Chance Of Use Research Articles

Risk and protective factors of social networks on alcohol, cannabis, and opioid use among urban American Indian/Alaska Native emerging adults.

Assess associations between social networks and urban American Indian/Alaska Native emerging adults' alcohol, cannabis, and opioid use and intentions. American Indian/Alaska Native participants ages 18-25 (N = 150; 86% female) were recruited across the United States from 12/20 to 10/21 via social media. Participants named up to 15 people whom they talked with most over the past 3 months and reported who (a) used alcohol and cannabis heavily or used other drugs (e.g., opioid use), (b) engaged in traditional practices, and (c) provided support. They also reported past 3-month alcohol, cannabis, and opioid use and intentions to use. Having a higher proportion of network members engaging in regular cannabis and heavy alcohol use (but not other drugs) was associated with more frequent cannabis use and stronger cannabis use intentions. Participants with higher proportions of members engaging in heavy alcohol use, regular cannabis use, or other drug use and who did not engage in traditional practices were more likely to report cannabis use and greater intentions to use cannabis and drink alcohol. In contrast, participants with higher proportions of network members engaging in traditional practices and who did not report heavy alcohol use, regular cannabis use, or other drug use were less likely to report intentions to use cannabis or drink alcohol. Findings emphasize what many studies have shown among various racial/ethnic groups-having network members who use substances increases the chance of use. Findings also highlight that traditional practices may be an important part of the prevention approach for this population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

How has COVID-19 impacted customer perceptions and demand for delivery services: An exploratory analysis

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic created an environment where nearly all aspects of mobility changed to ensure the health and safety of the public. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that people quarantine for 14 days if they were potentially exposed to the virus, stay at least six feet apart from others, and stay at home as much as possible. Delivery via third-party restaurant app, grocery, and package delivery quickly became an essential service. This study assesses customer's changes in use and perceived quality of delivery services in Southwest Virginia, via an online stated-preference survey (n = 423). The responses were analyzed using ordered logit and generalized ordered logit models to identify which population segments had changing delivery behavior and perceptions due to the pandemic. Findings include that before the pandemic, only households with an income greater than $100,000 had a significantly higher demand for package delivery services than those making less than $25,000. During the pandemic, all income brackets had a significantly higher demand for package delivery “weekly” than households with less than a $25,000 income, with a 19.50%, 22.54%, and 45.59% greater chance of use for income levels $25,000 to $50,000, $50,000 to $100,000, and over $100,000, respectively. This trend highlights that package delivery became necessary during the pandemic. Respondents who lived within town limits were statistically significantly more likely to use third-party restaurant delivery apps at least once a week before (3.10%), during (9.20%), and after (4.50%) the pandemic compared to those outside town limits. The results also found people who lived within town limits were 7.77% more likely to be satisfied with delivery services in general than those who lived outside town limits. The findings from this paper identify expanding delivery equity gaps within the population and provide recommendations for policymakers and delivery agencies. Some limitations include that low sample size did not allow for fully segmented models and meant that the study should be considered exploratory in nature.

Contraceptive mix and factors associated with the type of method used by Brazilian women: a population-based cross-sectional study

This study aims to describe the contraceptive mix and analyze the factors associated with the type of contraceptive used by Brazilian women of reproductive age. This is a cross-sectional, population-based study with data from 19,962 women aged 15 to 49 years. The outcomes were use and type of contraceptive, classified as: short-acting reversible contraceptives (SARC), long-acting (LARC), and permanent. The explanatory variables were characteristics of reproductive history, sociodemographic history, and access to health services. Multinomial logistic regression was used for odds ratio (OR) estimates, with SARC being the reference category. The analyses were performed in the Survey module of the Stata software, which considered the effect of the complex sampling plan of the 2019 Brazilian National Health Survey. The prevalence of contraceptive use was 83.7%. Of the total number of users, 72% used SARC, 23.2% permanent methods, and 4.8% LARC. Women with higher education, health insurance, who had deliveries, and who participated in reproductive planning groups had a higher chance of using LARC when compared with the use of SARC, while registration at the basic health unit was associated with a lower chance of use. Still, the higher the age and parity, in addition to living with the partner, the greater the chance of using permanent methods in relation to the use of SARC. Despite the high coverage of contraception, the contraceptive mix remains obsolete, with a predominance of the use of SARC. In addition, important inequalities in access were observed, with LARC being accessible only to women with better socioeconomic conditions, while permanent methods were associated with a profile of greater social vulnerability.

Predictors of health facility childbirth among unmarried and married youth in Uganda.

Uganda has a high maternal mortality rate combined with poor use of health facilities at childbirth among youth. Improved use of maternal health services by the youth would help reduce maternal deaths in the country. Predictors of use of health facilities at childbirth among unmarried compared to married youth aged 15-24 years in Uganda between 2006 and 2016 are examined. Binary logistic regression was conducted on the pooled data of the 2006, 2011 and 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys among youth who had given birth within five years before each survey. This analysis was among a sample of 764 unmarried, compared to 5,176 married youth aged 15-24 years. Overall, unmarried youth were more likely to have a childbirth within the health facilities (79.3%) compared to married youth (67.6%). Higher odds of use of health facilities at childbirth were observed among youth with at least secondary education (OR = 2.915, 95%CI = 1.747-4.865 for unmarried vs OR = 1.633, 95%CI = 1.348-1.979 for married) and frequent antenatal care of at least four visits (OR = 1.758, 95%CI = 1.153-2.681 for unmarried vs OR = 1.792, 95%CI = 1.573-2.042 for married). Results further showed that youth with parity two or more, those that resided in rural areas and those who were engaged in agriculture had reduced odds of the use of health facilities at childbirth. In addition, among married youth, the odds of using health facilities at childbirth were higher among those with at least middle wealth index, and those with frequent access to the newspapers (OR = 1.699, 95%CI = 1.162-2.486), radio (OR = 1.290, 95%CI = 1.091-1.525) and television (OR = 1.568, 95%CI = 1.149-2.138) compared to those with no access to each of the media, yet these were not significant among unmarried youth. Frequent use of antenatal care and higher education attainment were associated with increased chances of use of health facilities while higher parity, rural residence and being employed in the agriculture sector were negatively associated with use of health facilities at childbirth among both unmarried and married youth. To enhance use of health facilities among youth, there is a need to encourage frequent antenatal care use, especially for higher parity births and for rural residents, and design policies that will improve access to mass media, youth's education level and their economic status.

Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation in secondary stroke and systemic embolism prevention.

BackgroundOral anticoagulants (OAC) are recommended in all patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) after thromboembolic events without contraindications. It is hypothesized herein, that the majority of patients with AF after thromboembolic events receive OAC and the presence of specific factors, predisposes the use of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs).MethodsThis is a retrospective study, encompassing patients with AF hospitalized in a reference cardiology center over the years 2014–2017. Thromboembolic events were defined as: ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack and systemic embolism. Inclusion criteria were the following: diagnosis of non-valvular AF at discharge from hospital, hospitalization not resulting in death.ResultsAmong 2834 hospitalized patients with AF, a history of thromboembolic events was identified in 347 (12.2%) patients. In the group studied, of 347 patients with AF after a thromboembolic event, 322 (92.8%) received OAC, including 133 patients on vitamin K antagonist (41.3% of patients on OAC) and 189 patients on NOACs (58.7% of patients on OAC). Among patients treated with NOACs the majority were on dabigatran (116 patients, 61.4%), followed by rivaroxaban (54 patients, 28.6%), and apixaban (19 patients, 10%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that the presence of arterial hypertension reduced the chance for NOACs use (odds ratio [OR] 0.4, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.2–0.9, p = 0.04) and left atrial size ≤ 40 mm was a factor increasing the chance for the use of NOACs (OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.1–5.8, p = 0.03).ConclusionsNearly all hospitalized patients with AF received OAC in the secondary prevention of thromboembolic complications. NOACs were used for secondary prevention of stroke among patients with AF in patients with fewer comorbidities.

POLYMERIC AND COLLAGEN BIOMATERIALS ENHANCE IMPLANTATION OF MOUSE BLASTOCYSTS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL CULTURE MODELS

During the window of implantation (WOI), highly complex biological events take place, and despite the developments in assisted reproduction, recurrent implantation failures (RIF) are still inevitable. This study has aimed to construct a 3D environment by using artificial and natural biomaterials to promote the implantation of a blastocyst by providing an imitated natural profile of the endometrium in vitro to evaluate the chance of use of such material in RIF, and understand the background mechanism of implantation.

Advanced Sensor For Monitoring Buoy System Marine Environments

Monitoring of marine ecosystems is essential to identify the parameters of condition. Ongoing advances utilized in senor innovation have been controlled by observing rapid and ease electronic circuits, novel sign handling techniques and imaginative advances in assembling advances. The information got from the sensors used to screen the advancement of numerical models with which to foresee the conduct of states of the water, the ocean bed and the living creatures inhabiting it. Potential field of digital signal preparing includes new methodologies for the improvement of sensor properties. In this paper proposed method are Multi-sensor buoy systems. The chance of use in beach front shallow-water marine conditions, appropriate measurements for arrangement and steadiness of the sensor framework in a moving domain like the ocean bed, and absolute independence of intensity flexibly and information recording .The buoy system has successfully performed remote monitoring of temperature and marine pressure (SBE 41CP sensor), temperature(MCP9700 sensor), atmospheric pressure (YOUNG 61302L sensor), Wind speed (DNA802sensor), and Wind direction (DNA821 sensor). Wind display and signal conditioning (meteorological translator 05603C interface). Measurement values or a decision than usually used threshold base algorithms. The watched future advancement patterns are: the scaling down of sensors and segments, the inescapable utilization of multi-sensor frameworks and the expanding significance of radio remote and self-governing sensors.

Attitudes Toward Health Care Virtual Communities of Practice: Survey Among Health Care Workers.

BackgroundVirtual communities of practice (VCoPs) have been shown to be an effective means for knowledge and research uptake, but little is known about why health care workers choose to use them. The elaboration likelihood model (ELM) is a theoretical model of persuasion that distinguishes between different routes of information processing that influence attitude formation and change. To date, no research has investigated the antecedents to these processing routes for VCoPs within a health care setting. In understanding these determinants, VCoPs can be appropriately designed to increase their chances of use and value among health care professionals.ObjectiveOur aim is to explore how motivation and ability affect attitudes toward using VCoPs for those working in health care.MethodsData were collected from 86 health care workers using an online survey at two Canadian health care conferences. Participants were shown a mock VCoP and asked about their perceptions of the online platform and related technologies. The survey instrument was developed based on previously validated scales to measure participants’ ability and motivation toward using a VCoP. Attitudes were assessed both at the beginning and end of the study; intention to use the platform was assessed at the end.ResultsAbility (expertise with CoPs and VCoPs) was found to directly affect intention to use the system (P<.001 and P=.009, respectively) as was motivation (P<.001). Argument quality had the greatest effect on formed attitudes toward VCoPs, regardless of the user’s level of experience (lower expertise: P=.04; higher expertise: P=.003). Those with higher levels of CoPs expertise were also influenced by peripheral cues of source credibility (P=.005 for attitude formation and intention to use the system) and connectedness (P=.04 for attitude formation; P=.008 for intention to use the system), whereas those with lower levels of CoP expertise were not (P>.05). A significant correlation between formed attitude and intention to use the VCoPs system was found for those with higher levels of expertise (P<.001).ConclusionsThis research found that both user ability and motivation play an important and positive role in the attitude toward and adoption of health care VCoPs. Unlike previous ELM research, evidence-based arguments were found to be an effective messaging tactic for improving attitudes toward VCoPs for health care professionals with both high and low levels of expertise. Understanding these factors that influence the attitudes of VCoPs can provide insight into how to best design and position such systems to encourage their effective use among health care professionals.

Prevalence, Incidence, and Factors Associated With Substance Use Among Medical Students: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study.

Although there are a number of studies about substance use by medical students, the majority are still cross-sectional. We aimed to investigate prevalence, 2-year incidence, and factors associated with substance use during medical training. This longitudinal study included medical students in 4 different waves (with each wave equaling 1 semester). Socio-demographic data, Duke Religion Index (DUREL), DASS-21, and the "Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test" (ASSIST) were used. A total of 327 (56.2%) medical students were followed for 2 years. Prevalence of lifetime substance use was 89.9% for alcohol, 34.5% for cannabis, and 17.1% for sedatives. Tobacco had the greatest incidence of use over the 2 years (16.4%), followed by alcohol (13.8%) and cannabis (13.8%). At least 24% of the students would need an intervention for alcohol use, 11.4% for tobacco, and 6.5% for cannabis. Alcohol use during wave 4 was associated with organizational religiosity, and alcohol and tobacco use at the baseline; tobacco use during wave 4 was associated with age, non-organizational religiosity, and cannabis and tobacco use at the baseline; and cannabis use during wave 4 was associated with cannabis and tobacco use at the baseline. Our results indicate an increase in the incidence of lifetime substance use during medical training. Prior use of substance was associated with a higher chance of use after 2 years, while age and religiousness seem to reduce the chance of use.

Bamboo Metallization for Aesthetic Finishing of Furniture and Wood Decorative Objects by An Electroless/Electrolytic Process

This work aims to propose and describe bamboo metallizing, in part or totally, for furniture or aesthetical decorations. Bamboo provides a diverse metallic appearance; however, its use with real metal, already conferred to plastics, may increase the chance of use of this green material. The furniture industry requires sustainable options for both the base material for manufacturing of many pieces of furniture with a useful purpose, and surfaces finished with high quality and variety in their aesthetic appearance. This includes bamboo ornaments, which are useful to complement interior decoration. The coatings obtained include copper, silver, nickel, brass, and tin, each of which had some variants in luster. The main change incorporated into the process for metallizing nonconducting surfaces was the introduction of a common base for all surfaces, regardless of its roughness, shape, size, or other surface conditions. Then, this base was taken through an electroless process followed by electrolytic stages. Modification of the current process prevents the need for an initial stage of etching to increase chemical conditioning and roughness. The obtained metallic luster was that intended for decorative applications.

Comparing a Practice-Based Model with a Research-Based Model of social skills interventions for children with autism in schools

BackgroundSocial impairment is the most challenging core deficit for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Several evidence-based interventions address social impairment in children with ASD; however, adoption, use, and implementation of these interventions in schools is challenging. MethodNinety-two children with ASD who received one of three intervention models: a) School personnel adapted and implemented evidence-based social skills intervention (Practice-Based Model; n = 14); b) University researcher developed and implemented evidence-based social skills intervention (Research-Based Model; n = 45); or c) standard educational practices model (Inclusion Only Model; n = 33) participated. The average age was 8.4 (SD = 1.6) years; majority was male (88%) and white (52.2%). Typically developing classmates completed sociometric ratings to determine children’s social network inclusion, and independent raters observed children on the playground using a time-interval behavior coding system to record solitary engagement and frequency of initiations. ResultsSeparate linear regression models were conducted. Children in the Research-Based Model had significantly higher social network inclusion than children in the other two settings (p = .05). Children in the Practice-Based Model had significantly lower solitary engagement (p = .04) and more initiations on the playground than children in the University Developed Model (p = .04). ConclusionsThe results suggest that researchers: 1) may learn from public school stakeholders who have lived experiences to better understand the context in which implementation occurs; and 2) should partner with schools to learn about their processes of adaptation and adoption in order to facilitate successful implementation of evidence-based practices for children with ASD. Interventions designed with implementation in mind may be more feasible and increase the chances of use in schools.

Doctors' Attitude and Willingness to Use Electronic Medical Records at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.

Background There have been few studies conducted on Electronic Medical Records (EMR) among medical doctors who practice in resource limited settings. This study aimed to assess the attitude to and willingness of medical doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital to use EMR and to identify the factors that are associated with the willingness to use EMR. Methods A stratified sampling method was used to select medical doctors to participate in the study according to their experience and professional cadre. A pretested self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data which were entered and analyzed using the Epi-info version 7 software. Statistically significant associations were tested using the chi-square and fishers exact tests. Results There were 202 participants in the study. All (100%) had good attitude towards EMR. Nearly all of them (96.54%) were willing to use EMR. There was no significant association between age, gender and willingness to use EMR. However, there was a statistically significant association with work duration and IT skills (p< 0.05). Conclusion Work duration and IT skills are significant factors in determining the willingness to use EMR. There is therefore a need to include IT skills acquisition in medical training so as to increase the chance of use of EMR.

Кадровые проблемы развития высоких технологий в России в зеркале Глобального индекса инноваций

The article defines the role and the place of at the current stage of social development, descripts the role and the value of innovation for technological improvement of national economy, justifies relationship between level and intensity of innovative activity and rate of development. The analysis of such interrelation gives the chance of use the innovation index as indicator of development of technologies. This conclusion is proved by intrinsic interpretation of the high technologies term, which is characterized by innovations. Basing on the Global Innovation Index, which is a study aimed at understanding economic process, author analyses positions held by Russia within general indicator, which is now regarded as indicator of technological level of national economy and level of economic development in general. Consideration of the essence of and drivers for technology development makes it possible to define two crucial factors: expenditure on R&D and the quality of human resources (mostly engineers, technicians and researchers). Research findings vividly illustrate problems of staffing such as the lack of young professionals in science and engineering, relatively poor performance of their intellectual activity, low efficiency of innovation that impede technological upgrading of economy.

Use of damp organomineralny mix for the device of constructive layers of road clothes when building road approach to Kerchensky Bridge from Tamani

One of ways of the device of the lower layers of road clothes of hot and cold asphalt concrete mixes is application the «organomineralnykh» of mixes. Results of optimum selection of damp mix (VOMS) on local inert materials (crushed-stone sandy mix) are presented. Application of VOMS gives big advantages in comparison with asphalt concrete mixes at the device of the bases and coverings of road clothes. It is the big range of working temperature that isn’t unimportant in northern areas. Besides labor input of production and the device of layers of VOMS is one many less that also positively influences economic expenses. The big list of inert materials, available to application, at production of VOMS gives the chance of use of also local materials at construction that is confirmed on the example of Krasnodar Krai, where many such mixes as ShchGPS, ShchPS, GPS and in smaller volume granite materials that is also economic as reduces time on delivery of materials. As the knitting the bituminous emulsion of the cationic EBK-3 type in compliance of GOST P52128-2003 was applied медленнораспадающиеся. VOMS prepares in installation conveyor-based.

Gas-discharge laser with controlled output power for medical applications

In this work the possibility of control of power of radiation of the carbon dioxide laser intended for surgeries is considered. It is shown that the electromagnetic control system allows regulating laser radiation power in the wide range of values that gives the chance of use of the only laser machine in various medical applications. Experimental results of impact of the modulated laser radiation on biological tissues are given.

Religiousness, social support and the use of antidepressants among the elderly: a population-based study.

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether religiousness and social support were associated with the use of antidepressants among community-dwelling elders. The research involved 1,606 older adults who make up the cohort of Bambuí Project, a study on ageing and health. The dependent variable was the use of antidepressants in the last 90 days, and the exposures of interest were social support and religiousness. Logistic regression was used to test the associations and to estimate crude and adjusted Odds Ratio and their 95% confidence intervals. The chances of use of antidepressants were significantly lower among older people with higher level of religiosity (OR = 0.45; 95% CI: 0.29 to 0.70), but none of the descriptors social support was associated with the event. In this population, it is possible that religion occupies a prominent role in the arsenal of health problems coping strategies, especially mental. Health professionals attending this particular segment of the population (elderly people with depressive disorders) should consider religiousness of patients when the proposed guidelines and treatment in coping with their mental suffering.

Use of psychoactive substances among Brazilian adolescents and associated factors: National School-based Health Survey, 2015.

To analyze the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs among schoolchildren according to demographic factors, family context and mental health. We used data from the National School-based Health Survey 2015 and included in the sample 102,301 schoolchildren in the 9th grade. We estimated the prevalence of tobacco and alcohol use in the last 30 days and drug experimentation according to demographic, mental health and family context variables. Then, a bivariate analysis was performed using Pearson's χ2 test and the unadjusted odds ratio (OR) was calculated. Finally, we conducted a multivariate analysis including independent variables with an unadjusted association (p < 0.20), for each outcome, estimating the adjusted OR with a 95% confidence interval. The prevalence of tobacco consumption was 5.6%; alcohol consumption, 23.8%; and drug experimentation, 9.0%. Multivariate analysis has indicated that living with parents, having meals with parents or guardian, and family supervision were associated with lower substance consumption; whereas missing classes without parental consent has increased the chances of substance use. Increased chance of substance use was also associated with white skin color, increasing age, to work, feeling lonely and having insomnia. Not having friends was associated with drug and tobacco use, but this was protective for alcohol consumption. Family supervision was protective for psychoactive substance use among Brazilian schoolchildren, whereas work, loneliness and insomnia have increased their chances of use.

Looming Threat of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the recent past, a dramatic shift has been observed in the strategies of warfare from conventional to non-conventional. Now-a-days, traditional power is of less importance than it used to be earlier. Weapons of mass destruction, which comprise of nuclear weapons, and chemical and biological warfare agents, are posing a great peril to the world due to their devastating potential. Though, there are several bilateral as well as multilateral treaties to control the use and proliferation of these weapons, yet the risk of use of such agents by non-state actors cannot be overlooked. Chances of use of chemical and biological agents are more likely than the nuclear weapons. A comparison of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons in terms of technology, cost, signature, effectiveness on protected and un-protected troops shows that chemical and biological weapon programmes require much lower level of technology and cost than the nuclear weapon programme. Further, there is no or least distinctive and readily observable signature in biological weapon programme in comparison to nuclear and chemical weapon facilities. There can be two possibilities of use of these agents in terrorist attacks. First, there is a risk of transfer of material or know-how of these weapons to terrorists for using against the adversaries and second, the risk of these agents being pilfered due to poor security, thereby sabotaging the national security. The International Committee of Red Cross in February 1918 reckoned these agents as ‘barbarous inventions’ that can ‘only be called criminal’.&lt;/p&gt;

α-Phosphanyl amino acids: Diphenylphosphanyl glycines with a chiral N-substituent

The first α-phosphanyl amino acetic acids (phosphanyl glycines) with a chiral N-substituent 1a–g have been synthesized by one-pot three-component condensation of diphenylphosphane and enantiomerically pure primary amines of the type (L)- or (R)-R1R2CHNH2 with glyoxylic acid monohydrate in diethyl ether at room temperature. Crystals of the N-(1S)-phenylethyl derivative 1d·MeOH, grown from methanol, contained only the (1S,αS)-diastereoisomer. In [d8]THF or CD3OD solution, however, two diastereoisomers were always observed for 1a–g, usually in a diastereoisomeric ratio in the range 67:33% to 80:20%. This, together with the general sensitivity of the phosphanylglycines to hydrolysis, H-D exchange at the acidic α-CH and facile air oxidation in CD3OD solution and decarboxylation on heating in aprotic solvents are serious shortcomings and militate against the use as ligands, e.g. in Rh- or Ir-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenations. Nickel catalysts, generated in situ with Ni(COD)2 in THF and/or 1-hexene, proved however more stable and allowed selective oligomerization of ethylene at 100°C, probably by formation of a stabilizing PCC(O)O− hybrid ligand in the catalyst backbone. Complexes and catalysts of this type might thus offer chances for use of this facile available asymmetric ligands.

Assessment of Coping Strategies for Parents of Autistic Child and their relation to educational level

Objectives: To assess the coping strategies of parents of children with autism and the relationship ofdifferent strategies with their educational level.Methodology: A descriptive analytical study was carried out from Feb. 14th, 2013 through April, 10th, 2013 inseveral private rehabilitation centers of autism in Baghdad city. A non- probability (purposive) sample of 100autistic children and 100 of their parents (father or mother) was assessed by a questionnaire which consisted oftwo parts; the first part is concerned with the demographic characteristics of the child and demographiccharacteristics of the parents; the second part consisted of 50 questions about coping strategies that weredistributed on 8 domains. The data were statistically analyzed by descriptive and analytical methods to findfrequency of the use of different coping strategies and their association with the educational level of parents.Results: Planned problem solving strategy was found to has the higher chance of use by parents of autisticchildren followed by seeking social support, whereas distancing strategy has the lower chance of use. Educationallevel of parents was significantly associated with the use of positive coping strategies.Recommendation: The study recommends the establishment of parents' self-help groups (support groups) andeducational programs for parents to improve their coping strategies.