Knowledge of healthcare professionals about poliomyelitis and postpoliomyelitis: a cross-sectional study.
Claudio André Barbosa de LiraDouglas de Assis Teles SantosRicardo Borges VianaJuliana Moreira GuimarãesJéssica Nathalia Soares OliveiraBolivar Saldanha SousaMarcos Gonçalves de SantanaRodrigo Luiz VanciniMarília Dos Santos AndradePantelis Theodoros NikolaidisThomas Johannes RosemannBeat KnechtlePublished in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2021)
The findings from the present study indicate that there is a critical need for improvement of knowledge about postpoliomyelitis syndrome among Brazilian healthcare professionals. The services provided by these professionals may therefore become compromised. Furthermore, public healthcare initiatives should be implemented to improve knowledge among healthcare professionals.