Almutairi Abdulhakeem N, Altuaysi Abdullah M, Alwhaid Mohammed S, Alhasson Muath A, Alharbi Meshari A, Alsalam Hawra'a A, Almazyadi Hashim A, Almuqbil Abdulrahman Ahmed
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department, Qassim University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
ENT Resident, Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery Department, King Saud Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Feb;11(2):644-652. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1399_21. Epub 2022 Feb 16.
Ear health and hearing loss (HL) among infants has devastating outcomes. With most HL being deemed preventable, the assessment of one's knowledge and attitude regarding this impairment is important. In Saudi Arabia, the state of the general population's knowledge on infant HL remains unknown.
To determine and further elucidate the general population's knowledge and attitude with regard to HL in Saudi Arabia.
This is a cross-sectional survey-based study conducted on the general population of Saudi Arabia. A predetermined questionnaire was translated into Arabic. This was distributed among the targeted participants in several provinces of Saudi Arabia (central, northern, eastern, western, and southern) by using an online survey via social media. The data were collected and analyzed via the SPSS program.
The knowledge with moderate, poor, and good was determined among 60.9%, 29.6%, and 9.4% of the participants, respectively. The participants with positive and negative attitudes were detected among 92.6% and 7.4% of respondents, respectively. Increasing age was associated with better attitude, while increased knowledge was directly related to higher educational attainment. Those who have a child with HL had nearly twice as poor knowledge as those who do not have a child with HL ( < 0.001).
Although most of the respondents possessed a positive attitude toward infant HL, their knowledge about it seems to be lacking. Thus, there is a need to address these knowledge gaps regarding infant HL.
婴儿的耳部健康和听力损失会产生灾难性后果。由于大多数听力损失被认为是可预防的，因此评估人们对这种损伤的知识和态度很重要。在沙特阿拉伯，普通民众对婴儿听力损失的了解情况尚不清楚。
确定并进一步阐明沙特阿拉伯普通民众对听力损失的知识和态度。
这是一项基于横断面调查的研究，针对沙特阿拉伯的普通民众进行。一份预先确定的问卷被翻译成阿拉伯语。通过社交媒体在线调查，将其分发给沙特阿拉伯几个省份（中部、北部、东部、西部和南部）的目标参与者。通过SPSS程序收集和分析数据。
参与者中知识水平中等、较差和良好的分别占60.9%、29.6%和9.4%。受访者中态度积极和消极的分别占92.6%和7.4%。年龄增长与更好的态度相关，而知识增加与更高的教育程度直接相关。有听力损失孩子的人比没有听力损失孩子的人知识水平差近两倍（<0.001）。
尽管大多数受访者对婴儿听力损失持积极态度，但他们对此的了解似乎不足。因此，有必要解决这些关于婴儿听力损失的知识差距。
