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Knowledge and practice of health workers about control and prevention of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in referral hospitals, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.
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- Tuberculosis infection control practice among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Capacity Building, Knowledge Enhancement, and Consultative Processes for Development of a Digital Tool (Ni-kshay SETU) to Support the Management of Patients with Tuberculosis: Exploratory Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Roles and challenges of nurses in tuberculosis care in Africa: A narrative review.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2023Review
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of NICU Doctors and Nurses Toward Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Infection With Multidrug Resistant Organism.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Multidisciplinary management of difficult-to-treat drug resistant tuberculosis: a review of cases presented to the national consilium in Uganda.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2021Article
- Spatial clustering of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Hunan province, China: an ecological study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Pragmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Qualitative Analysis of Human Resource Constraints in a Resource-Limited Country context-Ethiopia.International journal of public health · 2021Article
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Infection Control in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study.Tuberculosis research and treatment · 2021Article
- Service years of health professionals are associated with tuberculosis infection control practice in Ethiopian Teaching Hospital.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- Tuberculosis and Public Health Care Workers: Infection Prevention and Control Practices and Associated Factors Among Governmental Health Centers and Hospitals in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2021Article
- Medicine Dose Adjustment Practice and Associated Factors among Renally Impaired Patients in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia.International journal of nephrology · 2021Article
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- Knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthcare professionals regarding infection prevention at Gondar University referral hospital, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.BMC research notes · 2019Article
- Mapping tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Ethiopia.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and practice of health workers about multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) prevention and control. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTINGS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Gondar University Referral Hospital and Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital.
participantsRandomly selected health workers (ie, medical doctor, nurse, health officer, pharmacy, medical laboratory and midwifery) were the study participants. OUTCOME MEASURES: The main outcomes were knowledge and self-reported practice of health workers about MDR-TB.
resultsA total of 377 health workers (with a response rate of 93.7%) participated in the study. The majority of respondents were nurses (52.5%, n=198) and medical doctors (15.6%, n=59). The mean knowledge score was seven out of 10; 149 (39.5%) of respondents scored seven or more which was considered as good knowledge. MDR-TB knowledge of health workers was significantly associated with having a postgraduate degree (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=5.78; 95% CI 2.33 to 14.33), taking infection prevention training (AOR=1.79; 95% CI 1.00, to 3.17) and having a history of tuberculosis (TB) (AOR=1.85; 95% CI 1.12, to 3.03). The mean self-reported practice score was four out of seven; one-fifth (19.6%) of respondents scored four or more which was considered as good practice. Self-reported practice of health workers was significantly associated with working at internal medicine (AOR=4.64; 95% CI 1.99, to 10.81) and paediatrics (AOR=3.85; 95% CI 1.11, to 13.34) wards, being in the age groups of 26-30 years (AOR=2.70; 95% CI 1.27, to 5.76), and 30 years and above (AOR=4.42; 95% CI 1.77, to 11.00).
conclusionsThis study found low knowledge and self-reported practice score among health workers. MDR-TB knowledge of health workers was significantly associated with educational status, infection prevention training and previous history of TB. This finding highlights the potential of providing MDR-TB training for health workers to increase their knowledge about MDR-TB.
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