دورية أكاديمية
Awareness of audiology and speech-language pathology services among healthcare professionals in Saudi Arabia.
| العنوان: | Awareness of audiology and speech-language pathology services among healthcare professionals in Saudi Arabia. |
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| المؤلفون: | Alanazi AA; Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh. alanaziahm@ksau-hs.edu.sa., ALHarbi MF, AlMutairi AM, AlRashied MA, Abed R |
| المصدر: | The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings [S Afr J Commun Disord] 2024 Jun 07; Vol. 71 (1), pp. e1-e10. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 07. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: AOSIS Publishing Country of Publication: South Africa NLM ID: 7805099 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2225-4765 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 03798046 NLM ISO Abbreviation: S Afr J Commun Disord Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: <2015- > : Durbanville, South Africa : AOSIS Publishing Original Publication: Johannesburg, South African Speech and Hearing Assn. |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Audiology*/education , Speech-Language Pathology*, Humans ; Saudi Arabia ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Adult ; Male ; Female ; Young Adult ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Adolescent ; Health Personnel ; Middle Aged ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Attitude of Health Personnel ; Allied Health Personnel/education |
| مستخلص: | Background: Healthcare professionals are required to work effectively together to deliver the best healthcare services. Without awareness of other healthcare professionals' roles and responsibilities, interprofessional practice (IPP) cannot be optimally achieved. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate healthcare professionals' awareness of audiology and speech-language pathology (SLP) services in Saudi Arabia. Method: This cross-sectional descriptive study consisted of two parts. The content of a 20-item paper questionnaire was firstly validated. The full-scale study addressed the aim through distributing questionnaire items among potential participants. Descriptive statistics and chi-square test were used. Results: A total of 403 participants completed the questionnaires for the main study. Most of the participants were Saudi citizens (84.1%), aged 18 years - 40 years (84.8%) years, and lived in Riyadh region (76.2%). Allied health professionals (40.2%), physicians (22.6%), nursing (15.4%) and dentistry (11.2%) were the main group of participants working mainly at governmental hospitals (69.2%). Of the total participants, 92.6% and 95.3% reported being fully aware of the services provided by audiologists and SLPs, respectively. No statistically significant association between the specialty of participants and their familiarity with the scope of practice for SLPs and audiologists was determined. Conclusion: Our study examined healthcare professionals' awareness of audiology and SLP services and revealed a high level of awareness.Contribution: The existed level of awareness is expected to facilitate IPP and enhance the quality of care. Still, awareness campaigns about audiology and SLP services are needed to address the existing lack of knowledge among some healthcare professionals. |
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| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Saudi Arabia; audiology; awareness; interprofessional practice; knowledge; speech-language pathology |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20240701 Date Completed: 20240701 Latest Revision: 20240705 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240705 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC11219645 |
| DOI: | 10.4102/sajcd.v71i1.1043 |
| PMID: | 38949430 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 2225-4765 |
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| DOI: | 10.4102/sajcd.v71i1.1043 |