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Revista del Instituto de Medicina Tropical
Print version ISSN 1996-3696
Abstract
RIOS-GONZALEZ, Carlos Miguel; DE BENEDICTIS-SERRANO, Ginno Alessandro and CHIRINO CAICEDO, Alfonzo David. Knowledge, attitudes and practices on medical students in Mayaro virus, 2017. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. [online]. 2018, vol.13, n.1, pp.32-39. ISSN 1996-3696. https://doi.org/10.18004/imt/201813132-39.
Introduction:
In Latin America there are several arboviruses that affect populations and present similar symptoms, such as the Mayaro virus, which has not been studied extensively on the continent, having a high capacity to spread
Objective:
to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices about the Mayaro in medical students from Latin America during the months of July to August 2017.
Material and methods:
A cross-sectional, observational, cross-sectional, non-probabilistic study was conducted for convenience in medical students.
Results:
A total of 989 medical students aged 18-32 years were included in the study, of whom 58.24% (576) were male, were third year 33.47 (331), and 44, 08% of the participants were from Venezuela (446). The level of knowledge was 71.39% (706) low, 24.97% (247) considered that the public has the most important role in the control of Mayaro, and 39.23% (388) do not use repellents.
Conclusion:
The level of general knowledge was low, indecisive / doubtful attitudes and appropriate practices.
Keywords : Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice in Health; Medicine students; Arbovirus Infection.
