Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice on first aid management of choking and associated factors among kindergarten teachers in Addis Ababa governmental schools, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A cross-sectional institution-based study

Autor: Andualem Wubetie Aniley, Ali Maalim Issack, Tilahun Jiru
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Male
Questionnaires
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
Physiology
Social Sciences
Families
Mathematical and Statistical Techniques
Sociology
Psychological Attitudes
Surveys and Questionnaires
Coughing
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
Multiple logistic regression analysis
Child
Thrust
Children
media_common
Response rate (survey)
Multidisciplinary
Schools
Physics
Statistics
Classical Mechanics
Middle Aged
Professions
Research Design
Child
Preschool
Physical Sciences
Regression Analysis
Medicine
Female
Research Article
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
media_common.quotation_subject
Science
education
Research and Analysis Methods
Education
Signs and Symptoms
Intervention (counseling)
medicine
Institution
First Aid
Humans
Statistical Methods
Survey Research
Infant
Biology and Life Sciences
Teachers
medicine.disease
Airway Obstruction
Cross-Sectional Studies
Age Groups
Family medicine
People and Places
Population Groupings
Ethiopia
Positive attitude
School Teachers
Clinical Medicine
Choking
Physiological Processes
Mathematics
Pediatric population
First aid
Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0255331 (2021)
PLoS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Background Choking refers to a blockage of upper airways by food or other objects resulting in interruption of breathing. It is a medical emergency that needs immediate action by anyone near by the victim to save life. Chocking is a major cause of illness and death in the pediatric population under the age of 5 years. Children at this age spent more time in their school and are at high risk during their feeding and playing. Immediate provision of first aid in response to choking by a preschool teacher will help to decrease the risk of developing life-threatening complications, length of hospital stays, the cost of treatment, and death. Methods Institutional-based cross-sectional study design was applied to the study area using pretested, structured, and self-administered questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS version 25. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with Knowledge, attitude, and practice of kindergarten teachers towards first aid management of choking. Results A total of 224 Kindergarten teachers were involved in the study with a response rate of 95%. Only eighty-three (37%) of them were knowledgeable and 97 (43.3%) have faced a choked child in the school compound. Of these, only 42 (43.2%) had provided first aid to the victim. Most of the respondents 95.1% had a positive attitude towards choking first aid and 57.1% of them agreed that choking needs immediate management. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that Kindergarten teachers with the previous first aid training were 2.9 times more knowledgeable than those kindergarten teachers without previous first aid training (AOR: 2.902, 95% CI: 1.612, 5.227) Conclusions The level of knowledge and skills for providing first aid for choking children among kindergarten teachers is low. There is a need for urgent intervention to train teachers regarding the provision of first aid for choking children.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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