Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Associated Factors Towards Trachoma Among People Living in Arba Minch Zuria District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Chuchu Churko,1 Mekuria Asnakew Asfaw,1 Zerihun Zerdo2 1Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Southern Nation Nationality of People Region, Ethiopia; 2Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences,...

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Autores principales:	Churko C, Asfaw MA, Zerdo Z
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ebee2044d4b343a5ba7f2a604e37f4ec2021-12-02T15:32:49ZKnowledge, Attitude, Practices and Associated Factors Towards Trachoma Among People Living in Arba Minch Zuria District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia1177-5483https://doaj.org/article/ebee2044d4b343a5ba7f2a604e37f4ec2021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/knowledge-attitude-practices-and-associated-factors-towards-trachoma-a-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-OPTHhttps://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Chuchu Churko,1 Mekuria Asnakew Asfaw,1 Zerihun Zerdo2 1Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Southern Nation Nationality of People Region, Ethiopia; 2Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Southern Nation Nationality of People Region, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Chuchu Churko Email churkochuchu2005@gmail.comBackground: Trachoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world affecting the poorest communities. Despite many interventions undertaken on prevention and control for trachoma, Ethiopia has failed to achieve the 2020 elimination goal.Objective: To assess knowledge, attitude, practice and its associated factors toward trachoma infection among people living in Arba Minch Zuria district Gamo zone, Southern Ethiopia.Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2019 to June 2020. Data were collected using a pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire from 796 randomly selected individuals. Epi Info version 7 was used to enter and clean the data and exported to SPSS V20 for analysis. A multivariable logistic regression analysis model was fitted to identify factors associated with the outcome variables.Findings: Among 796 interviewed participants, 611 (76.8%) had inadequate knowledge toward trachoma infection and 244 (30.7%) had unfavorable attitude. Individuals who had no formal education (AOR=0.365, 95%CI: 0.212– 0.626) and primary education (AOR=0.58, 95%CI: 0.35– 0.962) were negatively associated with adequate knowledge towards trachoma infection. Being a farmer (AOR=0.063, 95%CI: 0.008– 0.52), merchant (AOR=0.022, 95%CI: 0.003– 0.194), student (AOR=0.026, 95%CI: 0.003– 0.225) or housewife (AOR=0.03, 95%CI: 0.004– 0.256) were negatively associated with adequate knowledge. Those study subjects whose wealth index were lowest (AOR=0.49, 95%CI: 0.27– 0.878), second (AOR=0.38, 95%CI: 0.21– 0.69) and middle (AOR=0.36, 95%CI: 0.199– 0.658) percentiles negatively associated with adequate knowledge. A short distance to fetch water (AOR=2.53, 95%CI: 1.18– 5.415) was positively associated with adequate knowledge about trachoma infection. Environmental cleanliness (AOR=2.224, 95%CI: 1.518– 3.257), being male (AOR=1.848, 95%CI: 1.332– 2.565) and distance from home to health facility (AOR=1.845, 95%CI: 1.308– 2.600) were significantly associated with attitude status.Conclusion: Considerable numbers of people have unfavorable attitude and inadequate knowledge about trachoma infection. Awareness creation through community mobilization and sensitization should be strengthened.Keywords: trachoma, Arba Minch Zuria, trichiasis, EthiopiaChurko CAsfaw MAZerdo ZDove Medical Pressarticletrachomaarba minch zuriatrichiasisethiopiaOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol Volume 15, Pp 3075-3085 (2021)
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spellingShingle	trachoma arba minch zuria trichiasis ethiopia Ophthalmology RE1-994 Churko C Asfaw MA Zerdo Z Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Associated Factors Towards Trachoma Among People Living in Arba Minch Zuria District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia
description	Chuchu Churko,1 Mekuria Asnakew Asfaw,1 Zerihun Zerdo2 1Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Southern Nation Nationality of People Region, Ethiopia; 2Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Southern Nation Nationality of People Region, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Chuchu Churko Email churkochuchu2005@gmail.comBackground: Trachoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world affecting the poorest communities. Despite many interventions undertaken on prevention and control for trachoma, Ethiopia has failed to achieve the 2020 elimination goal.Objective: To assess knowledge, attitude, practice and its associated factors toward trachoma infection among people living in Arba Minch Zuria district Gamo zone, Southern Ethiopia.Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2019 to June 2020. Data were collected using a pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire from 796 randomly selected individuals. Epi Info version 7 was used to enter and clean the data and exported to SPSS V20 for analysis. A multivariable logistic regression analysis model was fitted to identify factors associated with the outcome variables.Findings: Among 796 interviewed participants, 611 (76.8%) had inadequate knowledge toward trachoma infection and 244 (30.7%) had unfavorable attitude. Individuals who had no formal education (AOR=0.365, 95%CI: 0.212– 0.626) and primary education (AOR=0.58, 95%CI: 0.35– 0.962) were negatively associated with adequate knowledge towards trachoma infection. Being a farmer (AOR=0.063, 95%CI: 0.008– 0.52), merchant (AOR=0.022, 95%CI: 0.003– 0.194), student (AOR=0.026, 95%CI: 0.003– 0.225) or housewife (AOR=0.03, 95%CI: 0.004– 0.256) were negatively associated with adequate knowledge. Those study subjects whose wealth index were lowest (AOR=0.49, 95%CI: 0.27– 0.878), second (AOR=0.38, 95%CI: 0.21– 0.69) and middle (AOR=0.36, 95%CI: 0.199– 0.658) percentiles negatively associated with adequate knowledge. A short distance to fetch water (AOR=2.53, 95%CI: 1.18– 5.415) was positively associated with adequate knowledge about trachoma infection. Environmental cleanliness (AOR=2.224, 95%CI: 1.518– 3.257), being male (AOR=1.848, 95%CI: 1.332– 2.565) and distance from home to health facility (AOR=1.845, 95%CI: 1.308– 2.600) were significantly associated with attitude status.Conclusion: Considerable numbers of people have unfavorable attitude and inadequate knowledge about trachoma infection. Awareness creation through community mobilization and sensitization should be strengthened.Keywords: trachoma, Arba Minch Zuria, trichiasis, Ethiopia
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title	Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Associated Factors Towards Trachoma Among People Living in Arba Minch Zuria District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia
title_short	Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Associated Factors Towards Trachoma Among People Living in Arba Minch Zuria District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia
title_full	Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Associated Factors Towards Trachoma Among People Living in Arba Minch Zuria District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia
title_fullStr	Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Associated Factors Towards Trachoma Among People Living in Arba Minch Zuria District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Associated Factors Towards Trachoma Among People Living in Arba Minch Zuria District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia
title_sort	knowledge, attitude, practices and associated factors towards trachoma among people living in arba minch zuria district, gamo zone, southern ethiopia
publisher	Dove Medical Press
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Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Associated Factors Towards Trachoma Among People Living in Arba Minch Zuria District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia

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