Obstructive Sleep Apnea Awareness among Primary Care Physicians in Africa

Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Dental Students and Fresh Graduates from Saudi Arabia

“…Similar studies which have used OSAKA-KIDS elsewhere reported higher knowledge levels of physicians about pediatric OSA (58.3–66.7%) [ 15 , 27 ] than that reported in the present study (30.5%). Many studies have reported lower knowledge levels of medical students and graduates about OSA than experienced doctors and specialists using the OSAKA questionnaire [ 15 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 27 , 31 , 32 ]. One of those studies reported that knowledge of physicians about pediatric OSA lagged behind that of adults [ 27 ].…”

“…This study is the first to assess knowledge of graduating medical and dental students as well as fresh graduates about pediatric OSA, particularly in Saudi Arabia. In the current study, the questionnaire which was used as the study instrument was developed to suit both medical and dental participants as OSAKA-KIDS, which was the only reliable questionnaire about pediatric OSA, focused on knowledge of physicians and was not designed for dentists or dental students [ 15 , 26 , 27 ]. Though a possibility still exists that the questionnaire we used did not cover all important information about pediatric OSA, it still contained some major topic areas which a fresh medical or dental graduate should know including the epidemiology, risk factors, diagnosis, signs and symptoms and whom to refer suspected cases.…”

“…Previously, Bian. [ 17 ] and Jokubauskas et al [ 14 ] reported strong positive attitudes of dentists toward OSA despite having limited knowledge of the condition using different questionnaires, while Chang et al [ 27 ] failed to find a strong positive correlation between physicians’ knowledge and attitudes about OSA in adults and children.…”

“…Many studies have reported lower knowledge levels of medical students and graduates about OSA than experienced doctors and specialists using the OSAKA questionnaire [ 15 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 27 , 31 , 32 ]. One of those studies reported that knowledge of physicians about pediatric OSA lagged behind that of adults [ 27 ]. This can be attributed to the lack of experience of students and fresh graduates [ 21 , 22 ].…”

Asistan hekimlerin Obstrüktif Uyku Apne Sendromu ile ilgili bilgi ve tutumlarının değerlendirilmesi

“…Tablo 2'te asistan hekimlerin demografik özellikleri ile OSAKA anketi bilgi puanları gösterilmektedir. Tüm katılımcıların ortalama OSAKA bilgi puanı ± SD 12,78±1,96 (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) idi. Aile hekimliği asistanlarının bilgi puanı ortalaması 12,64±2,37, dahiliye asistanlarının 12,41±1,68, nöroloji asistanlarının 13,00±1,15, KBB asistanlarının 13,20±1,92, göğüs hastalıkları asistanlarının 14,17±1,16'dır.…”