Sharma Swati, Tyagi Apurva, Ramachandra Sujatha, Bhuyan Lipsa, Dash Kailash Chandra, Raghuvanshi Malvika
Department of Public Health Dentistry, School of Dental Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Dental, Divine Multi Speciality Hospital, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India.
J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2018 Jan-Feb;8(1):41-47. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_371_17. Epub 2018 Feb 22.
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in monkeys. The study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding ZIKV infection among rural health-care providers in Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
A total of 600 health-care providers were selected through stratified random sampling in an interventional survey. A self-structured, closed-ended questionnaire was administered to each participant in two phases to record their demographic, professional characteristics, knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding ZIKV.
Out of 600 health-care workers contacted, 585 (97.5%) agreed to participate in the survey. Multivariable linear regression analysis was carried out to assess the association of participant's professional characteristics with their knowledge, attitude, and practices.
It showed that there was a wide gap between the level of awareness, knowledge, and practice among the different categories of health-care providers about the ZIKV. This study revealed that there was a very high probability of the risk of transmission of ZIKAV through health-care settings and hence health-care personnel must strictly adhere to Universal Precautions to prevent it.
寨卡病毒（ZIKV）是一种由蚊子传播的黄病毒，1947年在乌干达的猴子身上首次被发现。本研究旨在评估印度北方邦阿里格尔地区农村医疗保健提供者对寨卡病毒感染的知识、态度和行为。
在一项干预性调查中，通过分层随机抽样选取了600名医疗保健提供者。分两个阶段向每位参与者发放一份自行设计的封闭式问卷，以记录他们的人口统计学、专业特征、对寨卡病毒的知识、态度和行为。
在联系的600名医疗保健工作者中，585人（97.5%）同意参与调查。进行多变量线性回归分析以评估参与者的专业特征与其知识、态度和行为之间的关联。
结果表明，不同类别的医疗保健提供者对寨卡病毒的认识、知识和行为水平之间存在很大差距。本研究表明，寨卡病毒通过医疗保健机构传播的风险非常高，因此医护人员必须严格遵守通用预防措施以防止其传播。
