Smolovic Milos, Pesut Dragica, Bulajic Milica, Simic Marija
School of Medicine University of Belgrade, Internal Medicine Department, Belgrade, Serbia.
Pneumologia. 2012 Apr-Jun;61(2):88-91.
Population's knowledge on tuberculosis (TB) is crucial in early seeking of medical care. Delay in diagnosis for any reason contributes to advanced forms and TB transmission in the community. Knowledge about TB in general population of Serbia is poor, including vulnerable groups.
to assess knowledge about TB in a group of non medical students in University of Belgrade, their attitudes towards TB patients, sources of medical information they use or desire.
Observational, questionnaire based study. University students of the Faculty of Organizational Science and Faculty of Geography completed the 27-item questionnaires voluntarily and anonymously. The questions related to TB etiology, way of transmission, risk factors and the source of health information students preffer. Statistical analysis was performed.
All the participants (69 students aged 20 +/- 0.777 years, 69.7% male, 30.3% female) previously heard about TB, mostly describing it as pulmonary disease. Only 22 (31.88%) selected bacillus as the only cause of TB, and 20% selected answer "I do not know". TB is curable (95%). One third does not know about TB symptoms and 45/69 (65%) think that TB is an infectious disease. Majority (78.3%) would pay visit to TB patient, 1/2 with fear of infection that is in positive correlation with knowledge on infectiousness (p=0.041). Television is the most common used source of health information. Students have the greatest confidence in doctors' information.
Students' knowledge on TB is inadequate, especially on its cause and way of transmission. More effort is needed in university students' health education.
民众对结核病的认知对于早期寻求医疗护理至关重要。因任何原因导致的诊断延迟都会促使病情发展至晚期，并造成结核病在社区内传播。塞尔维亚普通民众，包括弱势群体，对结核病的了解都很匮乏。
评估一组贝尔格莱德大学非医学专业学生对结核病的认知、他们对结核病患者的态度以及他们使用或期望使用的医疗信息来源。
基于问卷调查的观察性研究。组织科学学院和地理学院的大学生自愿且匿名地完成了一份包含27个项目的问卷。问题涉及结核病的病因、传播方式、危险因素以及学生偏好的健康信息来源。进行了统计分析。
所有参与者（69名学生，年龄20±0.777岁，男性占69.7%，女性占30.3%）之前都听说过结核病，大多将其描述为肺部疾病。只有22人（31.88%）选择杆菌作为结核病的唯一病因，20%选择“我不知道”的答案。结核病是可治愈的（95%）。三分之一的人不知道结核病症状，45/69（65%）的人认为结核病是一种传染病。大多数人（78.3%）会去看望结核病患者，其中一半人因害怕感染而去，这与对传染性的认知呈正相关（p = 0.041）。电视是最常用的健康信息来源。学生对医生提供的信息最有信心。
学生对结核病的认知不足，尤其是在病因和传播方式方面。需要在大学生健康教育方面做出更多努力。
