Medisan (Jun 2011)
Modificación de conocimientos sobre lepra en la atención primaria de salud Modification to knowledge on leprosy in primary health care
Abstract
Se realizó una intervención educativa destinada a 56 contactos intradomiciliarios de 7 familias con antecedente de lepra, pertenecientes al Policlínico Universitario "Ramón López Peña" de Santiago de Cuba, que se desarrolló desde octubre del 2008 hasta igual mes del 2009, a fin de elevar los conocimientos sobre dicha enfermedad en esta población con riesgo, para lo cual se analizaron variables como: edad, escolaridad, concepto de lepra, síntomas y complicaciones, entre otras. Se aplicó la prueba de validación estadística de Mc Nemar, con un nivel de significación de pAn educational intervention was performed in 56 visits to 7 families with leprosy history, belonging to "Ramón López Peña" University Polyclinic of Santiago de Cuba from October 2008 to October 2009 in order to increase the knowledge of this disease in this population at risk, for which variables such as age, educational background, concept of leprosy, symptoms and complications among others were analyzed. The Mc Nemar's statistical validation test was applied with a p <0,05 significance level. The results confirmed that before the instruction only 17 patients of the series knew about the topic, and after it was completed the number of patients who received appropriate information increased to 52. This achievement has allowed to increase epidemiological surveillance of their families, to diagnose early the infection and to guarantee a better quality of life.
