Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head, and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Front Public Health. 2023 Jul 13;11:1128334. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1128334. eCollection 2023.
Population knowledge and attitudes toward obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome are critical to public health initiatives to overcome the disease. Healthcare education is an appropriate approach to expediting the process to build active medical practice models in the public.
This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding OSA and healthcare education demand among the Chinese general population.
A cross-sectional survey was performed online via Wenjuanxing in China between 8 February and 8 March 2022, using a 34-item questionnaire designed and reviewed by multidisciplinary experts.
This study enrolled 1507 respondents, aged 18 to 68, with a city-to-countryside ratio of approximately 2:1. Four-fifths of respondents reported that they had children ( = 1237), and mothers accounted for 57.7%. If they or their children had symptoms of OSA, nearly nine in 10 respondents would undertake positive medical practices, especially parents. A total of 89.4% of the respondents reported a desire to receive healthcare education through the new multimedia approach, and most were concerned about the etiology of OSA.
The current study indicated that even the higher educated and urban populations in China had insufficient knowledge about positive attitudes toward and practices regarding OSA, indicating an urgent demand for healthcare education. A special emphasis should be placed on appropriating population demand for healthcare education and promoting the benefits of active medical practice models in sleep medicine.
人口对阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停（OSA）综合征的认识和态度对公共卫生举措克服这种疾病至关重要。医疗保健教育是促进建立公共领域积极医疗实践模式的适宜方法。
本研究旨在评估中国一般人群对 OSA 的知识、态度和实践（KAP）水平以及对医疗保健教育的需求。
2022 年 2 月 8 日至 3 月 8 日，在中国通过问卷星进行了一项横断面在线调查，使用了由多学科专家设计和审查的 34 项问卷。
本研究纳入了 1507 名年龄在 18 至 68 岁的受访者，城市与农村的比例约为 2:1。五分之四的受访者报告说他们有孩子（=1237），其中母亲占 57.7%。如果他们或他们的孩子有 OSA 症状，近十分之九的受访者会采取积极的医疗措施，尤其是父母。89.4%的受访者表示希望通过新的多媒体方法接受医疗保健教育，并且大多数人关注 OSA 的病因。
本研究表明，即使是受过高等教育和居住在城市的中国人对 OSA 的积极态度和实践也知之甚少，这表明对医疗保健教育的需求迫切。应特别重视适应人口对医疗保健教育的需求，并促进睡眠医学中积极医疗实践模式的益处。
