Knowledge and attitudes towards dementia among health professionals in Somaliland: a pilot survey.

IF 1.7 Q2 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

BMC Research Notes Pub Date : 2025-08-18 DOI:10.1186/s13104-025-07446-2

Mohamed Abdilahi Duale, Tewelde Tesfaye Gebremariam

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Abstract

Objectives: This study was aimed to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of healthcare professionals in Somaliland towards dementia.

Methods: Between June and July 2023, we administered an adapted online survey consisting of 30 Alzheimer's disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS) true or false statements and 10 Dementia Care Attitude Scale (DCAS) Likert-scale items. The reliability of the Likert-scale DCAS items was assessed using Cronbach's alpha. The distribution of responses to DCAS statements was examined using a binomial test, and the relationship between knowledge or attitude and sample characteristics was assessed using Pearson's chi-squared test or Fisher's exact test.

Results: The overall validity (Cronbach's alpha) for DCAS statements (0.88) was greater than 0.80, indicating good level of internal consistency. Out of 107 healthcare workers who completed the survey, 53.3% had unfavourable attitude towards dementia care, and 49.5% had a moderate-to-high knowledge level.

Conclusions: Our pilot survey revealed a lack of knowledge and attitudes about dementia among health professionals and urges high quality surveys to validate the results.

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索马里兰保健专业人员对痴呆症的知识和态度：一项试点调查。

目的：本研究旨在评估索马里兰医疗保健专业人员对痴呆症的知识和态度。方法：在2023年6月至7月期间，我们实施了一项由30个阿尔茨海默病知识量表（ADKS）真假陈述和10个痴呆护理态度量表（DCAS）李克特量表组成的改编在线调查。李克特量表DCAS项目的信度采用Cronbach’s alpha进行评估。对DCAS陈述的反应分布采用二项检验，知识或态度与样本特征之间的关系采用Pearson卡方检验或Fisher精确检验。结果：DCAS语句的总体效度（Cronbach’s alpha）为0.88，大于0.80，表明内部一致性较好。在完成调查的107名医护人员中，53.3%的人对痴呆症护理持不良态度，49.5%的人对痴呆症护理有中高知识水平。结论：我们的试点调查揭示了卫生专业人员对痴呆症的知识和态度的缺乏，并敦促高质量的调查来验证结果。

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