Al-Shammary Ahoud Ali, Almutairi Amal Kharallah, Alharbi Saja Abdullah, Alturki Nora Mohammed, Altammami Abdulaziz Ibrahim R, Aloraini Raghad Abdullah, Aljofan Albatool Falah, Alanazi Hani, Orfali Hamza A
College of Medicine Majmaah University Majmaah Saudi Arabia.
Department of Surgical Specialities, College of Medicine Majmaah University Majmaah Saudi Arabia.
Health Sci Rep. 2025 May 12;8(5):e70651. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70651. eCollection 2025 May.
Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is common in the pediatric population, typically between 6 months and 4 years. It can be life-threatening and cause complications such as obstructive bronchitis, recurrent bronchopneumonia, emphysema, and atelectasis. Public awareness and education about risk factors and behaviors to reduce the risk of FBA have been identified as one of the most crucial approaches to prevent the problem or minimize its effects.
A study in Majmaah, Saudi Arabia, aimed to evaluate parental practices and awareness about their children's FBA. The study included 462 parents, both Saudi and non-Saudi, aged 18 and above. The data were collected through an electronic questionnaire in Arabic and English, and analyzed using SPSS software. The study aimed to provide insight into local parents' attitudes and actions toward their children's aspirations.
A total of 462 parents participated in this study questionnaire, with 367 (79.44%) being mothers and 95 (20.56%) fathers of children. The majority of mothers (67.3%) and fathers (56.8%) indicated that children aged 1-5 years were more prone to swallowing or inhaling foreign objects, while a smaller percentage of mothers (21.8%) and fathers (23.2%) reported this risk for children under 1 year. The Internet emerged as the primary source of information on FBA, with 21% of parents relying on it. However, the findings revealed that (20%) of parents exhibited low levels of knowledge and practices related to FBA.
The research revealed significant associations between demographic factors and ignorance, including sex and peanut feeding. Educational level changed the way individuals considered the presence of foreign bodies in the airway system and enhanced knowledge of what to do during an emergency as well as confidence in grown-ups' ability to handle such situations.
异物吸入（FBA）在儿童群体中很常见，通常发生在6个月至4岁之间。它可能危及生命，并导致诸如阻塞性支气管炎、复发性支气管肺炎、肺气肿和肺不张等并发症。提高公众对降低FBA风险的危险因素和行为的认识与教育，已被确定为预防该问题或尽量减少其影响的最关键方法之一。
沙特阿拉伯马吉马的一项研究旨在评估父母对其子女FBA的认知及做法。该研究纳入了462名年龄在18岁及以上的沙特和非沙特父母。数据通过阿拉伯语和英语的电子问卷收集，并使用SPSS软件进行分析。该研究旨在深入了解当地父母对其子女异物吸入情况的态度和行动。
共有462名父母参与了本研究问卷，其中有367名（79.44%）是孩子的母亲，95名（20.56%）是孩子的父亲。大多数母亲（67.3%）和父亲（56.8%）表示，1至5岁的儿童更容易吞咽或吸入异物，而只有较小比例的母亲（21.8%）和父亲（23.2%）报告1岁以下儿童存在这种风险。互联网成为FBA信息的主要来源，21%的父母依赖它。然而，研究结果显示，20%的父母对FBA的知识和做法水平较低。
研究揭示了人口统计学因素与认知不足之间的显著关联，包括性别和花生喂养。教育水平改变了个体对气道系统中异物存在的看法，并增强了对紧急情况应对措施的了解以及对成年人处理此类情况能力的信心。
