Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding the cutaneous leishmaniasis among infected patients and their families in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an important public health problem in different parts of the Kingdom Saudi Arabia. The knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on disease has not been studied AlMadinah. Across-sectional descriptive study was carried out among 86 patient 177 contemporaneous community cohort individuals AlMadinh. A questioner prepared to evaluate KAP respondents about CL. survey patients these mean (S.D) age 33.1(13.4) large proportion (83.7%) were males, 54.7% nationality, a (64%) residing urban areas. included participants. [Mean (SD) 33.7(11.5 males (66.1%). In cohort, median knowledge score 54% whereas 36% reflecting poor both Median 76%, participants low (48%). approximately (70%) indicated that they are exposed insect bites while (79.7%) bites. Most practiced preventive CL with high percent them used bed nets (69%) pesticide spraying (67%). 66.1% 75.1%; respectively followed by personal hygiene window screen (46.3%) two cohorts regarding sub-optimal. Appropriate measures underlying causes should be implemented.
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عنوان ژورنال: GSC Advanced Research and Reviews
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2582-4597']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/gscarr.2021.6.1.0011