Knowledge and awareness of general medical practitioners and nursing staff regarding genital warts
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 10
Abstract
Genital wart is the commonest sexually transmitted disease worldwide and sexual behavior may be different in different countries. The present study was done to study the knowledge and awareness of nursing staff and general medical practitioners about genital warts. The study was carried out at SMBT medical college, Dhamangaon, Ghoti, Nasik, with the help of 16 questionnaires about the knowledge and awareness of the general medical practitioners and nursing staff regarding the genital warts, its etiology, transmission, symptoms, prevention and its treatment. A total of 67 general medical practitioners and 43 nursing staff were taken as participants. Knowledge and awareness scores of the general medical practitioners and nursing staff had shown that the scores of the general medical practitioners (10.75 ± 1.88) was high as compared to the nursing staff (7.44 ± 2.52) and the difference was found to be statistically significant. Nurses should have enough knowledge and awareness about the genital warts, as their knowledge and awareness plays an important role in education of the community. Keywords: Genital warts, HPV infection, Sexual risk factors
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Jaywant Yashwant Aher, Sharmila Amol Dange
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