Current status and influencing factors of knowledge,attitude and practice towards foodborne diseases among medical staff in Hunan Province
Objective To understand the current situation and influencing factors of knowledge,attitude and practice towards foodborne diseases among medical professionals in Hunan Province,and to provide references for improving medical professionals'knowledge level of foodborne diseases.Methods With a multi-stage stratified random sampling method,a questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the current status of knowledge,attitude and practice towards foodbome diseases among 1,489 medical professionals in 5 prefectures and cities in Hunan Province,and the influencing factors were identified by logistic regression analysis.Results The score rates of knowledge,attitude and practice towards foodborne diseases in the medical professionals in Hunan Province were 67.59％,90.13％and 91.39％respectively.The results of Spearman rank correlation analysis revealed that there was a positive correlation between foodborne disease knowledge and attitude,between knowledge and behavior,and between attitude and behavior.The results of logistic regression analysis displayed that second-level hospitals(OR=1.819,95％CI:1.267-2.611),Xiangtan City(OR=12.979,95％CI:8.234-20.458),Changde City(OR=0.585,95％CI:0.388-0.881)and internal medicine(OR=2.048,95％CI:1.090-3.848)significantly affected the knowledge scores.Xiangtan City(OR=7.434,95％CI:4.582-12.060),clinical medicine(OR=2.340,95％CI:1.519-3.605),medical laboratory(OR=2.385,95％CI:1.346-4.226)and preventive medicine(OR=1.948,95％CI:1.086-3.496)significantly affected the attitude scores.Third-level hospitals(OR=0.424,95％CI:0.284-0.633),Changsha City(OR=1.687,95％CI:1.196-5.382),Xiangtan City(OR=2.839,95％CI:1.897-4.250),Changde City(OR=2.281,95％CI:1.596-3.260),sentinel hospitals(OR=2.151,95％CI:1.522-3.038),clinical medicine(OR=1.675,95％CI:1.101-2.548)and undergraduate universities(OR=0.710,95％CI:0.545-0.926)significantly affected the behavior scores.Conclusion Medical professionals in Hunan Province have positive attitudes towards foodborne diseases and a high level of behavior,but their knowledge level needs to be improved.It is recommended that personalized and diversified health education should be conducted based on medical staff with different characteristics,and their awareness of knowledge about surveillance of foodborne diseases should be strengthened.
medical stafffoodborne diseaseknowledge,attitude and practicelogistic regression
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