Toxoplasmosis—Awareness and Knowledge of Pregnant Women in Rural Areas of Malakand Region, Pakistan
Background. The current study was carried out between October 2017 and October 2018 to explore knowledge, attitudes, practices, and information sources regarding toxoplasmosis among pregnant women in Malakand region, the northwestern part of Pakistan. The current study was carried out between Octobe...
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| author | Wali Khan Hafeez ur Rahman Yousef Abdal Jalil Fadladdin Naseem Rafiq Robi Naz Patricio R. De los Rios-Escalante Shabir Ahmad Shouaa Abdulaziz Alrobaish Noorah Saleh Al-Sowayan |
| author_facet | Wali Khan Hafeez ur Rahman Yousef Abdal Jalil Fadladdin Naseem Rafiq Robi Naz Patricio R. De los Rios-Escalante Shabir Ahmad Shouaa Abdulaziz Alrobaish Noorah Saleh Al-Sowayan |
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| description | Background. The current study was carried out between October 2017 and October 2018 to explore knowledge, attitudes, practices, and information sources regarding toxoplasmosis among pregnant women in Malakand region, the northwestern part of Pakistan. The current study was carried out between October 2017 and October 2018. Methods. A structured questionnaire was used to interview the women after taking verbal informed consent. Graphpad version 5 was used to indicate the differences. Significant was considered as a P-value of less than 0.05. This study revealed poor knowledge regarding toxoplasmosis. Results. Overall, 31.2% of the respondents showed good knowledge, and 39.2% showed moderate knowledge. On the other hand, 29.5% of the participants showed poor knowledge about toxoplasmosis. The average knowledge score of pregnant women was 79±12.2, which is considered to be within the scale of good knowledge. Number of children within the pregnant multipara women was significantly associated with knowledge about toxoplasmosis. Pregnant women who measured in number of childbirths within a women showed the highest mean score of 42.3±13.3 with 57 (44.8%) displaying a good knowledge level. Pregnant women with more than one child had significantly higher (<0.0001) knowledge scores compared to women with one child or none child. The majority of pregnant women with one child used the social media, followed by mass media as sources of information about toxoplasmosis. Scientific sources of information were used more commonly by pregnant women with none of the child birth. Conclusion. Pregnant women knowledge regarding toxoplasmosis was poor as compared to attitudes and practices. Health workers and newspapers/magazines were the main sources of information. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8068fd1fe524db1b7430839c62507d32023-05-21T00:00:01ZengHindawi LimitedJournal of Parasitology Research2090-00312023-01-01202310.1155/2023/4603066Toxoplasmosis—Awareness and Knowledge of Pregnant Women in Rural Areas of Malakand Region, PakistanWali Khan0Hafeez ur Rahman1Yousef Abdal Jalil Fadladdin2Naseem Rafiq3Robi Naz4Patricio R. De los Rios-Escalante5Shabir Ahmad6Shouaa Abdulaziz Alrobaish7Noorah Saleh Al-Sowayan8Department of ZoologyDepartment of ZoologyKing Abdulaziz UniversityDepartment of ZoologyDepartment of ZoologyUniversidad Catolica de TemucoDepartment of ZoologyDepartment of BiologyDepartment of BiologyBackground. The current study was carried out between October 2017 and October 2018 to explore knowledge, attitudes, practices, and information sources regarding toxoplasmosis among pregnant women in Malakand region, the northwestern part of Pakistan. The current study was carried out between October 2017 and October 2018. Methods. A structured questionnaire was used to interview the women after taking verbal informed consent. Graphpad version 5 was used to indicate the differences. Significant was considered as a P-value of less than 0.05. This study revealed poor knowledge regarding toxoplasmosis. Results. Overall, 31.2% of the respondents showed good knowledge, and 39.2% showed moderate knowledge. On the other hand, 29.5% of the participants showed poor knowledge about toxoplasmosis. The average knowledge score of pregnant women was 79±12.2, which is considered to be within the scale of good knowledge. Number of children within the pregnant multipara women was significantly associated with knowledge about toxoplasmosis. Pregnant women who measured in number of childbirths within a women showed the highest mean score of 42.3±13.3 with 57 (44.8%) displaying a good knowledge level. Pregnant women with more than one child had significantly higher (<0.0001) knowledge scores compared to women with one child or none child. The majority of pregnant women with one child used the social media, followed by mass media as sources of information about toxoplasmosis. Scientific sources of information were used more commonly by pregnant women with none of the child birth. Conclusion. Pregnant women knowledge regarding toxoplasmosis was poor as compared to attitudes and practices. Health workers and newspapers/magazines were the main sources of information.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/4603066 |
| spellingShingle | Wali Khan Hafeez ur Rahman Yousef Abdal Jalil Fadladdin Naseem Rafiq Robi Naz Patricio R. De los Rios-Escalante Shabir Ahmad Shouaa Abdulaziz Alrobaish Noorah Saleh Al-Sowayan Toxoplasmosis—Awareness and Knowledge of Pregnant Women in Rural Areas of Malakand Region, Pakistan Journal of Parasitology Research |
| title | Toxoplasmosis—Awareness and Knowledge of Pregnant Women in Rural Areas of Malakand Region, Pakistan |
| title_full | Toxoplasmosis—Awareness and Knowledge of Pregnant Women in Rural Areas of Malakand Region, Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Toxoplasmosis—Awareness and Knowledge of Pregnant Women in Rural Areas of Malakand Region, Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toxoplasmosis—Awareness and Knowledge of Pregnant Women in Rural Areas of Malakand Region, Pakistan |
| title_short | Toxoplasmosis—Awareness and Knowledge of Pregnant Women in Rural Areas of Malakand Region, Pakistan |
| title_sort | toxoplasmosis awareness and knowledge of pregnant women in rural areas of malakand region pakistan |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/4603066 |
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