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Population's Knowledge Level, Attitude, and Preventive Practices Regarding Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Sohag, Egypt

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Last updated: 01 Feb 2025

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Clinical toxicology

Abstract

Background: Carbon monoxide poisoning is a severe health issue worldwide and it is one of the poisonings that results in death in Egypt. So, it is crucial that the public is made aware of it. Objectives: The goal of this study was to evaluate knowledge level, attitude, and preventive practices toward carbon monoxide poisoning in a sample of populations in Sohag governorate, Egypt. Methodology: This cross-sectional study included 600 participants from Sohag governorate's populations. An Arabic-language interviewing survey was used. The questionnaire was consisted of three sections: knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices regarding carbon monoxide poisoning. Results: Evaluating the knowledge level of the participants toward carbon monoxide poisoning showed that 34.7%, 32.8%, and 32.5% of them have poor, moderate, and good knowledge levels respectively. The majority of participants (87.2%) exhibited a positive attitude, while 8.5% had a neutral attitude, and only 4.3% displayed a good attitude. Considering the prevention practices, among the participants, 43.7% shown good behaviors, while 30% exhibited poor practices, and 26.3% displayed moderate activities. Conclusion: Participants' knowledge about carbon monoxide poisoning was limited, but their positive attitude and prevention practices were encouraging. Recommendations: Public health education campaigns and increased awareness on social media and television are recommended.

DOI

10.21608/ajfm.2025.346112.1155

Keywords

CO poisoning, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice

Authors

First Name

Aya

Last Name

Elkady

MiddleName

Magdy

Affiliation

Forensic medicine and Clinical Toxicology department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, sohag, Egypt

Email

aya.magdy@med.sohag.edu.eg

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First Name

Hend

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

Forensic medicine and clinical toxicology department , faculty of medicine, Sohag university, sohag , Egypt

Email

hendzaied37@yahoo.com

City

Sohag

Orcid

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First Name

Hend

Last Name

Aref

MiddleName

Gamal

Affiliation

forensic medicine and clinical toxicology departement, faculty of medicine , sohag university, sohag,egypt.

Email

hend_gamal2000@yahoo.com

City

sohag

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Volume

44

Article Issue

1

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52794

Issue Date

2025-01-01

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2024-12-20

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

79

Page End

89

Print ISSN

1687-1030

Online ISSN

2636-3356

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https://ajfm.journals.ekb.eg/article_407316.html

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407,316

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665

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Publication Title

Ain Shams Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology

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https://ajfm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Population's Knowledge Level, Attitude, and Preventive Practices Regarding Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Sohag, Egypt

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01 Feb 2025