[
    {
        "id": "osp-10579",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Parental Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Towards Paediatric Ear Infections in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A quantitative study",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Alharbi",
                "given": "Muteb M."
            },
            {
                "family": "Almasri",
                "given": "Mohammed S."
            },
            {
                "family": "Alkhonezan",
                "given": "Abdulrahman Y."
            },
            {
                "family": "M.",
                "given": "Saleh"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/parental-knowledge-attitudes-and-practices-towards-paediatric-ear-infections-in-riyadh-saudi-arabia-a-quantitative-study",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "19",
        "issue": "2",
        "page": "e114-121",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.2019.19.02.006",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and care-seeking practices of parents towards childhood ear infections in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Methods: This quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between April and June 2018. An online survey was sent to a random selection of parents who were ≥18 years old with children of ≤10 years old. Associations between parental knowledge, attitude, care-seeking practices, socioeconomic status, level of education and age were assessed using the chi square test and logistic regression analysis. Results: A total of 782 subjects participated in this study (response rate: 78.2%). Most respondents were knowledgeable (76.2%), had a positive attitude (78.9%) and had positive care-seeking practices (89.5%). There was a statistically significant difference on both bivariate and multivariate analyses (P"
    }
]