Educational intervention about airway obstructions for early childhood teachers: a quasi-experimental study

• Main Authors: Adriano Langwinski (Author), Ana Maria de Almeida (Author), Adriana Zilly (Author), Paulo César Morales Mayer (Author), Anneliese Domingues Wysocki (Author), Laiz Mangini Cicchelero (Author), Helder Ferreira (Author), Reinaldo Antonio Silva-Sobrinho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary

ABSTRACT Objective: To verify the effect of an educational intervention about airway obstructions and an airway clearing technique in teachers from Municipal Child Education Centers in a municipality in western Paraná. Method: A quasi-experimental pre- and post-test study. Data was collectedusing a questionnaire with thirty questions to assess knowledge about the subject. For the analyses, the chi-square and McNemar tests were used, withanα = 5% of significance. Results: After the training sessions, there was a 16.22% increase in the number of correct answers to the questions dealing with the recognition of the obstruction (<0.0001) and the airway clearance technique (<0.0001). Conclusion: The intervention improved the knowledge of early childhood teachers in the municipality regarding the identification of airway obstruction and techniquesairway clearing in school-age children.

Item Description

1983-1447
10.1590/1983-1447.2023.20220335.en