Knowledge and Attitude of Nurses Towards Childhood Autism at Selected Governmental Hospitals Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mekonnen, Hussen (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tasew, Salem | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-18T07:03:32Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T09:01:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-18T07:03:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T09:01:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Autism is a neuro developmental disorder which occur in early childhood period and it is characterized by altered social interaction, communication problem, repetitive, and stereotyped behavior. Objective: To assess knowledge and attitude of nurses towards childhood autism at selected governmental hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from March to June 2016. Methods: Hospital based cross-sectional study design was used. Sample size was calculated by using single population proportion sample formula and the final sample size was 360. Final study subjects were selected by using systematic random sampling method. Data were collected using structured self-administered questionnaires and it was coded and entered to Epi-data version 3.1and exported to SPSS version 21 for analysis. Descriptive statistics such as frequency and percent was carried out and analysis of variance was carried out to compute the association between the dependent and independent variables. P-value less than 0.05 at 95% CI was indicated presence of association between dependent and independent variables. Then turkey post-hoc testing was carried out to identify the significant of group mean difference. P-value less than 0.05 at 95% CI was indicated presence of significant mean difference between dependent and independent variables. Independent t test was also done to see the association between dependent variables and independent variable with two means Result- The mean score for knowledge related question was 8.79 ± 0.44. .In this study out of 331 nurses 180 [54.35 %] had good knowledge, Age of respondents [F-Ratio = 2.8, P-value = 0. 04], level of education [F-ratio = 13.97, P–value = 0.000] and work experience [F-Ratio = 3.07 P– value = 0.017] had significant association with knowledge of nurses towards childhood autism. Regarding attitude of nurses 178(53.8 %) and have favorable attitude. Conclusion and recommendation- knowledge deficiency was found in this study which could deprive the quality of care that is given for autistic children. This result can be taken as the predictor of the need to improve knowledge and attitude of nurses towards childhood autism, which could ultimately enhance the quality of care that is given to autistic children. Key word-Autism, knowledge and Attitude | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/9137 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Autism | en_US |
| dc.subject | knowledge and Attitude | en_US |
| dc.title | Knowledge and Attitude of Nurses Towards Childhood Autism at Selected Governmental Hospitals Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016 | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |