Das Wissen in der Bevölkerung über angeborene Fehlbildungen und Down-Syndrom unter Berücksichtigung demographischer und biographischer Faktoren
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description: This examination is concerned with the level of knowledge in the population about congenital malformations and Down’s syndrome under consideration of demographic and biographic features of the respondents.The data of the 2005 evaluated questionnaires (return quota: 66.8%) were examined with uni- and multivariate methods of analysis.Regarding to the level of knowledge about congenital malformations following turned out:the respondents know more about the causes than of the prevalence and incidence of congenital malformations. Furthermore, it becomes clear that there is a tendency of overrating the causes of congenital malformations. In contrast to the questions concerning aetiology 80% of the questions about prevalence and incidence are correctly assessed of less than 50% of the respondents. In this connection it is conspicuous that there is a wrong idea about what congenital malformations are. The answers of the respondents also confirm that prejudices exist. In the end these images lead to an overrating of the frequency of congenital malformations in Germany: 29.2% of the respondents estimate the frequency of congenital malformations at more than 10% (reality: 2-8%).Concerning the level of knowledge about Down’s syndrome following is established:Approximately 70% of the respondents give the right answers in 75% of the questions about external symptoms and features of Down’s syndrome e.g. characteristic features of the face.On the other hand there is a lack of knowledge about serious symptoms like lower life expectancy or the existing of internal malformations and mental handicap.Regarding to the aetiology of Down’s syndrome insecurity and ignorance are striking at approximately 33% of the respondents. In this context the term “chromosomal anomaly” is associated with Down’s syndrome, but its meaning seems to be unclear.Finally 76.1% of the respondents know that the risk to give birth to a child with Down’s syndrome is higher for a 40 year old woman than for a 25 yea…
abstract: This examination is concerned with the level of knowledge in the population about congenital malformations and Down’s syndrome under consideration of demographic and biographic features of the respondents.The data of the 2005 evaluated questionnaires (return quota: 66.8%) were examined with uni- and multivariate methods of analysis.Regarding to the level of knowledge about congenital malformations following turned out:the respondents know more about the causes than of the prevalence and incidence of congenital malformations. Furthermore, it becomes clear that there is a tendency of overrating the causes of congenital malformations. In contrast to the questions concerning aetiology 80% of the questions about prevalence and incidence are correctly assessed of less than 50% of the respondents. In this connection it is conspicuous that there is a wrong idea about what congenital malformations are. The answers of the respondents also confirm that prejudices exist. In the end these images lead to an overrating of the frequency of congenital malformations in Germany: 29.2% of the respondents estimate the frequency of congenital malformations at more than 10% (reality: 2-8%).Concerning the level of knowledge about Down’s syndrome following is established:Approximately 70% of the respondents give the right answers in 75% of the questions about external symptoms and features of Down’s syndrome e.g. characteristic features of the face.On the other hand there is a lack of knowledge about serious symptoms like lower life expectancy or the existing of internal malformations and mental handicap.Regarding to the aetiology of Down’s syndrome insecurity and ignorance are striking at approximately 33% of the respondents. In this context the term “chromosomal anomaly” is associated with Down’s syndrome, but its meaning seems to be unclear.Finally 76.1% of the respondents know that the risk to give birth to a child with Down’s syndrome is higher for a 40 year old woman than for a 25 yea…
author: Poensgen, Kerstin
language: ger
keywords: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/610, Medizin, Wissen, Angeborene Fehlbildungen, Down-Syndrom, Einflußfaktoren
date published: 2005
date modified: 2026-07-30T19:43:19Z
provider: RWTH Aachen University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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