Knowledge on diagnosis and treatment of hemophilia among health care professional: A pre-post analysis

of education session in 7 provinces in Indonesia

Novie A. Chpozie, Fitri Primacakti, Raisa C. Sarita, Djajadiman Gatot, Djumhana Atmakusuma
Indonesian Society of Hematology and Blood Trasnfusion, Indonesia Haemophilia Society

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES RESULTS DISCUSSION

• Underdiagnosis and inadequate treatment of hemophilia are still major • The World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) has estimated that
issues in hemophilia care in Indonesia and remains a challenge for health worldwide approximately 70% of hemophilia patients are under
care professionals. diagnosed and untreated.
• Indonesian Hemophilia Society (IHS) and Indonesian Society of • Raising awareness and improving knowledge toward hemophilia are key
Hematology and Blood Transfusion (ISHBT) Committee in collaboration to proper diagnosis and better management of the disease by HCPs.
with Novo Nordisk Haemophilia Foundation (NNHF) has been developing • An intervention using lecture as media has proven effective to improve
education project for health care professionals (HCP) on hemophilia the knowledge among healthcare workers as shown in the similar study
diagnosis and management. from Manisha et al and Karim et al.
• The aim is to analyze the impact of education session on HCP’s • This study highlights the need for increasing awareness about
knowledge about hemophilia diagnosis and management in 7 provinces hemophilia amongst HCPs since they were frontliners to diagnose and
treating hemophilia patients.

METHODS
CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATION
HCPs attending Medical Symposium on
• The rise of scores after given lectures in symposium showed significant
Hemophilia Diagnosis and Management held in enhancement of knowledge about hemophilia among HCPs, which
capital cities of 7 provinces during 2017-2019 should contribute to better hemophilia diagnosis and management in
Indonesia.
• More studies or surveys with a better design and measurement are
required to identify which component of knowledge are still lacking on
hemophilia management in Indonesia and need to be improved in the
future evaluation.
given set of self-filled questionnaire (consisting of
8 questions aspects of basic knowledge of
hemophilia such as definition, screening,
diagnosis, and management)