Community Knowledge, Awareness And Preventive Practices Regarding Dengue Fever At The Primary Healthcare Level In Makkah City At Saudi Arabia 2022

Abstract

Background:

Dengue is an infectious disease caused by dengue virus (DENV). It is endemic in many tropical and subtropical areas. Patients infected with DENV have a wide spectrum of clinical manifestation, ranging from silent infections with no symptoms to a mild flu-like syndrome, dengue fever (DF), or severe dengue disease (SDD), including dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS) . Recently, DF has become one of the most challenging public health problems in affected regions, as the DF incidence increases rapidly worldwide . There are approximately 2.5 billion people at risk for DF worldwide. Fifty million people would acquire DENV annually, and half a million among them would develop dengue hemorrhagic fever, including 22,000 deaths. The major determinants of dengue control are vector eradication, early case recognition, and adequate clinical management , Knowledge and practice (KP) among primary healthcare professionals (HCPs) regarding dengue diseases may pace alarm and improve the outcome of dengue control, Primary physicians . Aim of the study: To ascertain Community knowledge, awareness and preventive practices regarding dengue fever at the primary healthcare level in Makah City at Saudi Arabia 2022. Methods: Across sectional descriptive study conducted among health care workers selected primary health–care centers in Makah Al-Mokarramah city, during the September to October, 2022, the Sample size of medical practitioners. Our total participants were (200). Results: shows [1]majority of participant were (34.0%) were aged from 30-45 years of age,  sex, more than half of participant (58.0%) were male, experience the majority of participant <2 y  were (43.0%), specialty the majority of participant internal medicine were (39 .0%), majority of participant married were (49.0%) while single were(34.0%) but widow were (10.0%), regarding reported a dengue case more than half of participant answer Yes were (75.0%). Conclusion: There is a lack of in-depth knowledge on dengue epidemiology in the Saudi Arabia community and observation revealed that more needs to be done by the Government as well as community members to prevent vector mosquito breeding . This paper recommends the gathering of efforts to establish the proper knowledge of dengue infection and the warning signs listed by the WHO, educational programs for health care workers on dengue fever management and prevention should be organized .