Aitnasser Khadija, Mansoury Ouassim, Moubachir Houda, Adarmouch Latifa, Serhane Hind
Health Sciences Research and Innovation Laboratory Medical School of Medicine &Pharmacy of Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir-Morocco.
Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Biosciences and Health Laboratory, FMPM, UCAM, Morocco.
Niger Med J. 2023 Jul 2;64(3):382-388. eCollection 2023 May-Jun.
Tuberculosis is a major public health problem worldwide, and in Morocco, it is the leading cause of hospitalization in the Pneumology department. Hospitalized patients are often accompanied by family members who primarily act as caregivers. This study aimed to describe the knowledge related to the disease among the companions of tuberculosis patients hospitalized in the pneumology department of Hassan II Hospital in Agadir, Morocco.
We conducted a cross-sectional observational study with the objective of evaluating the knowledge of the companions of tuberculosis patients.
One hundred companions participated in this study, with an average age of 33.8 +/- 10.1. The male-to-female sex ratio was 1.5. More than half of our participants had a low socio-economic level, and over a third were illiterate. Knowledge was assessed through questions related to the disease. Results showed that 82.0% of participants declared that they were aware of the disease called "tuberculosis," and 46.0% knew about its infectious origin. Almost all of them were aware of the contagious nature of the disease and its airborne transmission. Schooling was found to be associated with knowledge of the disease, its infectious nature, contagiousness, and free treatment. The associations were statistically significant with p-values of <0.001, 0.004, <0.001, and 0.002, respectively.
The low level of schooling appears to be a hindrance to TB education. This observation could explain the very poor level of knowledge found in our study, despite the efforts made by various programs.
结核病是全球主要的公共卫生问题，在摩洛哥，它是肺病科住院的主要原因。住院患者通常有家庭成员陪同，这些家庭成员主要充当照顾者。本研究旨在描述摩洛哥阿加迪尔哈桑二世医院肺病科住院的结核病患者陪伴者对该疾病的了解情况。
我们进行了一项横断面观察性研究，目的是评估结核病患者陪伴者的知识水平。
100名陪伴者参与了本研究，平均年龄为33.8±10.1岁。男女比例为1.5。我们的参与者中超过一半社会经济水平较低，超过三分之一是文盲。通过与疾病相关的问题评估知识水平。结果显示，82.0%的参与者表示他们知道“结核病”这种疾病，46.0%知道其感染源。几乎所有人都知道该疾病的传染性及其空气传播方式。发现受教育程度与对疾病的了解、疾病的传染性、传播性和免费治疗有关。这些关联具有统计学意义，p值分别为<0.001、0.004、<0.001和0.002。
低受教育程度似乎是结核病教育的一个障碍。这一观察结果可以解释尽管有各种项目的努力，但我们的研究中发现的知识水平非常低的情况。
