Knowledge and Attitude of Mothers regarding Nocturnal Enuresis and its Management among Primary School Children

Abstract

A descriptive study was conducted on knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding nocturnal enuresis and its management among primary school children. The target population was mothers of primary school children. Convenient sampling technique was used to select 100 mothers of primary school children at selected areas of Hassan. The self administered structured questionnaire and attitude scale was designed to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding nocturnal enuresis and its management among mothers of primary school children. Overall findings of the study clearly showed that 55 percent of the mothers had inadequate knowledge and 91 percent of the mothers had neutral attitude regarding nocturnal enuresis and its management. There is a positive correlation between knowledge and attitude (r = +0.184). There is no significant association between knowledge and attitude with selected socio demographic variables. Regarding the demographic variables, 51 percent of them were in age group of 26-30 years, all were Hindus and married, majority (81%) of sample had secondary education, 76 percent of samples were housewife, majority (75%) were belongs to nuclear family, 72 percent of samples had two children, and 78 percent of them had information from relatives, friends, neighbors. The overall mean knowledge and attitude scores were 48.30 percent with SD 3.441 and 68.65 percent with SD 5.81 respectively