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JPPCM · Lens · Knowledge and Awareness about Leishmaniasis Disease in the General Public of Quetta, Pakistan

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Article · Volume 7, Issue 1 · pp. 9–13

Knowledge and Awareness about Leishmaniasis Disease in the General Public of Quetta, Pakistan

Tanzeel Ahmed1,2, Sarmad Sheraz Jadoon1, Muhammad Waqas3, Muhammad Ammar4, Liguo Jian5, Qi Zhang5

  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Esophageal Cancer Prevention & Treatment, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, CHINA.
  2. 2Bolan Medical Complex Hospital, Quetta, PAKISTAN..
  3. 3Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Bolan University of Medical & Health Sciences, Quetta, PAKISTAN..
  4. 4Internal Medicine, Gulab Devi Hospital, Lahore, PAKISTAN..
  5. 5The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, CHINA..

Abstract

Aim: This study attempted to assess knowledge and awareness about Leishmaniasis disease in Quetta city, Pakistan.Materials and Methods: This was a questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey where 387 study respondents were targeted using the non-probability convenience sampling method for data collection. SPSS v 22.0 was applied for data analysis and P≤0.05 was considered statically significant. The Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were performed to discover the relationship among variables.Results: Most respondents were from the age group 18-27 years 269 (69.5%) majority of whom were female 244 (64.0%). Most of the respondents had improved knowledge (73.6%), about the word Leishmaniasis, 50.6% of respondents were aware of the signs and symptoms, 54.8% of respondents were aware of the diagnosis, 64.3% of respondents had improved knowledge about treatment, 62.5% of the study population were aware of prevention and 40.8% of study respondents knew about the vaccination for leishmaniasis.Conclusion: This study exposed an overall better knowledge and awareness among the public about leishmaniasis disease and its causative agents, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and vaccination.

Keywords: Knowledge; Awareness; Leishmaniasis disease; Public; Quetta; Pakistan

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