Abstract
Febrile convulsion is the most common seizure in children worldwide. Between 1 and 4% of children develop febrile convulsion within in 5 years of life. The study aimed at finding out mothers’ knowledge and attitude regarding febrile convulsion in children. A descriptive cross sectional research design was used in which 126 mothers mother of children who are from 6 month to 5 years attending pediatric OPD of Chitwan Medical College- teaching hospital, Bharatpur- 10, Chitwan were interviewed by using semi-structured interview schedule. Data was analyzed by using IBM SPSS version 20. The study showed that, 29.4% respondents were having high knowledge regarding febrile convulsion in children, 53.2 % respondents having medium and 17.5% respondents having low knowledge regarding febrile convulsion in children. There was significant low knowledge regarding predisposing factors of febrile convulsion than other factors of febrile convulsion among respondents. There was no association between demographic variables and knowledge level of mothers on febrile convulsion. None of the respondents were having unfavorable attitude regarding febrile convulsion in children, 25.4% mothers having favorable attitude and 74.6% mothers having neutral attitude towards febrile convulsion in children. The study also reveals that there was significance association between ages of mother (0.000) and number of children (0.009) and attitude regarding febrile convulsion in children. There was positive correlation between knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding febrile convulsion in children.
Highlights
Healthy citizens lead the country in a successful manner to achieve the nation’s progress
Descriptive, cross sectional research design was used to find out knowledge and attitude regarding febrile convulsion in children among mothers having children from 6 month to 5 years of age attending Pediatric Out Patient Department (OPD) of Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur, Chitwan
The overall level of knowledge regarding febrile convulsion was fair among mothers
Summary
Healthy citizens lead the country in a successful manner to achieve the nation’s progress. Febrile seizures are defined as events in infancy or childhood that usually occur between three months and five years of age and are associated with a fever, but without evidence of intracranial infection or a defined cause for the seizure.[1]. Febrile seizures usually occur in children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years and are common in toddlers. Children rarely develop their first febrile seizure before the age of 6 month or after 3 years of age.[3]. Descriptive, cross sectional research design was used to find out knowledge and attitude regarding febrile convulsion in children among mothers having children from 6 month to 5 years of age attending Pediatric Out Patient Department (OPD) of Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur, Chitwan. The results of responses are displayed under individual question asked from the participants:
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