Daniyal Ahmed, Muhammad Nauman Nawaz, Kiran Tauseef, Muhammad Bilal Hussain Khan, Muhammad Mashal, Humaira Zafar.
Frequency Regarding Awareness of Thalassemia amongst the Students, Paramedical Staff and Employees of Tertiary Care Hospital.
Isra Med J Jan ;9(3):161-5.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of individuals having awareness regarding Thalassemia. STUDY DESIGN: A Descriptive cross sectional study. th th PLACE AND DURATION: Al-Nafees Medical College and Hospital, Isra University Islamabad Campus from 15 May 2015 to 15 June 2015. METHODOLOGY: A designed questionnaire with five sections for the study was used which includes (Demographics, Awareness about Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention). It was distributed to selected participants from medical students, medical staff members, paramedical students, paramedical staff members, non-medical students and non-medical staff members. A written informed consent was the prerequisite of study. RESULTS: One hundred and thirty (n=130) participants were enrolled in the current study. Overall Awareness of thalassemia is more in females i.e. 52% (n=67) as compared to males i.e. 43% (n=56). Medical employees 19% (n=25) and students 19% (n=25) have the highest level of knowledge and awareness about thalassemia followed by para medical students 12% (n=15), para medical staff 11% (n=14), non-medical students 18% (n=23) and non-medical staff 16% (n=21). While the level of knowledge about thalassemia was good, the percentage of participants who had themselves screened was only 12% (n=16). CONCLUSION: Only individuals related to medical either doctors or paramedics had good awareness regarding hereditary disease transformation and diagnosis of thalassemia. While the participants of non-medical profession had less awareness.

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