Ana Cristina Mafla, Mauricio Herrera-López, Carmen Gallardo-Pino, Falk Schwendicke
Psychometric Testing of HeLD-14 in a Colombian Geriatric Population
International journal of dentistry
child suffering attention deficit hyperactivity disorder adhd faces many difficulties social well academic performances school teachers knowledge attitude towards adhd play vital role early detection referral child treatment centers existing reports however indicate alarming rate problem highly neglected subsaharan africa present study designed determine knowledge attitude factors affecting elementary school teachers adhd institutionalbased crosssectional study design conducted gondar town towns nearby gondar february 24 march 24 2020 data collected structured self administered questionnaires using knowledge attention deficit disorders scale adhdspecific attitudes measurement tools entered epiinfo version 7 exported spss version 20 analysis bivariable multivariate logistic regressions fitted identify factors associated knowledge attitude elementary school teachers variables pvalue 005 95 ci considered statistically significant 636 respondents 448 95 ci 412 484 841 95 ci 810 868 elementary school teachers good knowledge favorable attitude towards adhd respectively diploma aor 3028 95 ci 16305625 reading adhd leaflets aor 2035 95 ci 1391 2950 search adhd internet aor 1793 95 ci 1090 2950 significantly associated teachers knowledge adhd whereas working experience teaching child adhd aor 1852 95 ci 1195287 watching adhd mass media aor 172 95 ci 105628 positively predicts teachers attitude towards adhd proportion teachers knowledge towards adhd low contrast attitude relatively satisfactory strengthening teachers educational upgrading system frequent fair distribution leaflets written address adhd installation internet system schools continuous adhd awareness creation programs mass media highly recommended