Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) on Rheumatic Heart Disease among Senior Medical Students in Cameroon

• 作者: Anastase Dzudie Tamdja Clovis Nkoke David Chelo Denis Georges Tewafeu Leslie Mbapah Tasha Nelson Njedock Samuel Kingue
• 来源期刊: 心血管病(英文)
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: Senior Medical Students Rheumatic Heart Disease Cameroon ATTITUDE KNOWLEDGE and Practice General Practitioners
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（6）
• 页码范围: 363-378
• 页数: 16页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

<strong>Background:</strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the commonest cause of</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> valvular heart disease in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The low cardiologist to patient ratio leaves a big challenge of RHD prevention and management to general practitioners in Cameroon. This makes it important to assess the aptitude of senior medical students who are doctors-to-be on RHD. This could thus give a base on which to increase awareness and decrease the burden of the disease. Therefore, we sort to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of senior medical students on rheumatic heart disease.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">General objective: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">To determine the level of knowledge, attitudes on rheumatic heart disease, and assess practices towards RHD and its prevention.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methodology: </span></b><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A cross-sectional study was conducted in four medical schools in Cameroon for a period of 3 months </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">(from January 1</span>^{<span style="font-family:Verdana;">st</span>}<span style="font-family:Verdana;"> to April 1</span>^{<span style="font-family:Verdana;">st</span>}<span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2019)</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. The senior medical students were recruited using a structured self-administered questionnaire and electronic forms. Data were entered into an excel spreadsheet and analysed with IBM SPSS version 25.0 for windows. The knowledge level was divided into tertiles (poor, moderate and good) while the attitudes and practices were divided into poor or good. Association to KAP was evaluated and St