Knowledge of persons with visual impairment and typically developing persons about sexually transmitted diseases

Uvod: Polno prenosive bolesti predstavljaju javno-zdravstveni, medicinski i socijalni problem. Nalaze se među pet najčešćih bolesti u svetu. Znanje o polno prenosivim bolestima, kao i zaštiti od njih predstavlja jednu od najznačajnijih metoda prevencije i zaštite seksualno-reproduktivnog zdravlja. Ciljevi: Glavni cilj rada bio je utvrđivanje znanja osoba sa oštećenjem vida o polno prenosivim bolestima. Ostali ciljevi su utvrđivanje razlika u znanju o polno prenosivim bolestima između osoba sa oštećenjem i bez oštećenja vida, kao i između ispitanika različitog pola, uzrasta i stepena obrazovanja. Metode: Istraživanjem je obuhvaćeno 50 ispitanika sa oštećenjem vida i 50 ispitanika bez oštećenja, ujednačenih prema polu, uzrastu i stepenu obrazovanja. Podaci su prikupljeni onlajn putem tokom maja 2020. godine i za te potrebe korišćen je Ilustrativni upitnik za ispitanike – anketa za mlade. Rezultati: Dobijeni rezultati pokazali su da postoji statistički značajna razlika između osoba sa oštećenjem i bez oštećenja vida u znanju o vrstama polno prenosivih bolesti. U poduzorku ispitanika sa oštećenjem vida postoje statistički značajne razlike u zavisnosti od pola ispitanika, ali ne postoje razlike u zavisnosti od uzrasta i stepena obrazovanja. Zaključak: Potrebno je posvetiti više pažnje osobama sa oštećenjem vida u području seksualno-reproduktivnog zdravlja kroz organizovanje edukacija i radionica radi povećanja znanja o ovoj temi.Introduction. Sexually transmitted diseases are a public health, medical and social problem. They are among the five most common diseases in the world. Knowledge about sexually transmitted infections and protection from them is one of the most important methods of prevention and protection of sexual and reproductive health. Objectives. The main aim of this paper was to determine the knowledge of persons with visual impairments about sexually transmitted diseases. Other objectives included determining the differences between knowledge of persons with and without visual impairments about sexually transmitted diseases and determining gender, age, and educational differences. Methods. The study included 50 participants with visual impairment and 50 participants without visual impairment, equal in gender, age, and level of education. Data were collected online in May 2020. The Illustrative Questionnaire for InterviewSurveys with Young People was used for this purpose. Results. The main results showed a statistically significant difference between persons with and those without visual impairment in terms of knowledge about the types of sexually transmitted diseases. In the subsample of participants with visual impairment, there were statistically significant differences related to gender, but no age and educational differences. Conclusion. It is necessary to pay more attention to people with visual impairment with regard to sexual and reproductive health through the organization of training and workshops in order to increase knowledge on this topic