[
    {
        "id": "osp-10177",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Parental Attitude Towards the Prescription of Psychotropic Medications for Mental Disorders in Children in a Tertiary Care University Hospital in Oman",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al-Harthi",
                "given": "Hiba"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Huseini",
                "given": "Salim"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Shukaili",
                "given": "Mohammed"
            },
            {
                "family": "Chan",
                "given": "Moon Fai"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Mahrouqi",
                "given": "Tamadhir"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Breiki",
                "given": "Mohammed"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al Hosni",
                "given": "Amira"
            },
            {
                "family": "Mirza",
                "given": "Hassan"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/parental-attitude-towards-the-prescription-of-psychotropic-medications-for-mental-disorders-in-children-in-a-tertiary-care-university-hospital-in-oman",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "23",
        "issue": "2",
        "page": "190-197",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.8.2022.049",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This study aimed to investigate parental attitude towards psychotropic drugs’ use for children’s mental disorders. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2020 to March 2021 at the Department of Behavioural Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman. A questionnaire was used to determine parents’ opinions and attitudes about use of psychotropic medications on their children and, in a small proportion, other caregivers if the child attended with them. Risk factors associated with parents who preferred to consult a folk healer (FH) for children with mental disorders were identified by the logistic regression model. Results: A total of 299 parents participating in the study (response rate: 95.2%). Most (n = 244, 81.6%) agreed to give their child psychotropic medications if necessary, but 25.4% (n = 76) would consult an FH before a psychiatrist. Married parents were 14.5 times (P = 0.011) more likely than separated or divorced parents to consult an FH. Caregivers with a monthly income below 500 OMR and between 500 and 1,000 OMR were 2.5 (P = 0.016) and 3.2 times (P"
    }
]