Contact with ticks and awareness of tick-borne diseases among the czech population — a pilot study

Bašta, Jiří; Janovská, D; Daniel, M.

doi:10.1016/s0934-8840(98)80075-3

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“…Epidemiological studies measuring the awareness of tick risks and its impact on performing preventive measures, have been reported earlier [18][19][20][21][22][23]. This study provides further knowledge for the situation in Europe.…”

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confidence: 54%

Tick prevention in a population living in a highly endemic area

Stjernberg

Berglund

2005

Scand J Public Health

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Key pointsHerbal medicine products and food supplements are increasingly used throughout the industrialized world.* In this elderly population almost 30% were current users and women had a higher probability of being users than men.* The probability of use decreased with increasing age, 28% were users in the age group 80-89 years compared to 14% in the age group ≥90 years. * General practitioners need to consider the extensive use of herbal medicine products and food supplements among the elderly when making decisions about treatment. AbstractObjective. To describe the users of herbal medicine products and food supplements with rregard to age and gender specifically among persons aged ≥60 years. Design. A descriptive study with baseline data from a longitudinal study of the elderly, stratified into different age cohorts (60-69, 70-79, 80-89 and ≥90 years).Setting. Blekinge county, situated in the southeastern Sweden. Subjects. In total 1380 persons aged 60-96 years (median age 78 years). Main outcome measures. Current use of herbal medicine products and the use of food supplements. Results. Of the participants, 264/1380 (19.1%) used at least one herbal medicine product, 184/1380 (13.3%) used at least one food supplement and 382/1380 (27.7%) used herbal medicine products and/or food supplements. In all regression models, women had a higher probability to use herbal medicine and/or food supplements in comparison with men. Focusing on the use of herbal medicine products alone and in the combination of using herbal medicine and/or food supplement, decreased use was seen with increasing age. However, 27.9% were still users of herbal medicine products and/or food supplements in the age group 80-89 years.In comparison, 14% were users in the age group ≥90 years. Age did not have an impact on the probability of taking food supplements. Conclusion.General practitioners need to consider the high use of herbal medicine product and food supplements among elderly when making decisions about treatment.Word count: 227

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 54%

Tick prevention in a population living in a highly endemic area

Stjernberg

Berglund

2005

Scand J Public Health

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding ticks and tick-borne diseases, Finland

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Turunen

Lyytikäinen

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Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

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Factors Associated with Tick Bite Preventive Practices among Farmworkers in Malaysia

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BackgroundFarmworkers are at high-risk for tick bites, which potentially transmit various tick-borne diseases. Previous studies show that personal prevention against tick bites is key, and certain factors namely, knowledge, experience of tick bites, and health beliefs influence compliance with tick bites preventive behaviour. This study aimed to assess these factors and their associations with tick bite preventive practices among Malaysian farmworkers.MethodsA total of eight cattle, goat and sheep farms in six states in Peninsular Malaysia participated in a cross-sectional survey between August and October 2013ResultsA total of 151 (72.2%) out of 209 farmworkers answered the questionnaire. More than half of the farmworkers (n = 91) reported an experience of tick bites. Farms with monthly acaricide treatment had significantly (P<0.05) a low report of tick bites. Tick bite exposure rates did not differ significantly among field workers and administrative workers. The mean total knowledge score of ticks for the overall farmworkers was 13.6 (SD±3.2) from 20. The mean total tick bite preventive practices score for all farmworkers was 8.3 (SD±3.1) from 15. Fixed effect model showed the effects of four factors on tick bite prevention: (1) farms, (2) job categories (administrative workers vs. field workers), (3) perceived severity of tick bites, and (4) perceived barriers to tick bite prevention.ConclusionsA high proportion of farmworkers, including administrative workers, reported an experience of tick bites. The effectiveness of monthly acaricide treatment was declared by low reports of tick bites on these farms. Tick bite preventive practices were insufficient, particularly in certain farms and for administrative workers. Our findings emphasise the need to have education programmes for all farmworkers and targeting farms with low prevention practices. Education and health programmes should increase the perception of the risk of tick bites and remove perceived barriers of tick bite prevention.

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Contact with ticks and awareness of tick-borne diseases among the czech population — a pilot study

Cited by 3 publications

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Tick prevention in a population living in a highly endemic area

Tick prevention in a population living in a highly endemic area

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding ticks and tick-borne diseases, Finland

Factors Associated with Tick Bite Preventive Practices among Farmworkers in Malaysia

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