Webinar Training of Early Detection of Congenital Heart Disease Followed by Echocardiography Screening in Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia

Introduction: The prevalence rate of congenital heart disease (CHD) is considered high. The survival rate at 28 days of life decreased by almost 70% in newborns with CHD. Delayed diagnosis of CHD is believed to be the major reason why this congenital abnormality remains a heavy disease burden worldwide. Banyuwangi is one of the cities in Indonesia which has no pediatric cardologist. This study's aim is to improve the healthworkers's knowledge about early detection of CHD, and to provide the data about CHD's epidemiology in Banyuwangi. Methods: Webinar training was delivered through zoom meting by pediatric cardiologists as an intervention. To gauge the knowledge of healthworkers about CHD, we used a pre-posttest design. Paired-sample T-test was used to analyze the score, with p value <0.05 was considered signicant. Echocardiography screening was conducted in Banyuwangi by pediatric cardiologists. Participant's gender, age, chief complaints, and type of CHD were obtained. Results: 77 participants were attended the webinar training, 43 of them were general pediatriciants (55.8%). The mean of pretest and postest score respectively was 9.75/15 and 12.81/15. There was a statistically signicant improvement of mean score (p <0.001). From the echocardiography screening we obtained total 17 children. 12 children were diagnosed with acyanotic CHD, 4 children with cyanotic CHD, and 1 child was normal. ASD was the most comon lesion with the total of 5 (29.41%). Shortness of breath and recurrent acute respiratory infection were the most chieft complaints found among screened children (29.41%). Conclusion: Webinar training can be an alternative method to improve the basic knowledge among health workers about early detection of CHD. In Banyuwangi, ASD was the most common CHD lesion