THE CURRENT STATUS OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MEDICAL STAFF AT CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL 108
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Objective: Describe the current status of knowledge about Dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention and control of medical staff at Central Military Hospital 108 and some related factors. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 400 medical staff at Central Military Hospital 108. Results: In this study, women accounted for the majority of 60.5%. The average age of research subjects was 33.1 ± 9.1 (years old), of which the majority were under 50 years old (94.3%), the research subjects have mainly worked for less than 5 years. (40.8%). Experience in treating Dengue fever of less than 5 years accounted for the majority (69.8%). 56.5% of health workers have been trained on Dengue fever. 93.2% of research subjects had correct knowledge. Conclusion: In our study, 93.2% of subjects had correct knowledge about Dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention and control. There is a relationship between age; academic level; work unit; working time and training on dengue fever with knowledge of Dengue fever prevention (p<0.05).
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: Knowledge, Dengue fever, Central Hospital 108.
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