Research Article
Knowledge of Childhood Autism and Challenges of Management among Medical Doctors in Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria
Table 3
Items associated with major knowledge gaps in the KCAHW domains.
| KCAHW domain | Main item | Number of participants scoring zero (%) |
| 1 | Absence of social smile in a child with autism | 39 (23.4) |
| 2 | Delay or total lack of development of spoken language in autism | 44 (26.3) |
| 3 | Association of autism with abnormal eating habit | 48 (28.7) |
| 4 | Association of autism with comorbidities (mental retardation and/or epilepsy) | 52 (31.1) |
| 4 | Onset of autism | 52 (31.1) |
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