title: A Survey of Jellyfish Sting Knowledge among Naval Personnel in Northeast China.
abstract: Jellyfish envenomation is common along the coastal area, and can cause severe consequences. Naval personnel are among the high-risk population for this injury. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge regarding jellyfish envenomation among naval personnel in a navy unit in northeast China.
  
  
  
  A predesigned questionnaire was distributed to 120 naval members in January 2015. The data of 108 respondents were included in the statistical analysis.
  
  
  
  We found that 38.0% of the respondents selected jellyfish sting as the common wound in their units, and 13.0% had experienced or observed this injury. In addition, 63.0% of the participants rated their own knowledge as "low" or "none". The average score they got was 5.77 ± 2.50, with only 16.7% getting a score above 60% of the full score. The correct rates of five questions were below 60%. No statistical differences existed in the knowledge score among different groups of respondents defined by socio-demographic variables.
  
  
  
  Jellyfish sting is common in this navy unit, but personnel got a low score on the knowledge assessment. They also lacked confidence in first aid. Medical education and training should be implemented to address this issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Nursing, School of Nursing, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. ting.kan@smmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Nursing, School of Nursing, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. guili2000@foxmail.com.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gui
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Nursing, School of Nursing, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. xiaowenz@126.com.
authors.forename: Wenwen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Nursing, School of Nursing, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. yan8811@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Nursing, School of Nursing, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. shiny0820@foxmail.com.
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Nursing, School of Nursing, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. qiuchenqiuying@163.com.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings; D002681:China; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D037401:Scyphozoa; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: jellyfish sting; knowledge; medical education; naval personnel; occupational and environmental health