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Year : 2003 | Volume
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Knowledge, attitude and practice about the traditional bone setters among health workers in federal medical centre, Owo, Nigeria.
AA Olasinde FWACS 1, KS Oluwadiya FMCS (ortho 2, AO Olawoye FMCS (ortho.) 1, Late OS Badru FMCS (ortho) 3, LM Oginni FMCS (ortho) 3, OO Adegbehingbe MB, CH.B 1
1 Departments of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Federal Medical Center, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria 2 Departments of Surgery, Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomosho, Nigeria 3 Departments of Orthopaedics andTraumatology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
A A Olasinde Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Federal Medical Centre, P.M.B. 1053, Owo, Ondo State Nigeria
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The practice of traditional bone setters can no longer be denied in this environment as some of the complications resulting from their treatment are still seen commonl y in orthopaedic surgical practice.
This study was undertaken at the Federal Medical Centre , Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria t o find out
about knowledge , attitude and practice about the traditional bone setters ( TBS) among health workers. A pre -tested questionnaire was distributed among the health work ers through t heir heads of de partments for ease of collection. The response rate was 88 .2% with a male to female ratio of
1:1.7.
.1% were aware of the TBS practice in our environment and 32.7% got t o know about them through the mass media; constituting the greatest percentage proportion. Onl y 19.6'7o - of the respond ents claimed the knowledge of how traditional bone setters acquired their skills, 73.6% of these responded that it was innately acquired . While most of the res pondents assessed their care as inadequate and that they should not be allowed to treat patients with fractures ; 12.9% believed that the T BS possessed special powers to treat fractures that is lacking in ortho paedic surgeons. H ealth assistants were the most likely to be believe in the possession of such powers.
It was recommended that the TBS should be banned from unvented access t o t he use of the mass media. the hospital environment , there is need to organize regular updat e or instructional lectures for health workers , especially the health assistants who are most likel y to give wrong interpretations to events surrounding the patient treatment by the orthodox practitioners. |
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