Family perception of the impact of Dengue: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices
Abstract
Introduction: Vector-borne diseases are among the leading causes of comorbidity in the Latin American population, especially dengue.
Objective: To determine the management of dengue from the perspective of knowledge, attitudes and practices of families in two municipalities located in the department of Meta-Colombia.
Materials and Methods: A quantitative paradigm, non-experimental descriptive, observational, cross-sectional design study with probabilistic, two-stage, stratified sampling with a sample of 3,703 families in their homes. A sociodemographic survey and a Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) instrument on dengue were applied. Information was processed using SPSS® ver. 20, Excel, and Word.
Results: The study shows a medium knowledge index (44.6%), a low attitudes index (50.8%), and a high practices index (93.1%). No statistically significant association was found among gender and the knowledge (p = 0.995) and practices (p = 0.696) indices; a statistically significant association was found among age groups and knowledge (p = 0.000) and attitudes (p = 0.002) indices.
Conclusions: Social actors have knowledge about the symptoms and management of the disease, but no recognition of the fatality risk of the disease. Families are more receptive to preventive practices when they have had a member experience the disease. Regarding gender participation in environmental care and disease control, women are more active in collective dengue control efforts.
Downloads
-
Abstract895
-
ESP_PDF (Español (España))495
-
ENG_PDF188
-
XML (Español (España))1
References
Whord Health Organization [Internet]. Notas descriptivas: Dengue y dengue grave; 2024 [citado 2025 enero 02]. Disponible en: https://www.who.int/es/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dengue-and-severe-dengue
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social [Internet]. Boletín de prensa 55: Juntos podemos controlar el dengue; 2023 [citado 2025 enero 02]. Disponible en: https://www.minsalud.gov.co/Paginas/Juntos-podemos-controlar-el-dengue.aspx
Gobernación del Meta [Internet]. Documentación: Informe de Dengue en el Departamento del Meta a I Trimestre 2023; 2023 mayo. [citado 2025 enero 02]. Disponible en: https://meta.gov.co/documentacion/1409
Desjardins MR, Casas I, Victoria AM, Carbonell D, Dávalos DM, Delmelle EM. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Cali, Colombia. Health Place [Internet]. 2020; [cited 2025 january 02]; 63(102339):102339. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102339
Valencia-Jiménez NN, Ortega-Montes JE, Puello-Alcocer EC. Tipologías familiares para la prevención del dengue en Colombia. Cad Saude Publica [Internet]. 2022; [citado 2025 enero 02]; 38(10). Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0102-311xes038622
Benítez-Díaz L, Diaz-Quijano FA, Martínez-Vega RA. Experiencia y percepción del riesgo asociados a conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre dengue en Riohacha, Colombia. Cien Saude Colet [Internet]. 2020; [citado 2025 enero 02]; 25(3):1137–46. Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232020253.08592018
Elson WH, Ortega E, Kreutzberg-Martinez M, Jacquerioz F, Cabrera LN, Oberhelman RA, et al. Cross-sectional study of dengue-related knowledge, attitudes and practices in Villa El Salvador, Lima, Peru. BMJ Open [Internet]. 2020; [cited 2025 january 03];10(10): e037408. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037408
Khan J, Adil M, Wang G, Tsheten T, Zhang D, Pan W, et al. A cross-sectional study to assess the epidemiological situation and associated risk factors of dengue fever; knowledge, attitudes, and practices about dengue prevention in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Front Public Health [Internet]. 2022; [cited 2025 january 03]; 10. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.923277
Benítez-Díaz L, Diaz-Quijano FA, Martínez-Vega RA. Experiencia y percepción del riesgo asociados a conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre dengue en Riohacha, Colombia. Cien Saude Colet [Internet]. 2020; [citado 2025 enero 03]; 25(3):1137–46. Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232020253.08592018
Casas I, Desjardins M, Delmelle E. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (Kap) toward dengue fever in Cali, Colombia. Geogr Rev [Internet]. 2024; [cited 2025 january 03]; 114(1):70–98. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2023.2169882
Vásquez-Trujillo A, Cardona-Arango D, Segura-Cardona AM, Parra-Henao GJ. Burden of dengue in the State of Meta, Colombia (2010-2016). Cad Saude Publica [Internet]. 2020; [cited 2025 january 03]; 36(6). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0102-311x00055119
Gutierrez-Barbosa H, Medina-Moreno S, Zapata JC, Chua JV. Dengue infections in Colombia: Epidemiological trends of a hyperendemic country. Trop Med Infect Dis [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2025 january 03];5(4):156. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5040156
Meli D, Riesmiyatiningdyah R. Exposure of information, family knowledge of dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, and behaviors in implementing eradication of mosquito nests in sidoarjo. Nurse and Health. Jurnal Keperawata [Internet]. 2020; [cited 2025 january 03]; 9(2):219–25. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.36720/nhjk.v9i2.217
Benítez-Díaz L, Diaz-Quijano FA, Martínez-Vega RA. Experiencia y percepción del riesgo asociados a conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre dengue en Riohacha, Colombia. Cien Saude Colet [Internet]. 2020; [citado 2025 enero 03];25(3):1137–46. Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232020253.08592018
Colala Facundo KE, Miranda Cruz CO, Contreras Puerta MD. Factores socioeconómicos asociados al dengue en pobladores del sector San Luis, Bagua Grande, 2021. Curae [Internet]. 2023; [citado 2025 enero 02]; 6(1):7–18. Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.26495/curae.v6i1.1955
Telle O, Nikolay B, Kumar V, Benkimoun S, Pal R, Nagpal BN, et al. Social and environmental risk factors for dengue in Delhi city: A retrospective study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis [Internet]. 2021; [cited 2025 january 03]; 15(2):e0009024. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009024
de Sousa SC, Carneiro M, Eiras ÁE, Bezerra JMT, Barbosa DS. Factors associated with the occurrence of dengue epidemics in Brazil: a systematic review. Rev Panam Salud Publica [Internet]. 2021; [cited 2025 january 03]; 45:1. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/rpsp.2021.84
Ugalde Binda N, Balbastre-Benavent F. Investigación cuantitativa e investigación cualitativa: buscando las ventajas de las diferentes metodologías de investigación. Cienc Econ (San Jose) [Internet]. 2022; [citado 2025 enero 02]; 31(2):179–87. Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rce.v31i2.12730
Castañeda O, Segura O, Ramírez AN. Knowledge, attitudes and community practice during an outbreak of dengue in a town in Colombia, 2010. Rev Salud Publica (Bogota) [Internet]. 2011 [cited 2025 january 03];13(3):514–27. Available from: https://www.scielosp.org/pdf/rsap/2011.v13n3/514-527/es
Fonseca IZC, Barón AYB, Porras OC. Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre dengue, tras aplicación de estrategias de movilización social. Yopal-Casanare, Colombia. Investig. Andina [Internet]. 2014 [citado 2025 enero 03]; 29 (16): 1001-15. Disponible en: https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/2390/239031678001.pdf
Porras OC, Segura O, Lara ECG, Sánchez CM. Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas frente al control del vector Aedes aegypti, Villanueva-Casanare, Colombia, 2016. Rev médica Risaralda [Internet]. 2017 [citado 2025 enero 03];23(2):14–22. Disponible en: https://revistas.utp.edu.co/index.php/revistamedica/article/view/14511
Porras OC, Dueñas LPZ. Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas para el control de enfermedades transmitidas por vectores en zona rural dispersa, San Luis de Palenque, Casanare-Colombia, 2017. Rev médica Risaralda [Internet]. 2018 [citado 2025 enero 02]; 24(2): 108-114. Disponible en:
https://revistas.utp.edu.co/index.php/revistamedica/article/view/17611
Bautista JPL, Campaña JPC, Rojas MJC, Godoy MAG. El dengue grave y su incidencia en la temporada invernal en Ecuador entre 2017-2021. RUCS [Internet]. 2022 [citado 2025 enero 03];5(2):1019–31. Disponible en:
https://revista.uniandes.edu.ec/ojs/index.php/RUCSALUD/article/view/2651
Valencia-Jimenez NN, Amador-Ahumada CE, López-Ortiz MC. Enfermería transcultural: puente entre los conocimientos indígenas y científicos sobre dengue. Rev Cienc Cuid [Internet]. 2022 [citado 2025 enero 02];19(1):31–41. Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.22463/17949831.3090
Valencia-Jiménez NN, Ortega-Montes JE, Cordero-Valencia A. Relación de los conocimientos, prácticas y participación en la prevención del dengue con los factores individuales y del contexto en el departamento de Córdoba, Colombia. Rev Univ Ind Santander Salud [Internet]. 2024 [citado 2025 enero 02]; 56(1): e24014. Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.18273/saluduis.56.e:24014
Hernández-Cristancho L, Salamanca-Ramos E. Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas respecto al dengue en familias de la comuna uno, Villavicencio - Colombia. Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Sociales [Internet]. 2023; 14(1): 238-253. Disponible en:
https://doi.org/10.21501/22161201.3867
Rahman MM, Khan SJ, Tanni KN, Roy T, Chisty MA, Islam MR, et al. Knowledge, attitude, and practices towards dengue fever among university students of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Int J Environ Res Public Health [Internet]. 2022;19(7):4023. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074023
Selvarajoo S, Liew JWK, Tan W, Lim XY, Refai WF, Zaki RA, et al. Knowledge, attitude and practice on dengue prevention and dengue seroprevalence in a dengue hotspot in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study. Sci Rep [Internet]. 2020;10: 953-4. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66212-5
Shafique M, Mukhtar M, Areesantichai C, Perngparn U. Effectiveness of positive deviance, an asset-based behavior change approach, to improve knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding dengue in low-income communities (slums) of Islamabad, Pakistan: A mixed-method study. Insects [Internet]. 2022;13(1):71. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13010071
Sarmiento-Senior D, Matiz MI, Jaramillo-Gómez JF, Olano VA, Vargas SL, Alexander N, et al. Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre dengue en estudiantes de escuelas rurales de un área endémica en Colombia. Biomed. [Internet]. 2019;39(3): 478-90. Disponible en: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/4255
Benítez-Díaz L, Diaz-Quijano FA, Martínez-Vega R. Experiencia y percepción del riesgo asociados a conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre dengue en Riohacha, Colombia. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva [online]. 2020; 25(3) 1137-1146. Disponible en: https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232020253.08592018
Shafie AA, Moreira ED Jr, Di Pasquale A, Demuth D, Yin JYS. Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices toward dengue fever, vector control, and vaccine acceptance among the general population in countries from Latin America and Asia Pacific: A cross-sectional study (GEMKAP). Vaccines (Basel) [Internet]. 2023;11(3):575. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11030575
Copyright (c) 2025 Global Nursing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
The works published in this magazine are subject to the following terms:
1. The Publications Service of the University of Murcia (the publisher) preserves the copyright of the published works, and encourages and allows the reuse of the works under the license for use stated in point 2.
© Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Murcia, 2011 (© Publications Service, University of Murcia, 2011)
2. The works are published in the electronic edition of the journal under Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 3.0 España(texto legal) “ a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 Spain license (legal text)”. They can be copied, used, broadcasted, transmitted and publicly displayed, provided that: i) the authorship and original source of their publication (journal, publisher and URL) are cited; (ii) are not used for commercial purposes; iii) the existence and specifications of this license is mentioned.
3. Conditions of self-archiving. Authors are allowed and encouraged to electronically disseminate the pre-print (pre-reviewed ) and / or post-print (reviewed and accepted for publication) versions of their works prior to publication, as it ensures a wider circulation and dissemination which may lead to a possible increase in its mention and a higher scope among the academic community. RoMEO color: green.
