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Knowledge of female genital schistosomiasis and urinary schistosomiasis among final-year midwifery students in the Volta Region of Ghana

Azanu, Wisdom Klutse ; Osarfo, Joseph ; Appiah, Gideon ; Godonu, Yvonne Sefadzi ; Ampofo, Gifty Dufie ; Orish, Verner ; Amoh, Michael ; Agbeno, Evans Kofi ; Morhe, Emmanuel Senanu Komla ; Gyapong, Margaret

PloS one, 2024-05, Vol.19 (5), p.e0302554-e0302554 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Knowledge of female genital schistosomiasis and urinary schistosomiasis among final-year midwifery students in the Volta Region of Ghana
Autor: Azanu, Wisdom Klutse ; Osarfo, Joseph ; Appiah, Gideon ; Godonu, Yvonne Sefadzi ; Ampofo, Gifty Dufie ; Orish, Verner ; Amoh, Michael ; Agbeno, Evans Kofi ; Morhe, Emmanuel Senanu Komla ; Gyapong, Margaret
Assuntos: Adolescent ; Adult ; Biology and Life Sciences ; Cervical cancer ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Disease susceptibility ; Ecology and Environmental Sciences ; Female ; Genital diseases, Female ; Genital Diseases, Female - epidemiology ; Genital Diseases, Female - parasitology ; Ghana - epidemiology ; Health aspects ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Insecticides ; Medicine and Health Sciences ; Midwifery ; Midwifery - education ; Midwives ; Nursing students ; People and Places ; Pregnancy ; Reproductive health ; Reproductive organs ; Risk factors ; Schistosomiasis ; Schistosomiasis haematobia - epidemiology ; Sexually transmitted diseases ; Social Sciences ; Students ; Study and teaching ; Surveys ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Urinary tract infections ; Young Adult
É parte de: PloS one, 2024-05, Vol.19 (5), p.e0302554-e0302554
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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Descrição: Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is a gynaecological complication of urinary schistosomiasis (US) with an estimated burden of 20-120 million cases in endemic areas. A neglected sexual and reproductive health disease in sub-Saharan Africa, FGS increases susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections including cervical cancer and infertility among other morbidities. However, there appears to be limited FGS knowledge among practicing and pre-service health providers with implications for control. We assessed FGS awareness among final-year midwifery students who would soon be delivering primary maternal and reproductive health care. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 193 randomly selected final-year students from all three midwifery training institutions in the Volta region of Ghana in August/September, 2022. Data on participants' demographics and knowledge of the transmission, signs and symptoms, complications, treatment and prevention of both FGS and US were collected using structured questionnaires. Summary statistics were presented as frequencies, proportions and percentages. Only 23.3% (44/189) of participants had heard about FGS compared to 64% (123/192) for US. Of the former, 42 (95%), 40 (91%) and 36 (81.8%) respectively identified genital itching/burning sensation, bloody vaginal discharge and pelvic pain/pain during intercourse as part of the symptoms of FGS. Less than a third (13/44) and about half (25/44) of those who indicated hearing about FGS knew it can be a risk for ectopic pregnancies and infertility respectively. Majority of these participants, 40 (91%), wrongly selected antibiotics as treatment for FGS while 9 indicated it is prevented by sleeping in insecticide-treated nets. Awareness of FGS was limited among the study participants. The high prevalence of knowledge of some FGS symptoms related to the genitalia needs cautious interpretation. Health care training institutions must make deliberate efforts to highlight FGS in the training of midwives as the condition has diagnostic and management implications for some sexual and reproductive health conditions.
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Knowledge of female genital schistosomiasis and urinary schistosomiasis among final-year midwifery students in the Volta Region of Ghana

Azanu, Wisdom Klutse ; Osarfo, Joseph ; Appiah, Gideon ; Godonu, Yvonne Sefadzi ; Ampofo, Gifty Dufie ; Orish, Verner ; Amoh, Michael ; Agbeno, Evans Kofi ; Morhe, Emmanuel Senanu Komla ; Gyapong, Margaret

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