Knowledge Regarding Zoonotic Diseases Among Adults.

Abstract

Title :- “A study to assess the knowledge regarding zoonotic diseases among adult residing in selected urban ares of a cosmopolitan city”. This study aimed to assess the knowledge regarding zoonotic diseases among adult residing in selected urban areas and to find association between knowledge and demographic data.

Material & Method: Research approach was quantitative and the designed deployed was descriptive method. Non probability Purposive sampling technique was used. The population covered were adults residing in urban areas. Samples chosen were from selected urban areas of cosmopolitan city of western Maharashtra. The total sample size was 200. The inclusion & exclusion criteria were set as per the general population characteristics. Validity were done by experts in the field of Nursing with all specialties. The tool consisted of 2 sections, the first being demographic data and the second was knowledge questionnaire on zoonotic disease where both Yes & No type questions and multiple choice questions were constructed. Reliability score achieved was with test  re-test and was above the desirable score of 0.7. .Pilot study was conducted on 1/10^th samples and the results were feasible for conducting the main study.

Result: Analysis was done with inferential & descriptive statistics, 49% of the respondents were between the age group of 19-28 years, Majority were males (68%), education saw an almost equal proportion i.e.31% & 32% being primary & secondary educated with 37% seeking higher secondary education. Occupation analysis revealed (46.5%) as employed, 58% of the respondents had pets at home, 59% of them possessed information regarding zoonotic disease. Out of 200 adults  (15%) had good knowledge regarding zoonotic diseases, whereas (78.5%) adults had  average knowledge and (6.5%) adults had  poor knowledge regarding the zoonotic diseases. p-value <0.05information regarding zoonotic disease associated with knowledge 0.17 among adults regarding zoonotic diseases. Support study conducted in the southern state of India, which was done of farmers where the awareness level was low to average regarding infectious zoonotic disease occurrence. Also, the source of their information was print media and it was related in terms of knowledge.