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Parental knowledge and practices toward foreign body aspiration in children in the Al Qassim region of Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a perilous condition with a high mortality rate, especially in children less than three years of age. AIM: This study aimed to assess parental knowledge and practices toward FBA in children in the Al Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: T...

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Autores principales: Almutairi, Aisha T., Alharbi, Fahad S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8132851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34017726
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1500_20
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description BACKGROUND: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a perilous condition with a high mortality rate, especially in children less than three years of age. AIM: This study aimed to assess parental knowledge and practices toward FBA in children in the Al Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among Saudi parents at AlQassim region, Saudi Arabia during the period between February 2020 and June 2020. A validated self-administered questionnaire containing 16 questions of knowledge and practices toward FBA was distributed online via various Social Media platforms. Correct answers were coded and scored. Participant responses were grouped based on their score level of knowledge and practices. RESULTS: We recruited 385 parents with a mean age of 35.4 (range: 19–59) years, and 59.2% were female and 40.8% were male. The mean ± SD knowledge score was 4.97 (1.42)/8 points and the practice score was 12.4 (2.13)/20 points. Parents with poor and good knowledge were 61.3% and 36.9% and those with poor and good practices were 55.3% and 44.7%, respectively. Female professionals with less children who were more aware of FBA significantly influenced knowledge, while having no incidence of FBA among children and having heard of FBA significantly influenced practices. CONCLUSION: We found that parental knowledge and practices toward FBA were insufficient. Educated females with less children that heard about FBA influenced parental knowledge. Also, having no incidence of FBA among children and being aware about FBA led to a better impact in parental practices.
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spelling pubmed-81328512021-05-19 Parental knowledge and practices toward foreign body aspiration in children in the Al Qassim region of Saudi Arabia Almutairi, Aisha T. Alharbi, Fahad S. J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a perilous condition with a high mortality rate, especially in children less than three years of age. AIM: This study aimed to assess parental knowledge and practices toward FBA in children in the Al Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among Saudi parents at AlQassim region, Saudi Arabia during the period between February 2020 and June 2020. A validated self-administered questionnaire containing 16 questions of knowledge and practices toward FBA was distributed online via various Social Media platforms. Correct answers were coded and scored. Participant responses were grouped based on their score level of knowledge and practices. RESULTS: We recruited 385 parents with a mean age of 35.4 (range: 19–59) years, and 59.2% were female and 40.8% were male. The mean ± SD knowledge score was 4.97 (1.42)/8 points and the practice score was 12.4 (2.13)/20 points. Parents with poor and good knowledge were 61.3% and 36.9% and those with poor and good practices were 55.3% and 44.7%, respectively. Female professionals with less children who were more aware of FBA significantly influenced knowledge, while having no incidence of FBA among children and having heard of FBA significantly influenced practices. CONCLUSION: We found that parental knowledge and practices toward FBA were insufficient. Educated females with less children that heard about FBA influenced parental knowledge. Also, having no incidence of FBA among children and being aware about FBA led to a better impact in parental practices. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-01 2021-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8132851/ /pubmed/34017726 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1500_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Parental knowledge and practices toward foreign body aspiration in children in the Al Qassim region of Saudi Arabia
title Parental knowledge and practices toward foreign body aspiration in children in the Al Qassim region of Saudi Arabia
title_full Parental knowledge and practices toward foreign body aspiration in children in the Al Qassim region of Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Parental knowledge and practices toward foreign body aspiration in children in the Al Qassim region of Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Parental knowledge and practices toward foreign body aspiration in children in the Al Qassim region of Saudi Arabia
title_short Parental knowledge and practices toward foreign body aspiration in children in the Al Qassim region of Saudi Arabia
title_sort parental knowledge and practices toward foreign body aspiration in children in the al qassim region of saudi arabia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8132851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34017726
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1500_20
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