Table 2 knowledge towards Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) among nurses working in public and private cardiac center hospitals Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2021
R.n | Knowledge of RHD items | Correct answers | Wrong answers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency (n) | Percent (%) | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) | ||
1 | What causes rheumatic heart disease? | 84 | 54.5 | 70 | 45.5 |
2 | What is the clinical manifestation of acute rheumatic fever? | 70 | 45.5 | 84 | 54.5 |
3 | Can a sore throat cause heart disease? | 114 | 74 | 40 | 26 |
4 | Which strain of the germ is implicated? | 56 | 36.4 | 98 | 63.3 |
5 | What is the duration from a sore throat to the onset of acute rheumatic fever? | 46 | 29.9 | 108 | 70.1 |
6 | Within which time range does the treatment of sore throat have to be initiated to reduce the risk of acute rheumatic fever? | 36 | 23.4 | 118 | 76.6 |
7 | Which treatment is appropriate for a bacterial sore throat for prevention of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease? | 131 | 85.1 | 23 | 14.9 |
8 | Carditis in acute rheumatic fever most often persists with the resolution of other symptoms | 107 | 69.5 | 47 | 30.5 |
9 | Rheumatic heart disease can occur without prior evidence of acute rheumatic fever | 80 | 51.9 | 74 | 48.1 |
10 | Which lesion is commonly associated with carditis in acute rheumatic fever? | 40 | 26 | 114 | 74 |
11 | Can indolent carditis alone fit the criteria for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever? | 50 | 32.5 | 104 | 67.5 |
12 | Patients with acute rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease should be put on secondary prophylactic antibiotics | 105 | 68.2 | 49 | 31.8 |
13 | What is the drug of choice for secondary prophylaxis? | 87 | 56.5 | 67 | 43.5 |
14 | What is the frequency of prophylaxis with Benzathine Penicillin? | 96 | 62.3 | 58 | 37.7 |
15 | What is the minimum duration of prophylaxis? | 32 | 20.8 | 122 | 79.2 |
16 | What are the complications of rheumatic heart disease? | 73 | 47.4 | 81 | 52.6 |
17 | Carditis in acute rheumatic fever is treated with? | 41 | 26.6 | 113 | 73.4 |
18 | Which valve is most commonly involved in rheumatic heart disease? | 113 | 73.4 | 41 | 26.6 |
19 | which pone is the earliest valve lesion? | 57 | 37 | 97 | 63 |
20 | Should some patients with rheumatic heart disease be placed on anticoagulants? | 100 | 64.9 | 54 | 35.1 |
21 | Early treatment of bacterial pharyngitis with antibiotics | 123 | 79.9 | 31 | 20.1 |
22 | What the problems with benzathine penicillin injections | 107 | 69.6 | 47 | 30.5 |
23 | Which of the following is characteristics of bacterial tonsillitis | 44 | 28.6 | 110 | 71.4 |
24 | Early treatment of bacterial pharyngitis with antibiotics | 86 | 55.8 | 68 | 44.2 |