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Table 1 General knowledge of medical staff

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of the medical personnel regarding atopic dermatitis in Yaoundé, Cameroon

Question

Right response Number (%)

Wrong response Number (%)

General knowledge (N = 100)

 Definition

  AD is chronic and inflammatory

75

(75)

25

(25)

  AD is chronic or inflammatory

7

(7)

93

(93)

  AD is inflammatory and acute

13

(13)

87

(87)

  AD is inflammatory or acute

2

(2)

98

(98)

  I do not know

3

(3)

97

(97)

 Associated pathologies

  Asthma is an associated pathology

78

(78)

22

(22)

  Conjunctivitis is an associated pathology

58

(58)

42

(42)

  Chronic cough is an associated pathology

16

(16)

84

(84)

  There is no associated pathology

12

(12)

88

(88)

 Causes

  The cause is psychological

2

(2)

98

(98)

  The cause is allergic

64

(64)

36

(36)

  The cause is genetic

43

(43)

57

(57)

  The cause is infectious

18

(18)

82

(82)

  I do not know

5

(5)

95

(95)

Evolution (n = 100)

 Evolution could be acute

54

(54)

46

(46)

 Evolution could be chronic

77

(77)

23

(23)

 Evolution is acute and chronic

46

(46)

54

(54)

 Evolution is exclusively acute

1

(1)

99

(99)

 Evolution is exclusively chronic

14

(14)

86

(86)