Level of Knowledge on Maple Syrup Urine Disease and Its Management among Nursing Students of MSU-IIT and Pregnant Women in Selected Barangays in Iligan City
Madjus, Leah May P., Galinato, Jan Igor T., Orias, Jessica B., Estalilla, Xela Micah P., Pau-tin, Sittie Asia P.
MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY ILIGAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Abstract
Maple syrup urine disease or MSUD is the most common inborn error of metabolism in the Philippines (Lee et al., 2008). Testing for MSUD was not included in the newborn screening package of the Philippines, until the approval of the Advisory Committee on Newborn Screening by 2012 (Tayag, 2012). This study assesses the level of knowledge of MSUD and its management among the 60 nursing students of Mindanao State University Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU IIT) and 60 pregnant women of selected barangays in Iligan City, a total of 120 respondents. The researchers used a descriptive correlational comparative research design and a modified standardized questionnaire. Chi squared test and Pearson correlational coefficient were used as a statistical tool to analyze the data. The results showed that half of the majority of the respondents has an average level of knowledge and the other half has a high level of knowledge. Furthermore, the respondents gender and civil status has a significant relationship with the level of knowledge, a moderate direct relationship between the respondents age and the level of knowledge, and a low inverse relationship between the respondents highest educational attainment and level of knowledge. In other words, the higher the age and the educational attainment of the respondents, the level of knowledge is higher. This may be because MSUD is more of a technical concept and not such a common one. This indicates the need for increased health education, regardless of age, gender, civil status, and educational attainment, on MSUD and its management.
Keywords: Maple Syrup Urine Disease, MSUD, newborn screening, qualitative
Topic: International Conference on Nursing