Sociodemographic profile of blind people: associations with knowledge, attitude and practice about sexually transmitted infections
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https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2015000500016Keywords:
Visually Impaired Persons, Sexual Health, Socioeconomic Factors, Public Health.Abstract
Objective: to analyze associations among sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge, attitude and practice ofblind people about sexually transmitted infections. Methods: descriptive transversal study with a quantitative approach.Participants were 36 blind individuals. The questionnaire Knowledge, attitude and practice about sexually transmittedinfections was used. Absolute and relative frequencies were calculated. There were Chi-square test and chi-square Exact.Results: most participants are elderly, unmarried, with elementary school and not working. Knowledge, attitude andpractice about sexually transmitted infections are inadequate (p<0.05). Religion (p<0.001), work (p<0.001), not workingreason (p<0.001) and education (p=0.003) had associations with the attitude about sexually transmitted infections. Gender(p<0.001), marital status (p=0.019) and education (p=0.020) had associations with practice. There was no associationbetween sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge. Conclusion: sociodemographic characteristics may interferewith the attitude and practice of blind people about sexually transmitted infections, and the nurse should consider thesecharacteristics in professional practice with those subjects.
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2015-11-10
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Araújo, A. K. F., França, I. S. X. de, Coura, A. S., Santos, S. R. dos, Ramos, A. P. A., & Pagliuca, L. M. F. (2015). Sociodemographic profile of blind people: associations with knowledge, attitude and practice about sexually transmitted infections. Rev Rene, 16(5), 738–745. https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2015000500016
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