Assessment of community knowledge, attitude, and stigma of Buruli ulcer disease in Southern Nigeria.
Mycobacterium ulcerans disease
knowledge
perceptions
practices
Journal
African health sciences
ISSN: 1729-0503
Titre abrégé: Afr Health Sci
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101149451
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2019
Jun 2019
Historique:
entrez:
29
10
2019
pubmed:
28
10
2019
medline:
1
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Poor knowledge can influence timely care-seeking among persons with Buruli ulcer disease (BUD). To assess community knowledge, attitude and stigma towards persons with BUD in endemic settings of Southern Nigeria. This was a cross-sectional survey conducted among adult community members in four States of Southern Nigeria. A semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire was administered to all participants. Of 491 adults who completed the survey, 315 (64.2%) belonged to the ≤40 years age group, 257 (52.3%) were males and 415 (84.5%) had some formal education. The overall mean (SD) knowledge score was 5.5±2.3 (maximum 10). Only 172 (35.0%) of the participants had a good knowledge of BUD. A total of 327 (66.6%) considered BUD as a very serious illness. Also, there was a high-level of stigma against BUD patients; 372 (75.8%) of the participants felt compassion for and desire to help them, 77 (15.7%) felt compassion but tended to stay away from them, and 53 (10.8%) feared them because they may infect them with the disease. Having a formal education and ethnicity were independent predictors of good knowledge of BUD. There is poor community knowledge of BUD in endemic settings of Southern Nigeria which influenced the attitude and perceptions of community members towards persons with BUD.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Poor knowledge can influence timely care-seeking among persons with Buruli ulcer disease (BUD).
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
To assess community knowledge, attitude and stigma towards persons with BUD in endemic settings of Southern Nigeria.
METHODS
METHODS
This was a cross-sectional survey conducted among adult community members in four States of Southern Nigeria. A semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire was administered to all participants.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Of 491 adults who completed the survey, 315 (64.2%) belonged to the ≤40 years age group, 257 (52.3%) were males and 415 (84.5%) had some formal education. The overall mean (SD) knowledge score was 5.5±2.3 (maximum 10). Only 172 (35.0%) of the participants had a good knowledge of BUD. A total of 327 (66.6%) considered BUD as a very serious illness. Also, there was a high-level of stigma against BUD patients; 372 (75.8%) of the participants felt compassion for and desire to help them, 77 (15.7%) felt compassion but tended to stay away from them, and 53 (10.8%) feared them because they may infect them with the disease. Having a formal education and ethnicity were independent predictors of good knowledge of BUD.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
There is poor community knowledge of BUD in endemic settings of Southern Nigeria which influenced the attitude and perceptions of community members towards persons with BUD.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31656494
doi: 10.4314/ahs.v19i2.34
pii: jAFHS.v19.i2.pg2100
pmc: PMC6794545
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2100-2111Informations de copyright
© 2019 Nwafor et al.
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