TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing Oman's knowledge, attitude and practice regarding tuberculosis
T2 - a cross-sectional study that calls for action
AU - Al Khalili, Sulien
AU - Al Yaquobi, Fatma
AU - Al Abri, Bader
AU - Al Thuhli, Khalsa
AU - Al Marshoudi, Sabria
AU - Al Rawahi, Bader
AU - Al-Abri, Seif
N1 - Funding Information:
Conceptualization Sulien Al Khalili, Fatma Al Yaquobi, Bader Al Abri, Khalsa Al Thuhli, Bader Al Rawahi, Seif Al-Abri, This research received no external funding, Ethical approval was obtained from the Center of Studies and Research at the Ministry of Health. Verbal informed consent was obtained from all the participants after an explanation of the study purpose and the confidentiality of the information. The authors would like to thank all the participants, NCSI, and Ministry of Health Call Center. Maha Alfory and Halima Al Balushi from the Directorate General of Disease Surveillance and Control. Volunteers: Marwa Habib Albalochi, Samir Liyaqat Albalochi, Nawal Abdulgha Albalochi, Zainab Alhsani and Intisar Mohammed Alharthi. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2022/11/1
Y1 - 2022/11/1
N2 - Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health issue. Elimination mandates collaboration between decision makers, practitioners and the community. Few studies address the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) from countries with low incidence. Aim: Assess KAP regarding TB in Oman. Method: A cross-sectional survey based on validated questionnaire conducted via phone on randomly selected participants. Results: A total of 1048 participants completed the questionnaire. Males accounted for 63% (n=664) of respondents, Omanis 76% (n=796) and 18–39-year-olds 50% (n=527). The overall knowledge was fair (53%), overall attitude scored good and fair (46%) equally and a good score (78%) for overall practice. While female gender associated with higher knowledge (53.9%, n=201), males showed higher attitude and practice, (48.5%, n=322) and (80.3%, n=533) respectively. Omani nationality correlated with higher knowledge (49.1%, n= 391) and attitude (46.9%, n=373) whereas non-Omani nationality correlated with higher practice (85.3%, n=214). Literacy was associated with higher knowledge (73.3%, n=11) and attitude (60%, n=9). Conclusion: Despite efforts by the Ministry of Health, more must be done to raise TB knowledge to encourage preferable attitudes and practice. Interventions to improve KAP are required to speed up disease reduction rate. Utilization of different resources, especially digital platforms, for knowledge dissemination should consider community diversity, including the presence of expatriates.
AB - Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health issue. Elimination mandates collaboration between decision makers, practitioners and the community. Few studies address the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) from countries with low incidence. Aim: Assess KAP regarding TB in Oman. Method: A cross-sectional survey based on validated questionnaire conducted via phone on randomly selected participants. Results: A total of 1048 participants completed the questionnaire. Males accounted for 63% (n=664) of respondents, Omanis 76% (n=796) and 18–39-year-olds 50% (n=527). The overall knowledge was fair (53%), overall attitude scored good and fair (46%) equally and a good score (78%) for overall practice. While female gender associated with higher knowledge (53.9%, n=201), males showed higher attitude and practice, (48.5%, n=322) and (80.3%, n=533) respectively. Omani nationality correlated with higher knowledge (49.1%, n= 391) and attitude (46.9%, n=373) whereas non-Omani nationality correlated with higher practice (85.3%, n=214). Literacy was associated with higher knowledge (73.3%, n=11) and attitude (60%, n=9). Conclusion: Despite efforts by the Ministry of Health, more must be done to raise TB knowledge to encourage preferable attitudes and practice. Interventions to improve KAP are required to speed up disease reduction rate. Utilization of different resources, especially digital platforms, for knowledge dissemination should consider community diversity, including the presence of expatriates.
KW - Attitude
KW - Oman
KW - awareness
KW - knowledge
KW - practice
KW - tuberculosis
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
KW - Incidence
KW - Female
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - Tuberculosis/epidemiology
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/fa402d65-082c-3184-aa0e-2d5d3137f439/
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.06.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.06.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 35697196
AN - SCOPUS:85135933681
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 124 Suppl 1
SP - S4-S11
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
ER -
