Objective: To understand the unhealthy related behaviors of echinococcosis patients in Tibetan region in Sichuan Province, so as to provide the references for the health education of echinococcosis.
Methods: The echinococcosis patients who were registered in the Tibetan region in Sichuan Province were selected as target population. The basic situation and unhealthy related behaviors of them were surveyed by individual interviews.
Results: Totally 368 echinococcosis patients were investigated. The proportion of patients who lived with dogs was 53.3%, who did not wash hands before meals was 23.4%, who ate raw food was 15.5%, who fed dogs with diseased livestock visceral organs was 9.8%, who drank unboiled water was 8.7%, and who played with dogs was 5.4%. The proportion of nomads' unhygienic behaviors was higher than that of sedentary residents' unhygienic behaviors. The proportion of playing with dogs and feeding dogs with diseased livestock visceral organsin students was higher than that in nomads.
Conclusions: There are some unhealthy related behaviors in echinococcosis patients in Garzê Prefecture, and the different health education modes for echinococcosis patients with different characteristics should be applied.
[摘要] 目的 了解四川省藏区棘球蚴病患者的不卫生行为现状, 为棘球蚴病防治工作提供参考依据。方法 2017年 选取四川省甘孜州道孚县、石渠县登记在册的现存棘球蚴病患者为研究对象, 采取面对面访谈方法对患者不卫生行为开 展问卷调查并统计分析。结果 共调查了368例棘球蚴病患者。患者家中养犬、饭前不洗手、吃生食、使用家畜病变脏 器喂犬、喝生水、玩犬所占比例分别为53.3%、23.4%、15.5%、9.8%、8.7%和5.4%。游牧民各项不卫生行为均较定居居民 比例高。学生玩犬、使用家畜病变脏器喂犬的比例高于牧民。结论 四川省甘孜州棘球蚴病患者存在不卫生行为。针 对不同特征棘球蚴病患者, 应采取有针对性的健康教育措施, 降低其不卫生行为率。.
Keywords: Echinococcosis; Garzê Prefecture; Questionnaire survey; Unhealthy related behavior.