Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on the knowledge of adolescents about leprosy. Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study, with an evaluative component of the knowledge of adolescents, before and after the application of an educational workshop on leprosy with 53 adolescents aged 10 to 14 years. Results: There was an increase in the percentage of optimal knowledge immediately after the intervention (p<0.01), remaining in the late post-test (p=0.24). The median number of correct answers was statistically different between the immediate pre- and post-test (p<0.01) and was statistically equal between the immediate and late post-test (p=0.11). There was an increase in the number of correct answers in all items of the instrument after the intervention (p<0.01). Conclusion: It is concluded that there was an improvement in the adolescents' knowledge between the pre- and post-test immediately. Furthermore, knowledge remained statistically similar between the immediate and late post-test, suggesting a positive effect of the intervention both immediately and later.
Institution: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4385565366