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What do travelers know about Traveler’s Diarrhea? Impact of a pre-travel consultation in the Lisbon Area, Portugal
| dc.contributor.author | Estrada, Joana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Conceição, Cláudia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Augusto, Gonçalo Figueiredo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Teodósio, Rosa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-12-02T12:05:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-12-02T12:05:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-10-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Traveler’s diarrhea (TD) is one of the most common travel-related health problems, largely interfering with planned activities and potentially contributing to antimicrobial resistance. This study aimed to characterize the knowledge about TD among pre-travel consultation users of one Portuguese travel clinic and determine the impact of the consultation on knowledge levels. Using a quasi-experimental, separate-sample pretest–posttest design, participants were randomly assigned to two groups: control/pre-consultation group (CG) or experimental/post-consultation group (EG). An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was used. A total of 470 participants were analyzed (227 CG; 243 EG). The EG/post-consultation group showed significant improvement in knowledge, with correct answers increasing from 63% to 75% (p < 0.001). However, knowledge gaps persisted: over 50% were unaware of TD’s self-limited nature, 30% did not recognize loperamide as a symptom reliever, and 36% believed all travelers should take antibiotics to prevent TD. The educational level and previous travel outside Europe influenced baseline knowledge; previous travel medicine consultations and information on TD improved knowledge in both groups and made it easier to acquire knowledge on the subject. Thus, a pre-travel consultation effectively increased travelers’ TD knowledge. However, post-consultation knowledge levels remained suboptimal, indicating the need for targeted interventions to increase travelers’ literacy and optimize pre-travel consultations. | eng |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/tropicalmed9100232 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2414-6366 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/26372 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/9/10/232 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Traveler’s diarrhea | |
| dc.subject | Travel medicine | |
| dc.subject | Pre-travel consultations | |
| dc.subject | Knowledge | |
| dc.title | What do travelers know about Traveler’s Diarrhea? Impact of a pre-travel consultation in the Lisbon Area, Portugal | eng |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 12 | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 10 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 1 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 9 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 |
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