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Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr 2014; 30 (2)

Knowledge about toxoplasmosis by women of childbearing age from a family doctor's office located in Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus

Rusindo HN, Ginorio GDE, Álvarez GD, Matamoro RDC, Castellanos SI

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 217-224
PDF size: 97.20 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, which is of interest to public health due to the risk of parasite transmission from mother to fetus during pregnancy.
Objective: to explore the level of knowledge about toxoplasmosis of women at childbearing age in the family doctor's office no. 21 under polyclinic II in Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus.
Methods: across-sectional descriptive study based on questionnaire applied to 119 women of childbearing age of whom 15 were pregnant (12.61% ) and 104 non-pregnant women was conducted (87.39 % ).
Results: ahigh percentage of tested women showed unsatisfactory results. A sizeable number of respondents related cats to this disease.
Conclusions: knowledge of surveyed women on toxoplasmosis was poor, which points to the need for educational intervention about this topic with a view to preventing negative effects.


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