Investigation on knowledge related to tuberculin skin test among 248 healthcare workers
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2025.03.026
- VernacularTitle:248名医护人员结核菌素皮肤试验相关知识知晓情况调查
- Author:
Wen ZHANG
1
;
Yaling SHI
;
Shanshan LIU
;
Qian SU
;
Yu XIN
;
Liyi ZHANG
;
Juan LYU
;
Wenping LIAO
;
Jun FAN
Author Information
1. 重庆市结核病防治所医教科,重庆 400050
- Keywords:
tuberculosis,pulmonary;
tuberculin skin test;
questionnaire survey;
healthcare workers
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2025;54(3):709-712,718
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the knowledge of tuberculin skin test(TST)among healthcare workers and provide evidence for improving the standardization of TST screening in primary healthcare staff.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among 248 licensed physicians or nurses who were qualified as licensed physicians or nurses and responsible for TST work from 27 districts/counties of Chongqing in 2023.The awareness of TST-related knowledge and its influencing factors were statistically analyzed.Results The average TST knowledge score of 248 healthcare workers was(78.3±10.6)points.The overall awareness rate was 78.9%(8 213/10 416),with specific rates as follows:65.4%(1 135/1 736)for tubercu-losis knowledge,87.3%(3 248/3 720)for TST general knowledge,53.4%(795/1 488)for TST principles,88.0%(1 964/2 232)for TST procedures,and 86.4%(1 071/1 240)for TST result interpretation.Nurses showed higher awareness rates than physicians and other staff(P＞0.05).Healthcare workers from medium-epidemic areas demonstrated significantly higher awareness rates than those from high-and low-epidemic are-as(P＜0.001).No statistically significant differences were observed in gender,age,occupation type,institu-tion type,or regional epidemic level between the qualified group and non-qualified group about TST-related knowl-edge(P＞0.05).Conclusion Healthcare workers exhibit incomplete mastery of TST-related knowledge.Strengthening TST-related knowledge training for standardizing TST implementation.
