Study and Comparison the Knowledge of Medical and Public Health Students about Control and Treatment of TB with DOTS Strategy

Authors

  • Ali Khakshour Assistan Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.
  • Foad Faroughi Students Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
  • Masumeh Saeidi Students Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
  • Mohammad Vahedian Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Abstract:

Introduction: training medical students and prepare them for diagnosis, treatment and care of diseases, is the main goal of medical education. According to  importance of adapting educational content to the needs of society and the high incidence of infectious diseases in the country,  decided to study  the knowledge of medical students and public health students about Tuberculosis (TB) and Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course (DOTS), because they are the main stakeholders in the field  at feuture. Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional study using a questionnaire consisting of 40 questions related to the knowledge necessary measures in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (DOTS), 90 students of public health and medical students who were taken by  the stratified random sampling with  Using a reliable and valid questionnaire. The results of the tests were analyzed by descriptive and analytical tests in SPSS11.5 software. Results: Average knowledge of public health students about TB was 9.24+9.091of total 20 and kowledge of medical students was 8.67+1.954. The mean of knowledge, diagnosis and treatment of Public health students was 16.91+3.168 of total 40 and of medical students was 16.42+3.720. There was a significant linear correlation between general and tecnical students information about TB (r=0.681, p=0.000). T test showed there is not significant relationship between gender and field of study and students knowledge about TB; however, the infromation level in women was higher than in men. Couclusion: Knowledge of medical and health students about TB and DOTS is not in acceptable level and it is necessary to revise the education of tuberculosis in medical and health school.

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volume 2  issue 2.2

pages  133- 140

publication date 2014-04-01

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