Mahalakshmi B, Sivasubramanian N, Vaghela Payal, Navinbhai Patel Divyankakumari, Vasanthbhai Patel Hetal, Ramalakshmi G, Rajeshbhai Gurav Priyanka, Shaijo K J
Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat - 384315, India.
Department of Community health Nursing, College of Nursing, S.G.R.R University, Dehradun, Uttarkhand - 248001, India.
Bioinformation. 2022 Jul 31;18(7):640-644. doi: 10.6026/97320630018640. eCollection 2022.
It is of interest to examine the awareness and precautions of urban and rural residents on a number of mosquito-borne diseases (MBD). A sample of 300 adult people (Rural 150+Urban 150) was selected from Mahesana district of North Gujarat. Majority of samples (47.3 %) had average, 16% poor and 36.7% had good level of awareness in urban areas. In rural areas majority of the samples (40.67%) had average, 28%poor and 31.33% had good level of awareness. (67.3%) urban population were using mosquito repellent liquids and creams and (68.6%) of rural population were using mosquito net. Data shows that both urban and rural populations have moderate awareness on Mosquito Borne Diseases and majority is taking precaution towards these conditions. Data also revealed that there is no significant difference between urban & rural population's precaution measures against Mosquito borne diseases.
考察城乡居民对多种蚊媒疾病(MBD)的认知和预防措施很有意义。从古吉拉特邦北部的马赫萨纳区选取了300名成年人样本(农村150人+城市150人)。城市地区大多数样本(47.3%)认知水平一般,16%较差,36.7%良好。农村地区大多数样本(40.67%)认知水平一般,28%较差,31.33%良好。67.3%的城市人口使用驱蚊液和乳膏,68.6%的农村人口使用蚊帐。数据表明,城乡居民对蚊媒疾病都有中等程度的认知,且大多数人针对这些情况采取了预防措施。数据还显示,城乡居民针对蚊媒疾病的预防措施没有显著差异。