Knowledge about childhood autism among health workers (KCAHW) questionnaire: description, reliability and internal consistency.
Knowledge about childhood autism among health workers (KCAHW) questionnaire: description, reliability and internal consistency.
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10.1186/1745-0179-4-17
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2008-06-06
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Menkiti, Nkem C
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Bakare, Muideen O;Ebigbo, Peter O;Menkiti, Nkem C
背景：在尼日利亚和其他撒哈拉以南非洲国家，卫生工作者和一般社区对儿童自闭症的知识和认识很低。对儿童自闭症的认识和认识不足，特别是卫生工作者对儿童自闭症的认识和认识不足，可能影响早期识别和干预措施，而这些措施已被认为可以改善自闭症儿童的预后。在为这些儿童制定政策和设计干预措施时，需要开发一种可靠的工具，可用于评估卫生工作者关于儿童自闭症的基本知识，以及未来继续教育和提高认识运动可能对这些基本知识产生的影响。为此，设计了卫生工作者儿童自闭症知识调查表。方法：KCAHW问卷是一份19（19）题自填问卷，分为四个领域。KCAHW调查问卷被分发给50名参与尼日利亚东南部社区精神卫生服务的精神科护士完成。两周后，再次对50名精神科护士进行问卷调查，以评估其对儿童自闭症的认知，并评估问卷的重测信度和内部一致性。结果：KCAHW问卷对第一次给药和第二次给药时的均分和总分进行比较，显示出良好的重测信度。四项平均领域得分与第一次和第二次给药时的平均总分显著相关。当四个领域的平均得分与平均总分相关时，问卷也具有良好的整体内部一致性（Cronbach's alpha = 0.97）。结论：KCAHW问卷是评估卫生工作者儿童自闭症知识的可靠工具。这将是一个有用的工具，有助于改善撒哈拉以南非洲和世界上其他发展中国家受影响儿童对自闭症特征的早期识别，这些国家对儿童自闭症的知识和认识都很低。
BACKGROUND: Knowledge and awareness about childhood autism is low among health workers and the general community in Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countries. Poor knowledge and awareness about childhood autism, especially among health workers can compromise early recognition and interventions which had been known to improve prognosis in children with autism. In formulating policy and designing interventions for these children, there is need to develop a reliable tool that can be used in assessing baseline knowledge about childhood autism among health workers and the impact that future continued education and awareness campaign may have on such baseline knowledge. Knowledge about childhood autism among health workers (KCAHW) questionnaire was designed for this purpose.METHODS: The KCAHW questionnaire is a nineteen (19) item self-administered questionnaire that is divided into four domains. KCAHW questionnaires were distributed to fifty (50) psychiatric nurses involved in community mental health services in South-Eastern Nigeria to complete. After two weeks period, the KCAHW questionnaires were re-administered to the same fifty (50) psychiatric nurses to assess their knowledge about childhood autism and to assess the test-retest reliability and internal consistency of this questionnaire.RESULTS: KCAHW questionnaire showed good test-retest reliability when the mean domain and total scores at first and second time administration were compared. The four mean domain scores and the mean total scores at first and second time administration were significantly correlated. The questionnaire also had a good overall internal consistency when the mean scores of the four domains were correlated with mean total scores (Cronbach's alpha = 0.97).CONCLUSION: The KCAHW questionnaire is a reliable tool for assessing knowledge of health workers about childhood autism. It would be a useful tool in improving early recognition of features of autism among affected children in Sub-Saharan African and other developing countries of the world where knowledge and awareness about childhood autism is low.