Displasia del desarrollo de la cadera: conocimiento en médicos pediatras de las unidades operativas de la zona 7

Abstract

Abstract: This is a descriptive cross-sectional field study in which 57 of the 73 pediatric doctors who work in the Operative Units of Zone 7 in the year 2021 participated, its objective is to determine the knowledge regarding clinical signs, imaging studies, periodicity, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment and classification of developmental dysplasia of the hip in zone 7 pediatric doctors. Collaboration by pediatric physicians was favorable since 78% (n = 57) of the study population participated. Of the 57 pediatric doctors who answered the online questionnaire; the majority (n = 31), which is equivalent to 554.4%, have diagnosed between 1 to 5 cases; n = 35, which is equivalent to 61.4%, have reviewed an article or update of the DDC in the last year. In conclusion, the knowledge of the pediatric doctors of the Operative Units of zone 7 is very good since most of the respondents answered the questionnaire according to the bibliography used in the present work.