Survey on autism knowledge of child health care professionals in primary health care institutions in Guangzhou
10.3760/cma.j.cn114798-20231216-00454
- VernacularTitle:广州市基层医疗卫生机构儿童保健从业人员孤独症谱系障碍相关知识的知晓情况调查
- Author:
Shaomin LU
1
;
Yan HU
;
Bingjie MA
;
Yanfei XING
;
Yanyan SONG
;
Jingjing LIANG
Author Information
1. 广州医科大学附属妇女儿童医疗中心儿童保健部，广州 510623
- Keywords:
Autism spectrum disorder;
Primary health care institutions;
Child health;
Knowledge
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2024;23(4):361-367
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the knowledge of autism among child health care professionals in primary health care institutions.Methods:The study was a cross-sectional survey. An online questionnaire survey was conducted from February to March 2023 in primary health care institutions in Guangzhou to investigate the knowledge on autism among medical staff engaged in children′s health services and the influencing factors.Results:A total of 341 questionnaires were returned and 312 questionnaires were valid with a recovery rate of 91.5%. The age of 312 respondents was (35.9±7.9) years, of which 303 (97.1%) were female. One hundred and fifty-two (48.7%) child health care professionals in primary health care institutions had received specialist training in assessing the psychological and behavioral development of children, and only 139 (44.6%) reported that they were aware of the"five no"principle for early identification of autism. The questionnaire scores were 88.1% pass (275/312) and 53.2% excellent (166/312). The three questions with low accuracy were: autism can be cured with drugs, autism has a genetic basis and rehabilitation training has no effect, and the accuracy for these questions was 42.6% (133/312), 52.2% (163/312) and 70.2% (219/312), respectively. The passing of autism-related knowledge was positively associated with receiving relevant training ( OR=2.585, 95% CI:1.200-5.569), and the excellence was positively associated with the highest education ( OR=1.939, 95% CI:1.220-3.083) and receiving relevant training ( OR=2.016, 95% CI:1.247-3.260). Conclusions:There is a need for more professional training in autism knowledge among child health care professionals in primary health care institutions.
