Parents’ knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 in children: A Jordanian Study

IF 2.4 4区医学 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL International Journal of Clinical Practice Pub Date : 2020-08-11 DOI:10.1111/ijcp.13671

Sawsan Abuhammad

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Abstract

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a rapid global spread. All individuals of all age groups are at risk of COVID-19. This study aims to describe the knowledge and attitude of Jordanian parents regarding COVID-19 in children, including clinical signs of the disease, modes of transmission and protection measures.

Method

A cross-section study amongst Jordanian parents was conducted. The size of the sample was 810. Information regarding the clinical signs of the disease, modes of transmission, protection measures against COVID-19 and satisfaction with governmental measures was collected.

Results

The findings indicate that the parents had a good understanding of the clinical signs, mode of transmission and protection measures and were satisfied with governmental measures. According to the parents’ responses, the resource they used the most about COVID-19 was social media (78%), followed by news channels. Many correctly stated that fever was a clinical sign, followed by cough (77%). Almost 90% of the parents have an appropriate attitude towards companioning children within crowds. Generally, people are more susceptible to the virus within crowds.

Conclusions

In summary, we believe that the findings reported here are important for understanding the clinical characteristics and vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 infection in children, from the perspective of parents. The knowledge of parents about COVID-19 in children was considered good in the case of most parents. This knowledge helps with creating educational programs to increase awareness for areas that have weaknesses.

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父母对儿童COVID-19的知识和态度:一项约旦研究

2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)在全球迅速蔓延。所有年龄组的所有人都有感染COVID-19的风险。本研究旨在描述约旦父母对儿童COVID-19的知识和态度，包括疾病的临床症状，传播方式和保护措施。方法对约旦父母进行横断面调查。样品的大小为810。收集了疾病的临床症状、传播方式、COVID-19防护措施以及对政府措施的满意度等信息。结果家长对儿童感染的临床症状、传播方式和防护措施有较好的了解，对政府采取的措施表示满意。根据家长的回答，他们使用最多的关于COVID-19的资源是社交媒体(78%)，其次是新闻频道。许多人正确地指出发烧是临床症状，其次是咳嗽(77%)。近90%的家长对陪伴孩子在人群中有适当的态度。一般来说，人们在人群中更容易感染这种病毒。综上所述，我们认为本研究结果对于从家长角度了解COVID-19儿童感染的临床特征和垂直传播潜力具有重要意义。大多数家长认为家长对儿童COVID-19的了解良好。这些知识有助于创建教育计划，以提高对有弱点的领域的认识。

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International Journal of Clinical Practice 医学-医学：内科

CiteScore

5.30

自引率

0.00%

发文量

274

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

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