Knowledge of healthcare professionals about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis: a cross-sectional study
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Postpoliomyelitis syndrome is a clinical condition that can affect poliomyelitis survivors. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate knowledge of poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis syndrome among Brazilian healthcare professionals. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study conduct...
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| author | Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira Douglas Assis Teles Santos Ricardo Borges Viana Juliana Moreira Guimarães Jéssica Nathalia Soares Oliveira Bolivar Saldanha Sousa Marcos Gonçalves de Santana Rodrigo Luiz Vancini Marília Santos Andrade Pantelis Nikolaidis Thomas Rosemann Beat Knechtle |
| author_facet | Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira Douglas Assis Teles Santos Ricardo Borges Viana Juliana Moreira Guimarães Jéssica Nathalia Soares Oliveira Bolivar Saldanha Sousa Marcos Gonçalves de Santana Rodrigo Luiz Vancini Marília Santos Andrade Pantelis Nikolaidis Thomas Rosemann Beat Knechtle |
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| description | ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Postpoliomyelitis syndrome is a clinical condition that can affect poliomyelitis survivors. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate knowledge of poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis syndrome among Brazilian healthcare professionals. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study conducted at a Brazilian public higher education institution located in the state of Goiás. METHODS: The participants (n = 578) were Brazilian physicians, physical therapists, nurses, nutritionists and psychologists. A self-administered questionnaire (30 questions) was designed to probe knowledge about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis syndrome. From the questionnaire, we created a structured test to objectively evaluate the knowledge of these professionals. The test was composed of 20 questions and was scored over a range from 0 (totally ill-informed) to 20 (totally well-informed). RESULTS: In general, the physicians, physical therapists and nurses demonstrated better understanding of poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis syndrome. The healthcare professionals who had received previous information about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis syndrome had significantly higher scores than those who had never received information (P < 0.001). On average, this difference was approximately 28.6%. CONCLUSIONS: The findings from the present study indicate that there is a critical need for improvement of knowledge about postpoliomyelitis syndrome among Brazilian healthcare professionals. The services provided by these professionals may therefore become compromised. Furthermore, public healthcare initiatives should be implemented to improve knowledge among healthcare professionals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b008c5090e1c4a32a6419a8f2de7a64b2022-12-21T21:34:17ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-94602021-08-01139546447510.1590/1516-3180.2020.0617.16032021Knowledge of healthcare professionals about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis: a cross-sectional studyClaudio Andre Barbosa de Lirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5749-6877Douglas Assis Teles Santoshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7664-5468Ricardo Borges Vianahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9200-3185Juliana Moreira Guimarãeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6729-0335Jéssica Nathalia Soares Oliveirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9531-4277Bolivar Saldanha Sousahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9682-5987Marcos Gonçalves de Santanahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7674-3263Rodrigo Luiz Vancinihttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1981-1092Marília Santos Andradehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-4565Pantelis Nikolaidishttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-7122Thomas Rosemannhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-6306Beat Knechtlehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-9103ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Postpoliomyelitis syndrome is a clinical condition that can affect poliomyelitis survivors. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate knowledge of poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis syndrome among Brazilian healthcare professionals. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study conducted at a Brazilian public higher education institution located in the state of Goiás. METHODS: The participants (n = 578) were Brazilian physicians, physical therapists, nurses, nutritionists and psychologists. A self-administered questionnaire (30 questions) was designed to probe knowledge about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis syndrome. From the questionnaire, we created a structured test to objectively evaluate the knowledge of these professionals. The test was composed of 20 questions and was scored over a range from 0 (totally ill-informed) to 20 (totally well-informed). RESULTS: In general, the physicians, physical therapists and nurses demonstrated better understanding of poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis syndrome. The healthcare professionals who had received previous information about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis syndrome had significantly higher scores than those who had never received information (P < 0.001). On average, this difference was approximately 28.6%. CONCLUSIONS: The findings from the present study indicate that there is a critical need for improvement of knowledge about postpoliomyelitis syndrome among Brazilian healthcare professionals. The services provided by these professionals may therefore become compromised. Furthermore, public healthcare initiatives should be implemented to improve knowledge among healthcare professionals.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802021000500464&tlng=enPoliomyelitisPhysiciansNervous systemPostpoliomyelitis syndromeKnowledgeMedical educationNeuromuscular diseaseLate effects of polio |
| spellingShingle | Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira Douglas Assis Teles Santos Ricardo Borges Viana Juliana Moreira Guimarães Jéssica Nathalia Soares Oliveira Bolivar Saldanha Sousa Marcos Gonçalves de Santana Rodrigo Luiz Vancini Marília Santos Andrade Pantelis Nikolaidis Thomas Rosemann Beat Knechtle Knowledge of healthcare professionals about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis: a cross-sectional study São Paulo Medical Journal Poliomyelitis Physicians Nervous system Postpoliomyelitis syndrome Knowledge Medical education Neuromuscular disease Late effects of polio |
| title | Knowledge of healthcare professionals about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Knowledge of healthcare professionals about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis: a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge of healthcare professionals about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge of healthcare professionals about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis: a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Knowledge of healthcare professionals about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis: a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | knowledge of healthcare professionals about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis a cross sectional study |
| topic | Poliomyelitis Physicians Nervous system Postpoliomyelitis syndrome Knowledge Medical education Neuromuscular disease Late effects of polio |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802021000500464&tlng=en |
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