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. 2022 Apr 22;41:327. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.41.327.33708

Table 2.

participants' knowledge about shaken baby syndrome (n = 577)

Question n %
Q1/ Do you think a shake the baby is
Non-harmful 56 9.7
Maybe harmful 242 41.9
Harmful 194 33.6
I don't know 85 14.7
Q2/ What do you think the sequence of shaken baby syndrome? (More than one answer can be chosen)
Blindness 65 11.3
Cerebral hemorrhage 237 41.1
Learning difficulties 157 27.2
Behavior change 227 39.3
Coma 139 24.1
No sequencies 145 25.1
Q3/ Do you think a shake infant leads to death?
Yes 166 28.8
No 411 71.2
Q4/ Do you think we can prevent the shaken baby syndrome?
Yes 516 89.4
No 61 10.6
Knowledge score (0-8)
Mean 2.95
Standard deviation 1.74
Knowledge level
Poor (0-4) 469 81.30
Good (5-8) 108 18.70