Ofili A N, Ugwu E N, Ziregbe A, Richards R, Salami S
Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Benin, P.M.B., Benin City 1154, Nigeria.
Public Health. 2003 May;117(3):214-7. doi: 10.1016/S0033-3506(02)00021-5.
Notifiable diseases are conditions where regular, frequent and timely reporting of individual cases is considered necessary for the prevention and control of the disease. They can be classified into immediate, routine, international, and occupational notifiable diseases. Despite its importance, notification suffers some setbacks, as shown by worldwide studies. This study was carried out from August to November 1999 to assess the knowledge of disease notification among doctors at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital and Central Hospital, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
A cross-sectional study design was used, and a self-administered questionnaire, which was pretested, was used to collect data.
All doctors from the University of Benin Teaching Hospital and Central Hospital, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria were included in the study.
In total, 134 doctors participated in the study.
Only 11.9% of doctors had a good knowledge of disease notification. Thirty-one (23.1%) doctors knew where to obtain notification forms, and 32 (23.9%) knew how to complete these forms.
Knowledge of disease notification among doctors in these major institutions is poor. It has therefore been recommended that quarterly seminars should be conducted to update doctors' knowledge and serve as reminders about disease notification.
应报告疾病是指为预防和控制疾病，认为有必要定期、频繁且及时报告个体病例的疾病。它们可分为立即报告、常规报告、国际报告和职业报告疾病。尽管疾病报告很重要，但全球研究表明，报告存在一些问题。本研究于1999年8月至11月开展，旨在评估尼日利亚江户州贝宁城贝宁大学教学医院和中心医院医生对疾病报告的了解情况。
采用横断面研究设计，使用经过预测试的自填式问卷收集数据。
研究纳入了尼日利亚江户州贝宁城贝宁大学教学医院和中心医院的所有医生。
共有134名医生参与了本研究。
只有11.9%的医生对疾病报告有充分了解。31名（23.1%）医生知道从何处获取报告表格，32名（23.9%）医生知道如何填写这些表格。
这些主要机构的医生对疾病报告的了解情况较差。因此，建议每季度举办研讨会，以更新医生的知识，并提醒他们疾病报告事宜。
