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Name | A Cross Sectional Study to Assess Knowledge and Attitude towards Pneumococcal Vaccination among Undergraduate Medical Students in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of South India |
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ABSTRACT: Objectives: To assess the knowledge and attitude of pneumococcal vaccine status among final year undergraduate medical students in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Methodology: A structured pre-tested questionnaire was distributed among 130 undergraduate medical students after obtaining their informed consent. The questionnaire comprised of 20 questions divided into three sections consisting of 11, 6 and 3 questions to test knowledge, attitude and awareness respectively. The collected data was entered into an excel sheet. Descriptive analysis of the data was done using SSPS version 18. Results: Among 130 students, 55(42.30 percent) were male and 75(57.70 percent) were female.Response rate for the study was 100 percent. In knowledge questions, 40 percent participants obtained low score (< 5), 50 percent participants had moderate score (6-8) and 10 percent participants obtained high score (9-11). Girls had better knowledge and attitude when compared with boys and were statistically significant. Conclusion: This study results conclude that almost 95.4 percent of students were aware of pneumococcal vaccine. The major source of awareness for students was medical books. This study also suggests that knowledge of pneumococcal vaccine was moderate among the participants, so there is a need for educational intervention to enhance their knowledge regarding pneumococcal vaccine. KEYWORDS: Pneumonia, Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Medical students, invasive pneumococcal disease.
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