Determination of the knowledge and practice on fever of mother with 0-6 year's children 0-6 yaş grubu çocuǧu olan annelerin yüksek ateşe i̇lişkin bilgi ve uygulamalari{dotless}ni{dotless}n deǧerlendirilmesi
TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin, cilt.12, sa.6, ss.699-708, 2013 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 6
- Basım Tarihi: 2013
- Doi Numarası: 10.5455/pmb.1-1358492791
- Dergi Adı: TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.699-708
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Children (0-6 years), High fever, Knowledge and practices of mothers
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
AIM: In this study it was aimed to determine the knowledge and practice of mothers with children aged 0-6 years about fever. METHOD: The study was designed as a cross-sectional study. This study was applied at GMMF Research and Education Hospital Pediatrics Clinic, in April-May 2012. The study sample contained 150 volunteered mothers with children aged 0-6 years. Questionnaire was developed by researchers following a literature review and consisted of two parts. First part comprised socio-demographic characteristic, knowledge and practices of participants' about fever. Second part occurred information that consisted of thought and traditional practice mothers when their children have high fever. RESULTS: Mothers tried to understand high fever. 59.4% (n=89) tried to understand by tapping their children, %30.0 (n=45) did a reading with thermometer. First application of mothers is warm application when they faced fever with their children %52.6 (n=79). %19.3 (n=29) used a drug to reduce the fever, %62 (n=93) mothers believe that fever is an illness. %97.4 (n=146) believe that high fever is the cause of convulsion and %57.3 (n=86) used a drug without doctor permission to reduce the fever. The knowledge and practice of mothers with scores of fever a significant relationship between mother's work status and family type (p <0.05). CONCLUSION: According to findings, mothers haven't enough knowledge about high fever and they have faults when they try to do therapy to their children and they have traditional applications.