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 |