Lin Kyaw San, Kyaw Chit Sandy, Sone Ye Pyae, Win Su Yi
Community Field Training Centre, Hlegu, and University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar.
Int J Mycobacteriol. 2017 Jul-Sep;6(3):274-280. doi: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_89_17.
Myanmar, one of the high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, is in serious need of research work to develop strategies aiming to tackle the problem. Conducting a study on the knowledge of the population will help understand the flaws in the National TB Control Program (NTP), and how to correct them, and further strategic planning to reach the goals of Sustainable Development Goals.
The aim of the study was to access sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, and behavioral practice of TB among the community members in Ngar Syu Taung Village, Hlegu Township. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. The number of defined person was 200.
Nonprobability convenience sampling method was used. Data collection method used was face-to-face interviewing method using questionnaires. They were collected by house officers as a part of the community medicine training program.
Less than half of the respondents were not aware of TB meningitis (41%) and TB osteomyelitis (49%) and they are not aware that diabetic patients are one of the commonly infected people (41.5%). Furthermore, less than one-third of the patients know that TB can infect the gut (23%) and cause bowel obstruction (30.5%).
Wrong ideas should be tackled, and lacking knowledge should be enlightened. Nationwide studies using stronger study designs are also urgently needed. Implementing these evidence into NTP is necessary for Myanmar, to escape from being a TB high-burden country.
缅甸是结核病高负担国家之一，迫切需要开展研究工作以制定应对该问题的策略。对民众的知识水平进行研究将有助于了解国家结核病控制规划（NTP）中的缺陷以及如何加以纠正，并有助于进一步进行战略规划以实现可持续发展目标。
本研究旨在了解莱古镇恩加叙当村社区成员的社会人口学特征、结核病知识及行为习惯。这是一项横断面描述性研究。设定的研究对象数量为200人。
采用非概率方便抽样法。数据收集方法为使用问卷进行面对面访谈。由住院医师作为社区医学培训项目的一部分进行收集。
不到一半的受访者不知道结核性脑膜炎（41%）和结核性骨髓炎（49%），且不知道糖尿病患者是常见的感染人群之一（41.5%）。此外，不到三分之一的患者知道结核病可感染肠道（23%）并导致肠梗阻（30.5%）。
应纠正错误观念，增进知识欠缺。缅甸也迫切需要采用更有力研究设计开展全国性研究。将这些证据纳入国家结核病控制规划对缅甸摆脱结核病高负担国家的状况很有必要。
