Assessment of family physicians’knowledge of childhood autism
作者机构:Department of Family MedicineFaculty of MedicineSuez Canal UniversityIsmailiaEgypt
出 版 物:《Family Medicine and Community Health》 (家庭医学与社区卫生(英文))
年 卷 期:2017年第5卷第4期
页 面:266-274页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Autism knowledge family physicians
摘 要:Objective:This study aimed to assess the knowledge of family physicians regarding child-hood ***:The study is a one-way cross-sectional descriptive study,conducted between Janu-ary and March *** study involved 70 family physicians who were working and/or studying for a master degree in the School of Medicine,Suez Canal *** researcher collected the sociodemographic characteristics,and then the participants completed the Knowledge about Child-hood Autism among Healthcare Workers(KCAHW)***:The total KCAHW score was 11.2±3.5(mean±standard deviation),the domain with the highest score was domain 1(5.6±1.8),and family physicians with previous experience had a higher mean score than physicians with no previous experience(12.9±2.7 and 10.7±3.5 respectively).In addition,there was a significant positive correlation between the mean KCAHW score and both the duration of practicing and earlier experience of ***:There is a lack of knowledge of autism among family physicians;they need more training on autism to increase their awareness to improve early detection and intervention so as to improve the quality of life and care of children with autism.