Knowledge and awareness level of healthcare professional candidate students on inherited metabolic diseases: a cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education

Research

Tuğba Küçükkasap Cömert¹  Nevra Koç¹ 

[1] Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Gülhane Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey;

关键词: Inborn metabolic diseases;    Healthcare students;    Knowledge;    Awareness;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-023-04548-y

 received in 2023-02-24, accepted in 2023-07-28,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundHealthcare professionals play a key role in the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of inborn metabolic diseases. However, the level of inborn metabolic disease knowledge of prospective healthcare professional students in our country has not yet been determined. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge of healthcare professional candidate students about inborn metabolic diseases.MethodsThe knowledge levels of 761 students enrolled in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Child Development, Midwifery, Occupational Therapy, Audiology, Health Management and Social Work at Gülhane Faculty of Health Sciences, Health Sciences University, were evaluated through a questionnaire using a face-to-face interview technique. Correct answers to the questions measuring the level of knowledge were scored as “1”, and incorrect answers were scored as “0”.ResultsThe mean knowledge-level score of the individuals was 14.23 ± 4.56. A total of 56.0% of individuals had heard about inborn metabolic diseases before, 37.8% had heard of rare disease organizations/platforms before, and 16.8% had encountered an awareness campaign about inborn metabolic diseases. The level of exposure to awareness-raising campaigns, department of education, and grade level were shown to be factors affecting knowledge levels.ConclusionIt is necessary to improve the awareness and knowledge levels of health professional candidates involved in the treatment of inborn metabolic diseases. Education curricula in health sciences faculties should be evaluated with this aspect.

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