60.8%（941/1548）的参与者采取了最低限度或没有采取预防措施。在调整其他变量后，教育水平是关注程度的唯一重要预测因素（p < 0.001），而男性（p <0.001），年龄较大（p = 0.047），受教育程度较高（p = 0.04）和知识较多（p < 0.001）的参与者采取了更多的预防措施。超过三分之一（38.3%）的参与者不相信卫生部关于该疾病的报告是真实的，只有16.1%的参与者报告说从卫生提供者那里得到了信息。高度关注并没有转化为对预防建议的更高遵守，这可能是由于公众对该疾病的了解程度较低。建议医生和公众之间经常进行沟通，以帮助消除关于这种疾病的神话，并传播更好的信息，说明公众在限制疾病传播方面可以发挥的作用。
During an infectious disease outbreak, it is critical to learn as much as possible about the concerns, knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of the public. Such information can be crucial to the improvement of communication efforts by public health officials and clinicians. The aim of this study was to identify awareness, attitudes, and practices related to influenza A (H1N1) among the Saudi public. A cross-sectional study of 1,548 adult subjects recruited from various shopping malls in Riyadh and Jeddah was conducted. All of the subjects were interviewed using a questionnaire that tested their knowledge, attitudes, and use of precautionary measures in relation to the H1N1 influenza pandemic. More than half (54.3%, 840/1548) of the participants showed high concern, 43.7%(677/1548) showed a low level of knowledge, and 60.8%(941/1548) had taken minimal or no precautionary measures. After adjusting for other variables, education level was the only significant predictor of the level of concern (p < 0.001), while greater precautionary measures were taken by participants who were male (p < 0.001), older (p = 0.047), better educated (p = 0.04), and more knowledgeable (p < 0.001). More than one-third (38.3%) of participants were not convinced that the MOH reports about the disease were true, and only 16.1% of the participants reported receiving information from health providers. High concern did not translate into a higher compliance with precautionary recommendations, possibly due to the low level of knowledge about the disease among the public. Frequent communication between physicians and the public is recommended to help dispel myths about the disease and to spread better information about the role that the public can play in limiting the spread of the disease.
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