ZOONOZIS - VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES / RESEARCH PAPER
AWARENESS OF TICK-BORNE BACTERIAL INFECTION IN THE STUDENTS OF NON-MEDICAL UNIVERSITIES IN TERNOPIL REGION (WESTERN UKRAINE)
1
I. Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University, Ukraine
2
Institute of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education
in Biala Podlaska, Poland
3
Institute of Health Sciences, Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biala Podlaska, Poland
4
Innovation Research Centre, Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biala Podlaska, Poland
Publication date: 2017-07-28
Health Prob Civil. 2017;11(2):99-102
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Background. The aim of the study was to evaluate the awareness of Lyme borreliosis
prevention and exposure to ticks in non-medical students of 2 universities in Ternopil
Region (Western Ukraine). Material and methods. The study was conducted by surveying
252 young persons studying at non-medical universities in Ternopil (Western Ukraine):
119 students of Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University (TNPU) and
133 of Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University (TNTU), aged 18-23 years old. All
the participants completed а questionnaire. Results. The students of Ternopil Volodymyr
Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University (TNPU) and Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical
University (TNTU), Ternopil, understand that the risk of being infected with Lyme borreliosis
does not only appear in forests, but also in gardens, parks, and countryside. Still, 16.5% of the
students of both Ternopil universities showed very low awareness about Lyme borreliosis.
Most TNPU respondents in the study group (40.7%) were bitten by a tick in the abdomen
area; 31.3% of the TNTU students declared being bitten in lower limbs. Students of both
universities recorded the fewest bites in the chest area (7.1% in TNTU and 13.0% in TNPU
respectively). As for the most frequent methods of tick removal, 71.4% of the respondents
lubricated it with fat (e.g. butter, oil) and 42.0% twisted it out with tweezers.
Conclusions. Education towards proper methods of tick removal, prevention of tick bites
(clothes, repellents) should become an important element of protection measures in students
in the regions of high Lyme borreliosis frequency, including Ternopil.
prevention and exposure to ticks in non-medical students of 2 universities in Ternopil
Region (Western Ukraine). Material and methods. The study was conducted by surveying
252 young persons studying at non-medical universities in Ternopil (Western Ukraine):
119 students of Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University (TNPU) and
133 of Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University (TNTU), aged 18-23 years old. All
the participants completed а questionnaire. Results. The students of Ternopil Volodymyr
Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University (TNPU) and Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical
University (TNTU), Ternopil, understand that the risk of being infected with Lyme borreliosis
does not only appear in forests, but also in gardens, parks, and countryside. Still, 16.5% of the
students of both Ternopil universities showed very low awareness about Lyme borreliosis.
Most TNPU respondents in the study group (40.7%) were bitten by a tick in the abdomen
area; 31.3% of the TNTU students declared being bitten in lower limbs. Students of both
universities recorded the fewest bites in the chest area (7.1% in TNTU and 13.0% in TNPU
respectively). As for the most frequent methods of tick removal, 71.4% of the respondents
lubricated it with fat (e.g. butter, oil) and 42.0% twisted it out with tweezers.
Conclusions. Education towards proper methods of tick removal, prevention of tick bites
(clothes, repellents) should become an important element of protection measures in students
in the regions of high Lyme borreliosis frequency, including Ternopil.
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