tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Assessment of knowledge about childhood autism among paediatric and psychiatric nurses in Ebonyi state, Nigeria"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Assessment of knowledge about childhood autism among paediatric and psychiatric nurses in Ebonyi state, Nigeria. | Igwe et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2011 5 1 http content 5 1 1 CHILD ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Assessment of knowledge about childhood autism among paediatric and psychiatric nurses in Ebonyi state Nigeria Monday N Igwe1 Anthony C Ahanotu1 Muideen O Bakare2 Justin U Achor3 Chinonyerem Igwe1 Abstract Background There is increasing public and professional awareness of autism spectrum disorders with early recognition diagnosis and interventions that are known to improve prognosis. Poor knowledge about childhood autism among paediatric and psychiatric nurses who are members of multidisciplinary teams that care for such children may be a major barrier to early interventions that could improve quality of life and prognosis in childhood autism. Factors that influence knowledge about childhood autism among these nurses are not known. This study assessed knowledge about childhood autism among paediatric and psychiatric nurses in Ebonyi state Nigeria and determined the factors that could be influencing such knowledge. Methods Forty specialist paediatric and forty psychiatric nurses making a total sample of eighty were randomly selected from all the health care facilities in Ebonyi state Nigeria. A socio-demographic questionnaire and knowledge about childhood autism among health workers KCAHW questionnaire were administered to them and the study was a point survey. Results The total mean score on the KCAHW questionnaire among the nurses that participated in the study was out of a total of 19 possible. The mean score for the paediatric nurses was while psychiatric nurses had mean score of . The mean scores in Domain 1 were for the paediatric nurses and for the psychiatric nurses. The mean scores in Domain 2 were for the paediatric nurses and for the psychiatric nurses. Domain 3 showed mean scores of for the paediatric nurses