Introduction:

Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection that in recent decades has become a major international public health problem.

Objective:

To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention on dengue in adults.

Methods:

A quasi-experimental study of educational intervention was carried out, before and after, on dengue in adults from doctor´s office 2 of Alex Urquiola community clinic, in Holguín municipality, from February to March 2021. It had 3 stages : diagnosis, intervention and evaluation.

Results:

Before the implementation of the strategy, only 80 patients had knowledge about dengue; after, 130 patients acquired this knowledge. Only 23 patients knew the behavior to follow in case of suspicion of dengue; then 126 patients were included. Only 19 patients knew about dengue prevention measures (13.57%). After implementing the educational strategy, 135 patients (96.42%) had an adequate perception of risk.

Conclusions:

The educational effectiveness, the level of knowledge about dengue, its symptoms and signs, mode of transmission, prevention measures and behavior to follow, as well as the perception of risk by these patients were evaluated.

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