Đánh giá kiến thức, thái độ và thực hành về phòng chống dịch bệnh sốt xuất huyết dengue của người bệnh mắc sốt xuất huyết dengue tại Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108

Abstract

Objective: To describe the current status of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding dengue fever prevention among dengue fever patients at 108 Military Central Hospital. Subject and method: A cross-sectional descriptive study on 270 patients with dengue fever who came for examination and treatment at 108 Military Central Hospital from September to December 2023. The data were collected through the use of survey questionnaires with direct interviews. Result: In total of 270 patients with dengue fever, 79.6% of participants had good knowledge, 87.0% of patients had good attitudes and 52.2% of them had good practices regarding dengue fever. There were some items that low rate of participants chose right answers, such as: warning signs of the disease (13.7%), etiology (19.3%), dengue fever vaccines (23.3%); vector controls (13.5%) and recognizing symptoms (37.8%). The ratio of patients who had right attitude about dangerous level of the disease and antibiotic using were 70.4% and 80.7%, respectively. The participants had right practice about prevention of mosquito bites, mosquito eradication and vector controls with ratio of 17.4%, 23.7% and 36.3%, respectively. Conclusion: Patients' awareness of dengue prevention still has many unsatisfactory points, including knowledge, attitude and practice. This is the evidence for building appropriate health education programs for dengue patients.