Dinas Konstantinos, Zepiridis Leonidas, Arvanitidou Olga, Mavromatidis George, Nasioutziki Maria, Loufopoulos Panagiotis, Daniilidis Angelos, Mamopoulos Apostolos, Pantazis Konstantinos, Dovas Dimitrios, Theodoridis Theodoros, Loufopoulos Aristoteles
Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration Hospital,Thessaloniki, Greece.
Scand J Infect Dis. 2010 Apr;42(4):249-53. doi: 10.3109/00365540903489994.
We aimed to evaluate the knowledge about chlamydial infection of Greek midwives and midwifery students. An appropriately designed, self-administered, anonymous questionnaire was distributed to 107 midwives and 29 graduating midwifery students. Perceived awareness of chlamydial infection was similar in midwives and students (p=0.083). However, midwives were more aware than students that Chlamydia are acquired through sexual contact (84.1% vs 58.7%; p=0.004) and that chlamydial infection is frequently asymptomatic (72.9% vs 37.9%; p=0.001). Knowledge of the consequences was poor in both groups, but it was relatively better in midwives; only 7.5% of the midwives did not know any of the potential sequelae of chlamydial infection compared with 24.1% of the students (p=0.006). In contrast, the majority of both midwives and students were aware that when chlamydial infection is diagnosed in a woman, both she and her partner should receive treatment (90.7% vs 93.2%; p = 0.901). In conclusion, an important proportion of midwifery students ignore important aspects of chlamydial infection. Therefore, it is important to improve the educational curriculum in midwifery schools in order to maximize the contribution of midwives to decrease the prevalence of chlamydial infection and of its complications.
我们旨在评估希腊助产士和助产专业学生对衣原体感染的了解情况。我们向107名助产士和29名即将毕业的助产专业学生发放了一份设计合理、可自行填写的匿名问卷。助产士和学生对衣原体感染的认知程度相似（p = 0.083）。然而，助产士比学生更清楚衣原体是通过性接触传播的（84.1% 对58.7%；p = 0.004），以及衣原体感染通常没有症状（72.9% 对37.9%；p = 0.001）。两组对衣原体感染后果的了解都很欠缺，但助产士相对较好；只有7.5%的助产士不知道衣原体感染的任何潜在后遗症，而学生的这一比例为24.1%（p = 0.006）。相比之下，大多数助产士和学生都知道，当一名女性被诊断出衣原体感染时，她和她的伴侣都应该接受治疗（90.7% 对93.2%；p = 0.901）。总之，相当一部分助产专业学生忽视了衣原体感染的重要方面。因此，改进助产学校的教育课程很重要，以便最大限度地发挥助产士在降低衣原体感染及其并发症患病率方面的作用。
