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- Title
AVALIAÇÃO DO CONHECIMENTO ACERCA DO MANEJO CLÍNICO DE PORTADORES DA DOENÇA DE CHAGAS EM REGIÃO ENDÊMICA NO BRASIL.
- Authors
Mota Ferreira, Ariela; Cerdeira Sabino, Ester; Fonseca Moreira, Hugo; Silva Cardoso, Clareci; Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Cláudia; Pinho Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz; de Carvalho Ramos, Bruno; Sant'Ana Haikal, Desirée
- Abstract
Objective: to understand the management of patients with Chagas Disease (CD) by Primary Health Care (PHC) doctors in endemic regions. Methods: cross-sectional study with 104 PHC doctors in 39 municipalities in the northern regions of Minas Gerais and Jequitinhonha Valley. Socio-demographic profile, academic training, and clinical practice were covered through a self-administered questionnaire. Results: the physicians had a mean age of 33 (± 9.88) years, 4 (± 7.26) years experience in the PHC system, and 49% reported that their undergraduate studies did not offer enough training on CD. Although almost 90% had experience with the care of patients with chronic CD and 57% with acute CD, only 9% reported feeling completely secure about these services and 33% reported not knowing about benznidazole, the only antitrypanosomal available. Contributing to this situation, after graduation, only 13.3% received any information or training on CD and almost half received this training more than four years ago. There is insecurity, ignorance, and lack of training on CD among PHC medical professionals in endemic locations.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CLINICAL competence; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY health care; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; DISEASE management; ANTIPROTOZOAL agents; NATIONAL competency-based educational tests; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Revista de Atencao Primaria a Saude, 2018, Vol 21, Issue 3, p345
- ISSN
1516-7704
- Publication type
Article