Dongmo Fabrice Fabien Dongho, Asongni William Djeukeu, Mba Aymar Rodrigue Fogang, Etame Rebecca Madeleine Ebelle, Hagbe Diana Ngo, Zongning Guileine Linda Dongho, Touohou Suzie Vanissa Nkepndep, Sop Marie Modestine Kana, Ngane Rosalie Annie Ngono, Gouado Inocent
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, P.O. Box 24157, Douala, Cameroon.
Department of Home Economic, Advanced Teacher's Training College for Technical Education, University of Douala, P.O. Box 1872, Douala, Cameroon.
Int J Chronic Dis. 2023 Aug 19;2023:5616856. doi: 10.1155/2023/5616856. eCollection 2023.
Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) studies have recently been suggested as a useful tool to understand the specificity of the population related to a disease. However, in Cameroon, there is a lack of information based on KAP studies regarding obesity. This study has been designed to collect basic indicators on the KAP of the populations regarding overweight and obesity in urban and rural areas in Cameroon (Douala and Manjo). For this purpose, an epidemiological community-based cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in these two areas using a well-structured questionnaire. Sociodemographic and medical characteristics and KAP information were assessed. For the quantification of KAP, a score varying from 0 (poor knowledge, attitude, or practices) to 100 (good knowledge, attitude, or practices) was attributed for each question. Correlations between knowledge, attitude, and practice were determined using inferential statistics tests which were test, independent Student -test, ANOVA (followed by Tukey's post hoc test), and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results reveal that living in a rural area (Manjo), being overweight or obese, having complete secondary education, and being married increase the knowledge and the practice score. There is a strong and positive correlation between knowledge and practice score. However, there is no association between attitude and practice and between attitude and knowledge. Reducing the disparities between knowledge, attitude, and practices constitutes a serious track in a holistic strategy for the management of obesity in these areas.
知识、态度和行为（KAP）研究最近被认为是了解与疾病相关人群特异性的有用工具。然而，在喀麦隆，缺乏基于KAP研究的关于肥胖症的信息。本研究旨在收集喀麦隆城市和农村地区（杜阿拉和曼乔）人群关于超重和肥胖症的KAP基本指标。为此，在这两个地区使用结构完善的问卷进行了一项基于社区的横断面描述性流行病学研究。评估了社会人口统计学和医学特征以及KAP信息。为了量化KAP，为每个问题赋予一个从0（知识、态度或行为差）到100（知识、态度或行为好）的分数。使用推断统计检验确定知识、态度和行为之间的相关性，这些检验包括检验、独立样本t检验、方差分析（随后进行Tukey事后检验）和Pearson相关系数。结果显示，生活在农村地区（曼乔）、超重或肥胖、接受过完整的中等教育以及已婚会提高知识和行为得分。知识和行为得分之间存在强正相关。然而，态度与行为之间以及态度与知识之间没有关联。缩小知识、态度和行为之间的差距是这些地区肥胖症综合管理战略中的一个重要方向。
