Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Eur J Public Health. 2012 Aug;22(4):568-72. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr115. Epub 2011 Aug 25.
This study assesses the level of knowledge, the attitudes and the behaviours relating to influenza A/H1N1 among parents in Italy.
A random sample of 1299 parents aged 26-65 years received a self-reported questionnaire including questions about socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge on modes of transmission and preventative measures, attitudes and behaviours relating to influenza A/H1N1.
A total of 781 subjects participated with a response rate of 60.1%. Only 32.3% of the respondents correctly identified the main modes of transmission and the main preventative measures, and the results of the multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that this knowledge was significantly higher in those with a higher level of education and working as health-care personnel. The average level of perceived risk of contracting influenza A/H1N1 was 4.6 and the multivariate linear regression model showed that a greater perceived risk was significantly associated with being unmarried, having more than one son, not working in the health-care setting and needing additional information about influenza A/H1N1. Less than one-third (28.8%) of the respondents had visited a physician at least once in 2 months preceding the survey for any reason related to the influenza A/H1N1 and the multivariate logistic regression model indicated that females and those with more than one son were more likely to have a visit.
Knowledge about influenza A/H1N1 is poor and the results could have significant implications for information provision and the targeting of future education programmes to this population.
本研究评估了意大利父母对甲型 H1N1 流感的知识水平、态度和行为。
随机抽取了 1299 名年龄在 26-65 岁的父母作为样本，他们收到了一份自我报告的问卷，其中包括关于社会人口特征、传播途径和预防措施、甲型 H1N1 流感相关态度和行为的问题。
共有 781 名受试者参与，应答率为 60.1%。只有 32.3%的受访者正确识别了主要的传播途径和主要的预防措施，多变量逻辑回归分析结果表明，教育程度较高和从事医疗保健工作的人知识水平显著更高。平均感知感染甲型 H1N1 流感的风险为 4.6，多变量线性回归模型显示，感知风险更高与未婚、有多个儿子、不在医疗保健环境中工作以及需要更多关于甲型 H1N1 流感的信息有关。不到三分之一（28.8%）的受访者在调查前两个月内因任何与甲型 H1N1 相关的原因至少看过一次医生，多变量逻辑回归模型表明女性和有多个儿子的人更有可能去看医生。
对甲型 H1N1 流感的认识不足，这一结果可能对向这一人群提供信息和针对未来教育计划具有重要意义。
