School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China.
Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Zhejiang provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Nov 5;16(21):4290. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214290.
Few provinces in China have recently conducted population-based surveys on tuberculosis (TB) awareness at the provincial level. Hence, we conducted a population-based, cross-sectional study to evaluate the level of awareness of TB knowledge among residents of Zhejiang Province, China from October 2018 to December 2018. A total of 7174 individuals were randomly selected to participate in this survey. The rate of awareness of key information on TB was found to be 48.0%. The study's participants exhibited a good understanding of the transmission route (80.8%), curable outcome (78.3%), and designated treatment sites (67.0%) of TB. The rate of awareness of suspicious TB symptoms (36.1%) and the relief policy on diagnosis and first-line therapeutic drugs (38.0%) were found to be relatively low among the respondents. People living in rural areas, those who were less educated, and students all showed a low level of awareness of key knowledge about TB. In conclusion, residents in Zhejiang Province generally lacked key information about TB, which is not conducive to the early detection and treatment of TB. Corresponding efforts should be made for different groups of people to achieve favorable effects on the prevention and control of TB.
中国很少有省份在省级层面上进行过结核病（TB）意识的基于人群的调查。因此，我们于 2018 年 10 月至 12 月期间进行了一项基于人群的横断面研究，以评估中国浙江省居民对结核病知识的了解程度。共有 7174 人被随机选中参与这项调查。研究发现，结核病关键信息的知晓率为 48.0%。研究参与者对结核病的传播途径（80.8%）、可治愈的结果（78.3%）和指定的治疗地点（67.0%）有较好的理解。对可疑结核病症状的知晓率（36.1%）和对诊断及一线治疗药物的减免政策的知晓率（38.0%）相对较低。居住在农村地区、受教育程度较低的人群和学生的结核病关键知识知晓率均较低。总之，浙江省居民普遍缺乏结核病关键信息，不利于结核病的早期发现和治疗。应该针对不同人群采取相应措施，以实现结核病防控的良好效果。
