承德地区已婚育龄妇女弓形虫感染与疾病知哓情况调查

Awareness and infection of Toxoplasma gondii in married childbearing women in Chengde Region

目的了解承德地区已婚育龄妇女弓形虫感染与知晓情况,为制定防治措施提供科学依据。方法 2013年7-12月对在承德市中医院体检的733例已婚育龄妇女进行问卷调查,以了解其对弓形虫感染的知晓情况;随机抽取其中3县2区的490名妇女,采用酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)检测血清中弓形虫抗体。结果共回收问卷733份,126人知晓弓形虫感染相关知识,知晓率为17.19%(126/733);共检测出63例感染者,感染率为12.86%(63/490)。文化程度高、职业为医务人员、居住地为城市者感染率较低、知晓率较高。结论承德地区已婚育龄妇女弓形虫感染率较高,知晓率较低。应加强健康教育和宣传工作,以提高该类人群的防病意识。

Objective To understand Toxoplasma gondii infection and awareness condition of married childbearing women in Chengde Region so as to provide the evidence for the establishment of control measures. Methods Totally 733 married childbearing women who took physical examination in Chengde Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from July to December in 2013 were investigated by questionnaire to understand the awareness condition on T. gondii infection then 490 women among them from 3 counties and 2 districts were randomly chosen to detect the Toxoplasma antibodies by ELISA. Results A total of 733 questionnaires were returned and 126 women knew related knowledge about T. gondii infection and the awareness rate was 17.19% 126/733 . Sixty-three women were determined as infected cases and the infection rate was 12.86% 63/490 . The infection rates of the women who with higher educational level working as medical staff and living in urban were lower and the awareness rates of them were higher. Conclusions The infection rate of T. gondii among the married childbearing women in Chengde Region is high and the awareness rate of them is low. In order to decrease the infection rate as well as to increase the awareness rate of the population the health education should be strengthened.