哈里亚纳邦一个城市贫民窟中社区对猪流感的认知：一项横断面研究。
Community perception about swine flu in an urban slum of Haryana: A cross-sectional study.
作者信息
Verma Ramesh, Chayal Vinod, Kumar Raj, Bhalla Kapil, Dhankar Mukesh, Dhaka Rohit, Agrawal Ginni
机构信息
Department of Community Medicine, Pt B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Department of Pediatrics, Pt B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
出版信息
J Family Med Prim Care. 2018 Nov-Dec;7(6):1515-1520. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_151_18.
BACKGROUND
Swine flu caused by influenza virus and it's a respiratory disease of pigs. The people like farmers and pork processors working in close proximity with pigs are at higher risk of getting swine flu. In India, a total of 117 deaths and 1,154 cases have been reported in the first two months of year 2018.
OBJECTIVES
To assess the community perception about Swine flu among adults in an urban slum of District Rohtak.
METHODOLOGY
The study was a community based epidemiological study with cross-sectional design and carried out by visiting house to house. The study recruited 500 adults of age 18-60 years.
RESULTS
The study found that there was no significant difference between gender and age with heard of swine flu while education wise (p= 0.002) and caste wise (p=0.011) awareness of swine flu was found to be statistically significant.
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
The study concluded that the majority of subjects heard about swine flu and majority of subjects said that swine flu spread after coughing or sneezing. The study recommends that health care functionaries should spread awareness about signs and symptoms of swine flu.
背景
猪流感由流感病毒引起，是猪的一种呼吸道疾病。与猪密切接触的人群，如农民和猪肉加工者，感染猪流感的风险更高。在印度，2018年头两个月共报告了117例死亡和1154例病例。
目的
评估罗塔克区一个城市贫民窟成年人对猪流感的社区认知。
方法
该研究是一项基于社区的横断面流行病学研究，通过挨家挨户走访进行。该研究招募了500名年龄在18至60岁之间的成年人。
结果
研究发现，在是否听说过猪流感方面，性别和年龄之间没有显著差异，但在教育程度（p = 0.002）和种姓方面（p = 0.011）对猪流感的认知在统计学上具有显著意义。
结论与建议
研究得出结论，大多数受试者听说过猪流感，且大多数受试者表示猪流感在咳嗽或打喷嚏后传播。该研究建议，卫生保健工作人员应传播有关猪流感症状和体征的知识。
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