Knowledge and attitude on interruption of mother-neonatal transmission of syphilis in pregnant women from different areas

Abstract

Objective To investigate the awareness of knowledge and attitude on interruption of mother-neonatal transmission of syphilis in pregnant women from different areas. Methods We extracted 900 pregnant women with pregnancy tests from a class Ⅲ grade I hospital in Beijing by means of convenience sampling with 300 for urban areas, 300 for rural areas and 300 for the transient population. The questionnaire of mother-to-neonatal transmission knowledge of syphilis was used to investigate the awareness of knowledge on basic prevention and interruption of mother-neonatal transmission of syphilis, the degree of recognition to patients with syphilis, the way of acquiring knowledge on interruption of mother-neonatal transmission of syphilis among different pregnant women. Results The overall awareness rate of mother-to-neonatal transmission knowledge of syphilis was 55.9% in 900 pregnant women. The awareness rate for the highest of 72.0% was found in pregnant women from urban areas, followed by 51.0% from rural areas and 44.7% from the transient population for the lowest with significant differences in awareness rates among different areas(χ2=49.820, P<0.001). In the respect of recognition degree to patients with syphilis, the highest proportion of unwillingness to have meals, shake hands with syphilis patients was found in pregnant women from urban areas with a significant difference(χ2=8.750, P=0.013). The pregnancy got the knowledge of interruption of mother-neonatal transmission of syphilis mainly via television, the network, newspapers and books. Conclusions The low awareness rate was found in knowledge on basic prevention and interruption of mother-neonatal transmission of syphilis. The awareness rate of knowledge on interruption of mother-neonatal transmission of syphilis and the degree of recognition to patients with syphilis were different among pregnant women from different areas. We should increase the publicity on the knowledge on basic prevention and interruption of mother-neonatal transmission of syphilis. Medical staff should take specific measures to propagate the knowledge of syphilis prevention for pregnant women according to different areas. Besides, the approach of knowledge transmission should be suitable for pregnant women aiming at the different ways of acquiring knowledge on interruption of mother-neonatal transmission of syphilis among pregnant women from different areas. Key words: Pregnant women; Syphilis; Maternal-neonatal transmission; Interruption