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Rev Cub Med Mil 2014; 43 (1)

Knowledge about intestinal parasites among the medical personnel

Rodríguez PM, González LME, Espinosa TD, Méndez CR, Cañete VR

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 83-90
PDF size: 126.75 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective: evaluate the level of basic knowledge about intestinal parasites among primary health care doctors.
Methods: an anonymous survey was conducted made up of four questions evaluating general knowledge about intestinal parasites and one question about Giardia lamblia, a pathogenic protozoan of high incidence and prevalence in our country. The survey was applied to a group of primary health care doctors between January and March 2011.
Results: all the doctors surveyed had errors in their answers to the questionnaire. Despite the fact that correct answers about the topics evaluated exceeded 50 %, the average of correct answers for the 26 items included in the five questions was 20.73 %.
Conclusions: primary health care doctors showed insufficient knowledge about intestinal parasites. Hence the need to develop an education program to attenuate those difficulties.


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