TY - JOUR
T1 - Updates on knowledge, attitude and preventive practices on tuberculosis among healthcare workers
AU - Farhanah, Abd Wahab
AU - Sarimah, Abdullah
AU - Jafri Malin, Abdullah
AU - Hasnan, Jaafar
AU - Siti Suraiya, Md Noor
AU - Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Wan Mohammad
AU - Abdul Aziz, Mohamed Yusoff
AU - John, Tharakan
AU - Shalini, Bhaskar
AU - Muthuraju, Sangu
AU - Mohd Shah, Mahmood
AU - Fauziah, Kassim
AU - MD. Hanip, Rafia
AU - Mohammed Safari, Mohammed Haspani
AU - Azmi, Alias
AU - Rogelio, Hernández Pando
N1 - Funding Information:
Grant from Universiti Sains Malaysia number 1001/PPSP/853001.
Publisher Copyright:
© Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2016.
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - Ranking as the most communicable disease killer worldwide, tuberculosis, has accounted with a total of 9.6 million new tuberculosis cases with 1.5 million tuberculosis-related deaths reported globally in 2014. Tuberculosis has remain as an occupational hazard for healthcare workers since 1920s and due to several tuberculosis outbreaks in healthcare settings in the early 1990s, the concern about the transmission to both patients and healthcare workers has been raised. Healthcare workers have two to three folds greater the risk of active tuberculosis than the general population. Several studies on knowledge, attitude and practices on tuberculosis among healthcare workers worldwide have revealed that majority of the participated healthcare workers had good knowledge on tuberculosis. Most of the healthcare workers from South India and South Africa also reported to have positive attitude whereas a study in Thailand reported that most of the healthcare providers have negative attitude towards tuberculosis patients. Nevertheless, majority of the healthcare workers have low level of practice on tuberculosis prevention. An improved communication between healthcare workers and the patients as well as their families is the key to better therapeutic outcomes with good knowledge, attitude and preventive practice towards tuberculosis.
AB - Ranking as the most communicable disease killer worldwide, tuberculosis, has accounted with a total of 9.6 million new tuberculosis cases with 1.5 million tuberculosis-related deaths reported globally in 2014. Tuberculosis has remain as an occupational hazard for healthcare workers since 1920s and due to several tuberculosis outbreaks in healthcare settings in the early 1990s, the concern about the transmission to both patients and healthcare workers has been raised. Healthcare workers have two to three folds greater the risk of active tuberculosis than the general population. Several studies on knowledge, attitude and practices on tuberculosis among healthcare workers worldwide have revealed that majority of the participated healthcare workers had good knowledge on tuberculosis. Most of the healthcare workers from South India and South Africa also reported to have positive attitude whereas a study in Thailand reported that most of the healthcare providers have negative attitude towards tuberculosis patients. Nevertheless, majority of the healthcare workers have low level of practice on tuberculosis prevention. An improved communication between healthcare workers and the patients as well as their families is the key to better therapeutic outcomes with good knowledge, attitude and preventive practice towards tuberculosis.
KW - Attitudes
KW - Health knowledge
KW - Healthcare
KW - Practice
KW - Tuberculosis
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U2 - 10.21315/mjms2016.23.6.3
DO - 10.21315/mjms2016.23.6.3
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85003875738
SN - 1394-195X
VL - 23
SP - 25
EP - 34
JO - Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
JF - Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
IS - 6
ER -