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Knowledge and Attitude of Families and Health Care Providers towards Autism

Abeer M. Alharbi

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Abeer Mohammed Alharbi
Department of Pediatrics -King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital
King Abdulaziz Medical City - Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Tel: +9666555266053, 0118011111 Ext 53575
Fax: 0112377049
Email: AbeerAlharbi@hotmail.com Harbia2@Ngha.Med.SA

Received on: June 20, 2018, Accepted on: June 29, 2018, Published on: July 06, 2018

Citation: Abeer Mohammed Alharbi (2018). Knowledge and Attitude of Families and Health Care Providers towards Autism

Copyright: 2018 Abeer Mohammed Alharbi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract
Objective: To assess families and health care provider's awareness, beliefs and attitudes regarding autism spectrum disorders
Methods: The study was a cross-sectional study conducted at King Abdulaziz Medical City and National Guard primary health centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in April 2010. A validated autism awareness questionnaire was used to assess participants' knowledge regarding the causes, treatment and outcomes
Related to autism as well as their attitude towards autistic children. Two groups of respondents were assessed and compared: families of children with autism and healthcare providers.
Results: In total (1451) respondents completed the survey. About two thirds (66.3%) of respondents were familiar with autism and their knowledge and awareness was not affected by their gender (P= 0.6) or age (p= 0.7). However, knowledge was significantly higher among those with higher education (p=0.0001) and among health care providers (p= 0.002).
Only 22.7% thought that autism was curable, and 40.0% believed that early diagnosis and intervention can help children with autism. Most respondents demonstrated positive attitudes towards children with autism (p= 0.007).
Conclusion: The findings of this study highlight care givers' and health care providers' beliefs and attitudes regarding autism.

Keywords: Awareness, Autism, Saudi Arabia