Puerperal women’s knowledge on the identification and prevention of loxoscelic acidentes
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https://doi.org/10.5712/rbmfc10(36)778Keywords:
Arachnidism, Insect Bites and Stings, Public Health, Accident Prevention, Health EducationAbstract
Objectives: this study aimed to identify puerperal women’s level of knowledge about the Loxosceles spider, its bite, and their own conduct in the event of a loxoscelic accident involving them or their children. Methods: this was a quantitative cross-sectional study using a structured questionnaire that included the socioeconomic profile of the participants, and knowledge about the brown spider and loxoscelism. Participants included postpartum women (between the first to tenth day of delivery), admitted to the maternity ward of the Hospital do Trabalhador, Curitiba-PR, between July and October 2011. From a total of 208 postpartum women, eight were excluded because the questionnaires were filled incorrectly. Data were tabulated using Microsoft Excel 2007® and analyzed using the χ2 test and Fisher’s exact test. Results: regarding the knowledge about the spider, 61% of the participants said that they knew the spider and identified the correct picture. About their conduct in case of loxoscelic accidents, 87.5% gave appropriate responses, but only 37% identified the correct symptoms. Hypothesis testing revealed that age, education, and prior experience of loxoscelic accidents were directly proportional to the participants’ knowledge (p<0.05). Conclusion: most of the women surveyed could identify the brown spider and largely recognized the spider’s bite injury, but they overestimated its severity. On the contrary, they had little knowledge about the symptoms, which may lead to delayed treatment for them or their children. The participants’ knowledge about the spider was directly related to age, education, and prior experience of a loxoscelic accident.
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