Pediatricians’ Knowledge and Practices Related to Mumps Diagnosis and Prevention

Details

• Alternative Title:
  J Pediatr
• Personal Author:
  Cataldi, Jessica R. ; O’Leary, Sean T. ; Marlow, Mariel A. ; Beaty, Brenda L. ; Hurley, Laura P. ; Crane, Lori A. ; Brtnikova, Michaela ; Gorman, Carol ; Pham, Huong T. ; Lindley, Megan C. ; Kempe, Allison
• Description:
  Objectives:
  
  To assess pediatricians’ mumps knowledge and testing practices, to identify physician and practice characteristics associated with mumps testing practices, and to assess reporting and outbreak response knowledge and practices.
  
  Study Design:
  
  From January–April 2020, we surveyed a nationally representative network of pediatricians. Descriptive statistics were generated for all items. Chi-square, t-tests, and Poisson regression were used to compare physician and practice characteristics between respondents who would rarely or never vs. sometimes or often/always test for mumps in a vaccinated 17-year-old with parotitis in a non-outbreak setting.
  
  Results:
  
  The response rate was 67% (297/444). For knowledge, over half of pediatricians responded incorrectly or ‘Don’t know’ for six of nine true/false statements about mumps epidemiology, diagnosis, and prevention; and over half reported they would need additional guidance on mumps buccal swab testing. For testing practices, 59% of respondents reported they would sometimes (35%) or often/always (24%) test for mumps in a vaccinated 17-year-old with parotitis in a non-outbreak setting; older physicians, rural physicians, and physicians from the Northeast or Midwest were more likely to test for mumps. Thirty-six percent of pediatricians reported they would often/always report a patient with suspected mumps to public health authorities.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Pediatricians report mumps knowledge gaps and practices that do not align with public health recommendations. These gaps may lead to under-diagnosis and under-reporting of mumps cases, delaying public health response measures and contributing to ongoing disease transmission.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Article Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Male Middle Aged Mumps Mumps Vaccine Outbreak Response Pediatrics Practice Patterns, Physicians' Surveys And Questionnaires United States Vaccination

  More +
• Source:
  J Pediatr. 239:81-88.e2
• Pubmed ID:
  34453916
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10207028
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 IP001072/IP/NCIRD CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  239
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:73ca3cba9a6adeca238ac90425d63293d0e0968b5974d5d52bcf02377f016f28
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/128970/cdc_128970_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.04 MB ]