Department of Virology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Virology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Ital J Pediatr. 2018 Mar 1;44(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s13052-018-0470-4.
Since there is no effective treatment or vaccine against the congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection, knowledge and awareness of medical doctor's (MDs) especially family doctors are essential for preventive strategies and it also seems to be usually ignored by healthcare providers. Aim of this study was to investigate awareness of MDs about cCMV infection in Iran.
A single page questionnaire was randomly distributed among 450 MDs including general practitioners, pediatricians, gynecologists, internal and other medical specialists concerning of their knowledge in clinical presentation, diagnosis, prevention, prognosis, epidemiology, transmission, and management of cCMV infection. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 16.
More than half of questionnaire recipients refused to take part in any of the questionnaire items. The most of the respondents were agreed for newborn CMV screening tests and mandatory CMV test for women trying to get pregnant, which, are not routinely tested. The knowledge of general practitioners about cCMV was less than usual. The field of expertise had a profound effect in this survey, but age and gender did not.
Our results indicated that the knowledge of cCMV infection, especially among family doctors contains several gaps. Urgent action is required to improve family doctor's knowledge of CMV infection. Surveys to evaluate CMV awareness among MDs, healthcare professionals and women of childbearing age are proposed.
由于先天性巨细胞病毒（cCMV）感染尚无有效治疗或疫苗，因此医学博士（MDs），尤其是家庭医生对预防策略的了解和认识至关重要，而这似乎通常也被医疗保健提供者所忽视。本研究旨在调查伊朗 MDs 对 cCMV 感染的认识。
将一份单页问卷随机分发给 450 名 MDs，包括全科医生、儿科医生、妇科医生、内科和其他医学专家，了解他们对 cCMV 感染的临床表现、诊断、预防、预后、流行病学、传播和管理的知识。所有统计分析均使用 SPSS 版本 16 进行。
超过一半的问卷收件人拒绝参与任何问卷项目。大多数受访者同意对新生儿进行 CMV 筛查测试，并对试图怀孕的妇女进行强制性 CMV 测试，而这些测试并非常规测试。全科医生对 cCMV 的了解少于常规。专业领域对此项调查有深远的影响，但年龄和性别没有。
我们的结果表明，cCMV 感染的知识，特别是家庭医生的知识存在一些差距。需要采取紧急行动来提高家庭医生对 CMV 感染的认识。建议对 MDs、医疗保健专业人员和育龄妇女进行 CMV 意识调查。
