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Knowledge and perceptions of filariasis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, among patients with chronic filarial lymphoedema

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Knowledge and perceptions of filariasis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, among patients with chronic filarial lymphoedema

Auteurs : R. S. Wijesinghe [Sri Lanka] ; S. Ekanayake [Sri Lanka] ; M. S. A. Perera [Sri Lanka] ; A. R. Wickremasinghe [Sri Lanka]

Source :

Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology [ 0003-4983 ] ; 2007.

RBID : Pascal:07-0171907

Descripteurs français

KwdFr :
- Adolescent, Adulte, Adulte d'âge moyen, Connaissances, attitudes et pratiques en santé, Enfant, Enquêtes et questionnaires, Facteurs de risque, Femelle, Filariose lymphatique (psychologie), Filariose lymphatique (traitement médicamenteux), Filariose lymphatique (étiologie), Humains, Maladie chronique, Mâle, Sri Lanka (épidémiologie), Sujet âgé, Sujet âgé de 80 ans ou plus.
MESH :
- psychologie : Filariose lymphatique.
- traitement médicamenteux : Filariose lymphatique.
- épidémiologie : Sri Lanka.
- étiologie : Filariose lymphatique.
Pascal (Inist)
- Adolescent, Adulte, Adulte d'âge moyen, Connaissances, attitudes et pratiques en santé, Enfant, Enquêtes et questionnaires, Facteurs de risque, Femelle, Filariose lymphatique, Humains, Lymphoedème, Connaissance, Maladie chronique, Mâle, Perception sociale, Sri Lanka, Homme, Malade, Chronique, Médecine tropicale, Sujet âgé, Sujet âgé de 80 ans ou plus.
Wicri :
- geographic : Sri Lanka.
- topic : Homme.

English descriptors

KwdEn :
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Chronic, Chronic Disease, Elephantiasis, Filarial (drug therapy), Elephantiasis, Filarial (etiology), Elephantiasis, Filarial (psychology), Female, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Human, Humans, Knowledge, Lymphatic filariasis, Lymphedema, Male, Middle Aged, Patient, Risk Factors, Social perception, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka (epidemiology), Surveys and Questionnaires, Tropical medicine.
MESH :
- geographic , epidemiology : Sri Lanka.
- drug therapy : Elephantiasis, Filarial.
- etiology : Elephantiasis, Filarial.
- psychology : Elephantiasis, Filarial.
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Chronic Disease, Female, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires.

Abstract

Knowledge of filariasis and perceptions of the disease were explored among 413 lymphoedema cases attending two filariasis clinics in the Colombo district of Sri Lanka. The information was collected in interviews based on a pre-tested, interviewer-administered questionnaire. Only 15% of the patients had initially attributed their limb swelling to filariasis. Most knew that filariasis resulted from mosquito bites (81.1%) and that the disease is transmissible (59.8%) and preventable (74.3%). The majority did not know, or were uncertain, whether filariasis causes swelling of the breasts in females (68.5%), scrotal swelling (60.7%) or dry cough/breathlessness (62.7%). Most (60%) of the interviewees wrongly believed that chronic filarial lymphoedema could be cured, primarily by long-term treatment with diethylcarbamazine. Knowledge of filariasis was significantly associated with level of education (P<0.05). Curiously, compared with the male interviewees, the females interviewed were much less likely to say that filariasis was the cause of their initial swelling (P<0.001). Those who had suffered with the disease for more than 1 year were not significantly more knowledgeable about the disease than the interviewees who had developed symptomatic filariasis more recently. Knowledge about the symptoms of filariasis was generally poor in the study population. In order to dispel several common myths about the disease, health-education programmes, that are targeted both at the community in general and at primary-care providers, are clearly needed.

Affiliations:

Sri Lanka

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