Orish Verner N, Asumbono Moses A, Addei Isaac B, Ayaaba Moses A, Kwadzokpui Precious K, Marinkovic Aleksandra, Prakash Stephanie, Okorie Chuku, Izurieta Ricardo, Pandit Rajashree, Sanyaolu Adekunle
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana.
School of Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
J Parasitol Res. 2023 Dec 9;2023:5515603. doi: 10.1155/2023/5515603. eCollection 2023.
This study investigated the knowledge, attitude, and practices of residents in the Ho municipality towards intestinal helminth infections and their prevention.
A descriptive cross-sectional study involving questionnaire administration was conducted among randomly sampled residents of the Ho municipality of the Volta Region of Ghana. A minimum sample size of 400 was calculated for subjects using Yamane's formula for population. Pearson's chi-square analysis was done to determine any relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and the categories of knowledge, attitude, and practices. Results from data analysis were computed as frequencies and percentages. < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.
Of the 400 participants, 343 (85.7%) were aware of intestinal helminths, but the majority had poor knowledge of its cause despite 50.5% (202) having good knowledge scores. Most participants (331, 82.8%) had a bad attitude toward preventing the disease. Most (335, 83.8%) of the community members still adhered to the poor practice of open defecation with the excuse of unavailable latrines, and some (143, 35.8%) believe that intestinal helminths are nothing to worry about.
Health education should address the perceptions towards preventing intestinal helminthiasis and be complemented by making available public lavatories in the municipality to curb the unacceptable practice of open defecation.
本研究调查了霍市居民对肠道蠕虫感染及其预防的知识、态度和行为。
在加纳沃尔特地区霍市随机抽取居民进行一项涉及问卷调查的描述性横断面研究。使用山根公式计算出至少400名受试者的样本量。采用Pearson卡方分析来确定社会人口学特征与知识、态度和行为类别之间的关系。数据分析结果以频率和百分比计算。P<0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
在400名参与者中，343人（85.7%）知晓肠道蠕虫，但尽管50.5%（202人）知识得分良好，但大多数人对其病因了解不足。大多数参与者（331人，82.8%）对预防该疾病态度不佳。大多数社区成员（335人，83.8%）仍以没有厕所为由坚持露天排便的不良习惯，一些人（143人，35.8%）认为肠道蠕虫无需担忧。
健康教育应解决对预防肠道蠕虫病的认知问题，并辅以在该市提供公共厕所，以遏制露天排便这种不可接受的行为。
