Assessment of Knowledge about HIV Disease (AIDS) Among Pregnant Women in Tabuk City

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Assessment of Knowledge about HIV Disease (AIDS) Among Pregnant Women in Tabuk City

Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1

Abstract

Introduction: Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Following initial infection, a person may not notice any symptoms or may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. Typically, this is followed by a prolonged period with no symptoms. As the infection progresses, it interferes more with the immune system, increasing the risk of common infections like tuberculosis, as well as other opportunistic infections, and tumors that rarely affect people who have working immune systems. These late symptoms of infection are referred to as AIDS. This stage is often also associated with weight loss. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 general population, randomly selected by simple random sampling technique from all population in Tabuk. A web based self-administrated, structured arabic questionnaire was used to test knowledge and attitude of general population about antibiotics using. The collected Data were entered and analyzed using (SPSS) statistical program version 19. Results: There were 76 % know about the AIDS and 99% from them know its a serious and infections illness, and the majority more than 80 % they did not know causative organism of AIDS infection, but more than 80% known that sexual relations it is the mode of transmission of AIDS and about 60 % they did not know when the patient is being symptomatic after she being infected. And 95 % they thought there is no an effective treatment against AIDS, all of them think that the pre-marriage investigation can discover the disease, and the majority the source of the information which it adopted in the answer from internet source. Conclusion: Two types of HIV have been characterized: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is the virus that was originally discovered (and initially referred to also as LAV or HTLV-III). It is more virulent, more infective, and is the cause of the majority of HIV infections globally. The lower infectivity of HIV-2 as compared with HIV-1 implies that fewer people exposed to HIV-2 will be infected per exposure. Because of its relatively poor capacity for transmission, HIV-2 is largely confined to West Africa.

Authors and Affiliations

Reem Ali AbdElkarim, Dalia Tageldin Abdoun Mohamed

Keywords

Knowledge HIV AIDS Pregnant Women.

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EP ID EP530233
DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2018.4.1.081
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