BSc, PhD. Associate Professor, Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança (FEFD), Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia (GO), Brazil.
BSc, MSc. Assistent Professor, Colegiado de Educação Física, Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB), Teixeira de Freitas (BA), Brazil.
Sao Paulo Med J. 2021 Aug-Sep;139(5):464-475. doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2020.0617.16032021.
Postpoliomyelitis syndrome is a clinical condition that can affect poliomyelitis survivors.
Our aim was to evaluate knowledge of poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis syndrome among Brazilian healthcare professionals.
Cross-sectional study conducted at a Brazilian public higher education institution located in the state of Goiás.
The participants (n = 578) were Brazilian physicians, physical therapists, nurses, nutritionists and psychologists. A self-administered questionnaire (30 questions) was designed to probe knowledge about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis syndrome. From the questionnaire, we created a structured test to objectively evaluate the knowledge of these professionals. The test was composed of 20 questions and was scored over a range from 0 (totally ill-informed) to 20 (totally well-informed).
In general, the physicians, physical therapists and nurses demonstrated better understanding of poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis syndrome. The healthcare professionals who had received previous information about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis syndrome had significantly higher scores than those who had never received information (P < 0.001). On average, this difference was approximately 28.6%.
The findings from the present study indicate that there is a critical need for improvement of knowledge about postpoliomyelitis syndrome among Brazilian healthcare professionals. The services provided by these professionals may therefore become compromised. Furthermore, public healthcare initiatives should be implemented to improve knowledge among healthcare professionals.
后灰质炎综合征是一种可能影响脊髓灰质炎幸存者的临床病症。
我们旨在评估巴西医疗保健专业人员对脊髓灰质炎和后灰质炎综合征的认识。
在巴西戈亚斯州的一所公立高等教育机构进行的横断面研究。
参与者（n = 578）为巴西医生、物理治疗师、护士、营养师和心理学家。设计了一份自我管理问卷（30 个问题），以探究他们对脊髓灰质炎和后灰质炎综合征的认识。从问卷中，我们创建了一个结构化测试来客观评估这些专业人员的知识。该测试由 20 个问题组成，得分范围为 0（完全无知）到 20（完全知情）。
一般来说，医生、物理治疗师和护士对脊髓灰质炎和后灰质炎综合征有更好的理解。曾接受过脊髓灰质炎和后灰质炎综合征信息的医疗保健专业人员比从未接受过信息的人员得分显著更高（P < 0.001）。平均而言，这种差异约为 28.6%。
本研究的结果表明，巴西医疗保健专业人员急需提高对后灰质炎综合征的认识。这些专业人员提供的服务可能因此受到影响。此外，应实施公共卫生保健举措来提高医疗保健专业人员的认识。
