RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Patients managed for a lung hydatid cyst : what do they know about their pathology ?
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP PA3414
DO 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA3414
VO 58
IS suppl 65
A1 Sarra Zairi
A1 Dorra Jarraya
A1 Mehdi Abdennadher
A1 Hazem Zribi
A1 Hela Kamoun
A1 Amira Dridi
A1 Hedia Bellali
A1 Tahar Mestiri
A1 Adel Marghli
YR 2021
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/58/suppl_65/PA3414.abstract
AB Introduction: Hydatid disease remains a real public health problem in many traditional pastoral farming countries. Its prevention is the most effective solution.Aim: Our study aimed to assess the knowledge of patients managed for a lung hydatid cyst concerning their pathology.Methods: Between November 2018 and July 2019, we carried out a descriptive cross-sectional study, in a thoracic surgery department, about the knowledge and information that patients with hydatid cyst had about the disease.Results: Thirty-four patients responded to our survey. The mean age was 37.18 ± 18.43 years old. Most of our patients came from rural areas. Among the 30 patients under the age of 60, 12 (40%) were housewives. Three patients (8.8%) had already been operated on for a cyst. Thirty patients (88.3%) reported having contact with dogs and sheep. If a cyst was suspected in the sheep’s offal, 20.6% (7 cases) threw them in the trash and 14.8% gave them to the dog (5 women). Among the respondents, 50% (17 cases) did not know the modes of human contamination. Knowledge of clinical signs suggestive of the disease and modes of contamination were correlated with the level of education. Fourteen patients (41.2%) raised the possibility of disease recurrence. Among the means of prevention, thorough washing of fruits and vegetables was cited in 3 cases (21.4%) and incineration of soiled offal in 1 case (7.2%).Conclusion: Assessment of patients' knowledge about hydatid disease must be systematic in countries with high endemicity of hydatidosis, in order to identify false practices and correct them, to break the parasitic cycle. Educational messages should target the rural population and be adapted to their level of education.FootnotesCite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2021; 58: Suppl. 65, PA3414.This abstract was presented at the 2021 ERS International Congress, in session “Prediction of exacerbations in patients with COPD”.This is an ERS International Congress abstract. No full-text version is available. Further material to accompany this abstract may be available at www.ers-education.org (ERS member access only).