Koonisetty, Kranthi Swaroop and Aghamohammadi, Nasrin and Urmi, Tamanna and Yavasoglu, Sare Ilknur and Rahman, Md Shahinur and Nandy, Rajesh and Haque, Ubydul (2021) Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Dengue among Physicians: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey. Behavioral Science, 11 (8). ISSN 2076-328X, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11080105.
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Dengue fever is one of the most important viral infections transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes and a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Accurate identification of cases and treatment of dengue patients at the early stages can reduce medical complications and dengue mortality rate. This survey aims to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) among physicians in dengue diagnosis and treatment. This study was conducted among physicians in Turkey as one nonendemic country and Bangladesh, India, and Malaysia as three dengue-endemic countries. The dosing frequencies, maximum doses, and contraindications in dengue fever were examined. The results found that physicians from Bangladesh, India, and Malaysia have higher KAP scores in dengue diagnosis and treatment compared to physicians in Turkey. This may be due to a lack of physician's exposure to a dengue patient as Turkey is considered a nonendemic country. This assessment may help establish a guideline for intervention strategies among physicians to have successful treatment outcomes and reduce dengue mortality.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Funders: | Research Council of Norway (281077) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Aedes; Dengue; Global; KAP; Morbidity; Physicians; Treatment |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2022 00:58 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2022 00:58 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/28588 |
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