@article {49, title = {Knowledge and Awareness about Leishmaniasis Disease in the General Public of Quetta, Pakistan}, journal = {Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine}, volume = {7}, year = {2021}, month = {April 2021}, pages = {9-13}, type = {Research Article}, chapter = {9}, abstract = {

Aim: This study attempted to assess knowledge and awareness about Leishmaniasis disease in Quetta city, Pakistan. Materials and Methods: This was a questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey where 387 study respondents were targeted using the non-probability convenience sampling method for data collection. SPSS v 22.0 was applied for data analysis and P<=0.05 was considered statically significant. The Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were performed to discover the relationship among variables. Results: Most respondents were from the age group 18-27 years 269 (69.5\%) majority of whom were female 244 (64.0\%). Most of the respondents had improved knowledge (73.6\%), about the word Leishmaniasis, 50.6\% of respondents were aware of the signs and symptoms, 54.8\% of respondents were aware of the diagnosis, 64.3\% of respondents had improved knowledge about treatment, 62.5\% of the study population were aware of prevention and 40.8\% of study respondents knew about the vaccination for leishmaniasis. Conclusion: This study exposed an overall better knowledge and awareness among the public about leishmaniasis disease and its causative agents, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and vaccination.

}, keywords = {Awareness, Knowledge, Leishmaniasis disease, Pakistan, Public, Quetta}, doi = {10.5530/jppcm.2021.1.2}, author = {Tanzeel Ahmed and Sarmad Sheraz Jadoon and Muhammad Waqas and Muhammad Ammar and Liguo Jian and Qi Zhang} }