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ANALYSIS OF BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MEASLES BY MEDICAL STUDENTS AT AN UNIVERSITY CENTER OF STATE OF CEARÁ

ANA LETÍCIA VIEIRA DE OLIVEIRA PINHEIRO ; BRUNO SOUZA BENEVIDES ; GABRIELA ALMEIDA BAN ; GISELE FAÇANHA DIÓGENES TEIXEIRA ; GISELE TAHIM DE SOUSA BRASIL OTHON SIDOU ; JÉSSICA BANDEIRA DE LAVÔR FARIAS ; JOSEANE MARQUES FERNANDES ; JULIANA LANDIM VIANA ; LARISSA DA SILVA NOBRE ; MARIA AMÉLIA PINHEIRO DE OLIVEIRA ; NARA MIRELLA TEIXEIRA PAIVA ; SARAH DIÓGENES ALENCAR ; THAÍS DE BRITO ROCHA
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Introduction: In 2014, there were measles’ outbreaks in several global locations, such as in Ceará, even after 15 years of the disease’s eradication at this location. The main hypothesis was the high rate of transmissibility and unpreparedness of the population. This instigates the questioning of the complete training of the doctors to contain the spread of the disease. Objetive: To analyse the basic knowledge about Measles by medical students at an University Center of state of Ceará. Methods: The survey, with a sample of 322 students, was conducted between August and October 2015 and composed of a questionnaire with simple and direct questions, addressing about Measles and strategies to combat the disease. The data was collected, tabulated and analysed in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and it was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Unichristus University Center, with protocol number 078447/2015. Results: The students' knowledge tested mainly involved the following topics: etiologic agent and the transmission mode and period. From the data analysed, the right answer was given, on average, by 43.7%, being the question about transmission period the one with most correct answers and the question about transmission mode the one with most wrong answers. Conclusion: A small percentage of students, able to answer correctly about the etiologic agent and the transmission mode and period, was noticed. Therefore, it is notorious the importance of better approaches regarding the disease to medical students, since Measles constitutes an disease with high transmission and contagion levels.