Knowledge, awareness and preventive practices of dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: A countrywide study.
<h4>Background</h4>Dengue, the mosquito borne disease has become a growing public health threat in Bangladesh due to its gradual increasing morbidity and mortality since 2000. In 2019, the country witnessed the worst ever dengue outbreak. The present study was conducted to characterize t...
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oai:doaj.org-article:3109d880e8894e6aa5ebd2dd416127c32021-12-02T20:10:50ZKnowledge, awareness and preventive practices of dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: A countrywide study.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0252852https://doaj.org/article/3109d880e8894e6aa5ebd2dd416127c32021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252852https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Dengue, the mosquito borne disease has become a growing public health threat in Bangladesh due to its gradual increasing morbidity and mortality since 2000. In 2019, the country witnessed the worst ever dengue outbreak. The present study was conducted to characterize the socio-economic factors and knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) status towards dengue among the people of Bangladesh.<h4>Method</h4>A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,010 randomly selected respondents from nine different administrative regions of Bangladesh between July and November 2019. A structured questionnaire was used covering socio-demographic characteristics of the participants including their knowledge, awareness, treatment and practices regarding dengue fever. Factors associated with the knowledge and awareness of dengue were investigated separately, using multivariable logistic regression.<h4>Results</h4>Although majority (93.8%) of the respondents had heard about dengue, however, they had still misconceptions about Aedes breeding habitat. Around half of the study population (45.7%) had mistaken belief that Aedes can breed in dirty water and 43.1% knew that Aedes mosquito usually bites around sunrise and sunset. Fever indication was found in 36.6% of people which is the most common symptom of dengue. Among the socio-demographic variables, the level of education of the respondents was identified as an independent predictor for both knowledge (p<0.05) and awareness (p<0.05) of dengue. The preventive practice level was moderately less than the knowledge level though there was a significant association (p<0.05) existed between knowledge and preventive practices. Our study noted that TV/Radio is an effective predominant source of information about dengue fever.<h4>Conclusion</h4>As dengue is emerging in Bangladesh, there is an urgent need to increase health promotion activities through campaigns for eliminating the misconception and considerable knowledge gaps about dengue.Md Imam HossainNur E AlamSumaiya AkterUmme SurieaSalma AktarSiratul Kubra ShifatMd Muzahidul IslamIhsan AzizMd Muzahidul IslamMd Shariful IslamA K M MohiuddinPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 6, p e0252852 (2021) |
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<h4>Background</h4>Dengue, the mosquito borne disease has become a growing public health threat in Bangladesh due to its gradual increasing morbidity and mortality since 2000. In 2019, the country witnessed the worst ever dengue outbreak. The present study was conducted to characterize the socio-economic factors and knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) status towards dengue among the people of Bangladesh.<h4>Method</h4>A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,010 randomly selected respondents from nine different administrative regions of Bangladesh between July and November 2019. A structured questionnaire was used covering socio-demographic characteristics of the participants including their knowledge, awareness, treatment and practices regarding dengue fever. Factors associated with the knowledge and awareness of dengue were investigated separately, using multivariable logistic regression.<h4>Results</h4>Although majority (93.8%) of the respondents had heard about dengue, however, they had still misconceptions about Aedes breeding habitat. Around half of the study population (45.7%) had mistaken belief that Aedes can breed in dirty water and 43.1% knew that Aedes mosquito usually bites around sunrise and sunset. Fever indication was found in 36.6% of people which is the most common symptom of dengue. Among the socio-demographic variables, the level of education of the respondents was identified as an independent predictor for both knowledge (p<0.05) and awareness (p<0.05) of dengue. The preventive practice level was moderately less than the knowledge level though there was a significant association (p<0.05) existed between knowledge and preventive practices. Our study noted that TV/Radio is an effective predominant source of information about dengue fever.<h4>Conclusion</h4>As dengue is emerging in Bangladesh, there is an urgent need to increase health promotion activities through campaigns for eliminating the misconception and considerable knowledge gaps about dengue. |
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Knowledge, awareness and preventive practices of dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: A countrywide study. |
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Knowledge, awareness and preventive practices of dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: A countrywide study. |
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Knowledge, awareness and preventive practices of dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: A countrywide study. |
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Knowledge, awareness and preventive practices of dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: A countrywide study. |
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Knowledge, awareness and preventive practices of dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: A countrywide study. |
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