Parental beliefs and practices regarding childhood fever in Turkish primary care

Yavuz, Erdinç; Yayla, Erol; Cebeci, Sevsen; Kirimli, Emrah; Gümüştakım, Raziye Şule; Cakir, Lutfullah; Doğan, Sedat

doi:10.4103/1119-3077.181318

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“…E Yavuz et al in their study found that more than 80% of the parents did not know the correct temperature for fever for the measured site. There are similar previous reports in Turkey and culturally diverse populations in different countries [16][17][18][19][20]. Concerning when to give a child treatment, 36% of the participants would give treatment at 37 °C.…”

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Scope of Mothers’ Knowledge Regarding Child Fever Management in Ranya City, Iraq Kurdistan Region

Ameen

2020

Erbil j. nurs. midwifery

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Background and objective: Children’s caregivers around the world are often unaware of the level of body temperature that indicates a fever. The way that they deal with a fever-ish child is sometimes incorrect or inappropriate. This study aimed to assess the mothers’ knowledge regarding fever management of a child under the age of five. Methods: A quantitative descriptive study was carried out in Ranya in the Kurdistan Re-gion of Iraq in 2018-2019. A purposive sample of 120 participants was initially selected from the mothers who attended two Primary Healthcare Centers (Kewarash and Paparin) in Ranya. The questionnaire was utilized as a tool for data collection, and both descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used to analyze the data. Descriptive statistical data analysis included frequencies, percentages, and mean scores and the inferential sta-tistical data analysis provided mean scores and Chi-square. Results: A total of 110 mothers participated in the study after the exclusion of 10 women. The findings showed that 76% of participants did not know which measurement is the best to measure child temperature, 82% were not sure about the best place to take child’s temperature, and 63% did not have knowledge about what temperature is consid-ered to be a fever. According to the results, 72% of mothers believed that a cold sponge or ice pack is suitable for lowering body temperature, while 87% of mothers knew the most common complication of high fever. There was a positive association between level of education and mothers' knowledge regarding child fever management. Conclusions: While mothers have some knowledge about fever and its management, they are unable to utilize this knowledge correctly. An educational program should be devel-oped for mothers who attend primary healthcare centres to teach them about child fever management.

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Scope of Mothers’ Knowledge Regarding Child Fever Management in Ranya City, Iraq Kurdistan Region

Ameen

2020

Erbil j. nurs. midwifery

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“…6 Considering the practice of assessing fever, study in Turkey showed that 45.8% measured temperature with thermometer which is consistent with current finding as 42% confirm fever by using thermometer. 12 Similarly, 82.4% assess the temperature by touching with hand is shown in study conducted in Ghana which supports the result of our survey as 87% assess temperature by touching with hand. 10 Study in Morocco showed that 85.9% used paracetamol during fever which supports the results in which 82.4% of respondents used paracetamol.…”

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Perception and practice regarding management of childhood fever among parents of under five children in tertiary level of hospital, Nepal

Subedi

Basnet

Rijal

et al. 2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Fever is an extremely common occurrence in paediatric patients and the most common cause for hospital visit. Lack of knowledge regarding childhood fever can cause distress and anxiety among parents. It is one of the main reasons parents seek reassurance and advice from health care professionals. The objective of the study was to assess the perception and practice regarding management of childhood fever among parents of under five children.Methods: The analytical cross sectional study design was conducted among 135 parents of under five children admitted in medical ward of Kanti childrens’ hospital. Kathmandu Nepal, from December 2019 to January 2020. Face to face interview was done for data collection. Self-developed five points Likert scale was used for assessing perception and checklist was used for practice. Obtained data were analyzed by using SPSS version 20, descriptive and inferential statistics was used.Results: Study shows that majority of respondents were of age less than 30 years and 81% were female. Greater part of respondents 71.8% had fair perception on childhood fever. At the same time, half of the respondents 50.4% had poor practices on childhood fever management. The level of perception is strongly associated with educational status (p=0.002) while level of practices is strongly associated with number of children (p=0.040 and residence (p=0.001) of respondents.Conclusions: Overall findings showed that more than two third of the respondents had fair perception towards childhood fever and about half of the respondents had poor practices of childhood fever management which concluded the need of educational intervention and additional research regarding childhood fever.

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“…Furthermore, in a newly published study by Talebi et al .,[ 16 ] 67.4% of the mothers reported measuring the body temperature by touching the hand of the child, while 24.8% of the them used a thermometer. In a more recent published article in Turkey by Yavuz et al .,[ 20 ] 45.8% of parents measure fever with a thermometer prior and only 38% of them used the thermometer correctly.…”

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Parent's knowledge and practice in home management of fever in their children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

AlAteeq

Al‐Bader

Alhowti

et al. 2018

J Family Med Prim Care

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Parental beliefs and practices regarding childhood fever in Turkish primary care

Abstract: We conclude that parents share important misconceptions about definition, treatment, and consequences of childhood fever and tend to treat fever before seeking medical care with a substantial rate of wrong doses and wrong intervals.

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Scope of Mothers’ Knowledge Regarding Child Fever Management in Ranya City, Iraq Kurdistan Region

Scope of Mothers’ Knowledge Regarding Child Fever Management in Ranya City, Iraq Kurdistan Region

Perception and practice regarding management of childhood fever among parents of under five children in tertiary level of hospital, Nepal

Parent's knowledge and practice in home management of fever in their children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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