Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Parents Facing Child and Adolescent Obesity in Brazzaville, Congo.

Autor:	Mabiala Babela JR; University Hospital Center of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo., Nika ER; University Hospital Center of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo., Nkounkou Milandou KG; University Hospital Center of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo., Missambou Mandilou SV; University Hospital Center of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo., Bouangui Bazolana SB; Far East Rand Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa., Monabeka HG; University Hospital Center of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo., Moyen G; University Hospital Center of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Global pediatric health [Glob Pediatr Health] 2016 Nov 07; Vol. 3, pp. 2333794X16675546. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Nov 07 (Print Publication: 2016).
DOI:	10.1177/2333794X16675546
Abstrakt:	The study aimed to assess obesity-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices of parents when facing child and adolescent obesity in order to improve the quality of care. A case-control study was conducted from February 1 to July 1, 2013. The study compared parents of obese school children (group 1 or cases; n = 254) and those school children without obesity (group 2 or controls; n = 254). These children were drawn from public and private primary schools of Brazzaville (Congo). Obesity-related knowledge was satisfactory in 83.5% of the cases, attitudes were correct in 29% of the cases, and the practices good in 25.6% of the cases. The parents' obesity-related knowledge was satisfactory when the socioeconomic level of the family was high ( P < .02), the mothers' educational level greater than primary ( P < .001), and the fathers' educational level was greater than primary ( P < 10 -4 ). The same observation was obtained with obesity-related attitudes and practices of the parents when correct. This influence remained after the adaptation of fathers' educational level. In conclusion, the disease-related knowledge of parents can be considered satisfactory in the majority of the cases; however, obesity-related attitudes and practices remain incorrect in most of the cases. Competing Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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