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Rev Cub Med Mil 2016; 45 (1)

Results of an educational intervention on intestinal parasitism in medical staffs

Rodríguez PM, González LME, Cañete VR, Espinosa TD

Language: Spanish
References: 24
Page: 40-52
PDF size: 92.40 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: Intestinal parasite infections are common in geographic areas where poor hygiene and sanitary conditions favor survival, reproduction and transmission of intestinal parasitism.
Objectives: Evaluate the results of an educational intervention on intestinal parasitism in physicians who provide services in Primary Health Care (PHC).
Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out with PHC physicians who previously had a survey. It was evidenced the existence of insufficient knowledge regarding intestinal parasitism. For this purpose the course "Intestinal parasitism update" was given at "Dr. Miguel Enríquez" Faculty of Medical Sciences, dictum 3/2013. After completing the course, a new survey was applied to evaluate the knowledge acquired. A database was made using the Microsoft Excel 2013 program. the means of the scores obtained were compared in the two evaluations using a t Student distribution through the program Epidat version 3.1.
Results: 100 % of the doctors passed the second questionnaire with more than 70 points. Statistically significant differences were observed when comparing the mean scores obtained in the two evaluations (p ‹ 0.05).
Conclusions: This educational intervention was proven to be effective, as there was a statistically significant improvement of the evaluations.


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