Al-Motlaq Mohammad, Al-Sheyab Nihaya
Department of Maternal, Child & Family Health, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.
Department of Maternal Child Health, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2018 May;18(2):e161-e166. doi: 10.18295/squmj.2018.18.02.007. Epub 2018 Sep 9.
This study aimed to examine non-asthmatic children's acceptance of and attitudes towards their asthmatic peers in Jordan.
This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between September 2015 and January 2016 among 1,812 non-asthmatic children aged 9-13 years old at 10 schools in Zarqa, Jordan. Arabic versions of the Peers Attitude Towards Children with Asthma scale and the Asthma Knowledge Test for Children were used to assess attitudes towards children with asthma and asthma-related knowledge, respectively.
A total of 1,586 children participated in the study (response rate: 87.5%). Of these, 158 (10%) and 399 (25.2%) children reported a family history of asthma or knew at least one person with asthma, respectively. Although 50.3% stated that they would sit next to such children in the classroom, only 34.9% reported that they would be friends with an asthmatic child. However, 73.1% of the non-asthmatic children believed that asthmatic children were not pretending to be ill and 61.4% believed that such children were not ill due to their own carelessness. Female non-asthmatic children ( <0.001), those with a family history of asthma ( = 0.004) and those who knew other individuals with asthma ( <0.001) had significantly more positive attitudes towards and acceptance of their asthmatic peers. In addition, age was significantly related to attitude scores ( <0.001). However, there was no correlation between asthma-related knowledge and the children's attitudes towards peers with asthma ( = 0.611).
Previous interactions with asthmatic family members or peers were found to significantly influence non-asthmatic children's attitudes towards their asthmatic peers.
本研究旨在调查约旦非哮喘儿童对哮喘同伴的接纳程度和态度。
本描述性横断面研究于2015年9月至2016年1月在约旦扎尔卡的10所学校中1812名9至13岁的非哮喘儿童中进行。分别使用阿拉伯语版的《同龄人对哮喘儿童的态度量表》和《儿童哮喘知识测试》来评估对哮喘儿童的态度和哮喘相关知识。
共有1586名儿童参与了研究（应答率：87.5%）。其中，分别有158名（10%）和399名（25.2%）儿童报告有哮喘家族史或认识至少一名哮喘患者。尽管50.3%的儿童表示他们会在教室里坐在这类儿童旁边，但只有34.9%的儿童报告说他们会与哮喘儿童成为朋友。然而，73.1%的非哮喘儿童认为哮喘儿童不是在假装生病，61.4%的儿童认为这类儿童生病不是因为自己粗心。女性非哮喘儿童（<0.001）、有哮喘家族史的儿童（=0.004）以及认识其他哮喘患者的儿童（<0.001）对哮喘同伴的态度和接纳程度明显更积极。此外，年龄与态度得分显著相关（<0.001）。然而，哮喘相关知识与儿童对哮喘同伴的态度之间没有相关性（=0.611）。
发现与哮喘家庭成员或同伴的既往互动会显著影响非哮喘儿童对哮喘同伴的态度。
