Asim Alhejaili, Heather Wharrad, Richard Windle
Developing a Tool for Assessing the Process of Seeking Health Information: Online Think-Aloud Method
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
child abuse neglect several short longterm consequences victim though deaf hardofhearing children higher risk maltreated compared hearing children little research saudi arabia focused population determine prevalence child maltreatment examine association depression anxiety among sample deaf hardofhearing students saudi arabia recruited secondary schools southern saudi arabia sample included 186 deaf hardofhearing students aged 1417 years 157 years sd 341 years data collected using child abuse selfreport scale center epidemiological studies depression scale children generalized anxiety disorder questionnaire bivariate linear regression analyses conducted using spss 20 473 students exposed severe severe child maltreatment severity maltreatment varied based parents educational income level number children family deaf hardofhearing students gender parents hearing status linear regression analysis indicated child maltreatment significant predictor depression anxiety sample considering sociodemographic factors influencing prevalence maltreatment present study seems important work parents deaf hardofhearing children improve skills rearing child special needs addressing social stigma social barriers experienced dhh individuals familial institutional community interventions may first step toward longterm prevention maltreatment among dhh children