Awareness of Shaken Baby Syndrome among Saudi Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: Child abuse is a global problem. Shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is a result of child abuse, with shaking being the most common form of maltreatment, causing mortality or severe brain damage in infants. A lack of awareness of SBS among current and future healthcare professionals can have serious consequences. To date, no studies have been conducted in Saudi Arabia to examine student nurses' awareness of SBS, so we sought to assess this issue in an academic institution in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. For this questionnaire-based study, we employed a cross-sectional, descriptive design. The target population was nursing students from every year of study in the institution's five-year undergraduate nursing programme, who received an online questionnaire during the 2022-2023 academic year. The data were a

SUBMITTER: Alabdullah AAS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11202830 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature