Knowledge on care of autistic child among the mother’s attending Protibondhi Foundation, Dhaka

Authors

  • Nadira Parvin MPhil in Public Health (Epi & Bio), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka
  • Md Monoarul Haque Fellow, Dept of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, BangladeshUniversity of Health Sciences (BUHS), Dhaka
  • Md Rijwan Bhuiyan M.Phil in Public Health, Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences (BIHS), Dhaka
  • Monirul Haqe Lecturer of Physiotherapy, NITOR (Pongu Hospital), Dhaka
  • Pradip Kumar Saha Assistant Professor of Physiotherapy, NITOR (Pongu Hospital), Dhaka
  • ASM Mazharul Islam Consultant of Physiotherapy, Ibrahim General Hospital, Savar, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v14i2.21563

Keywords:

knowledge, autism, care

Abstract

Objective: Autism has a strong genetic basis, although the genetics of autism are complex and it is unclear. This descriptive type of cross sectional study was conducted to explore the knowledge on care of autistic children among the mothers attending Protibondhi Foundation, Dhaka.

Methods: A total of 385 samples were selected purposively, but due to time and budget constrict it was 150 finally. Data were collected by using an anonymous, pre-tested, semi structured and self-administered questionnaire.

Results: The study revealed that more than 50% of the respondents were in the age group 16-30 years, majority of the respondents were Muslim. Almost 84% of the respondents were SSC-Graduate and majority of them (nearly 50%) were housewife .The monthly family income was ranged between Taka 25,001-50,000 and its percentage was 53.3%. The knowledge about type of autism is very low, the data showed that only two types of autism they knew and the respondents knowledge about the risk factor was also very low; only 24% of the respondents had knowledge about complications during pregnancy and delivery related risk factors. About 28% needed physiotherapy, 30% needed occupational therapy, 34% needed speech therapy & 44.7% needed psychotherapy. Here significant association was found between age, education and knowledge about autism (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Overall knowledge on care of autistic child was not satisfactory among respondents.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.14(2) 2015 p.179-182

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Published

2015-04-18

How to Cite

Parvin, N., Haque, M. M., Bhuiyan, M. R., Haqe, M., Saha, P. K., & Islam, A. M. (2015). Knowledge on care of autistic child among the mother’s attending Protibondhi Foundation, Dhaka. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 14(2), 179–182. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v14i2.21563

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2015)

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