Cogitare Enfermagem (Mar 2014)

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER NURSES’ KNOWLEDGE REGARDING TUBERCULOSIS

  • Reinaldo Antonio Silva Sobrinho,
  • Angélica Liliane de Souza,
  • Anneliese Domingues Wysocki,
  • Laís Mara Caetano da Silva,
  • Aline Ale Beraldo,
  • Tereza Cristina Scatena Villa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v19i1.35930
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 33 – 39

Abstract

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This quantitative cross-sectional study analysed the knowledge of 30 primary care nurses regarding tuberculosis in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, using a semi-structured questionnaire applied in March and April 2009. The majority were female (93.3%), worked in a Family Health Center (73.3%) and reported not having received training in tuberculosis (66.7%). The mean number of years worked in primary care was 4.3 (SD = 3.7 years). It was ascertained that the professionals’ knowledge relating to the prevention, transmission, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis was superficial; these results indicate the need to organize training in this area.

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