Parental knowledge, attitude, concern practice toward febrile convulsion in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM)

Introduction: Febrile convulsion (FC), also known as a fever fit or febrile seizure, is the most common seizure disorder that occurs in childhood after age one month. The majority of parents were frightened on witnessing FC in their children. Purpose: To explore the level of parents' knowled...

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Main Author:	Hui, Lew Ya
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	R Medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/52286/1/LEW%20YA%20HUI-24%20pages.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.522862022-04-12T07:47:53Z Parental knowledge, attitude, concern practice toward febrile convulsion in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) 2011-04 Hui, Lew Ya R Medicine Introduction: Febrile convulsion (FC), also known as a fever fit or febrile seizure, is the most common seizure disorder that occurs in childhood after age one month. The majority of parents were frightened on witnessing FC in their children. Purpose: To explore the level of parents' knowledge, attitude, concern, and practices (KACP) regarding FC at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. Method: A cross-sectional study conducted over a period of two months with 55 respondents fulfilling the study criterias were recruited. Respondent's level of KACP was measured using FC parental KACP questionnaire. Statistical analyses were performed using descriptive, independent t-test, Pearson's correlation and one-way ANOVA test. Results: The knowledge score of respondents regarding FC was not very satisfactory with mean score of knowledge was only 3.18±1. 71. The total scores of attitude were 25.2±8.28, concern 37.4±6.06 and practices 6.51±1.47. Lack of knowledge caused parents to have extremely high concern, negative attitude and moderate practice toward their FC children and this result was significant when tested with Pearson's correlation test (P=0.002). The most common fear expressed was brain injury (87.3%), FC can be outgrown (83.7%) and the child might die from the seizure (45.5%). There were no associations between demographic factors with parental KACP toward FC (P>0.05). Conclusion: It can be concluded that there is a need to provide more awareness for improvement among parents to update their knowledge in caring for a child with FC. Enhancing knowledge can help the parents to intervene and allay fears when witnessing their child in an acute FC episode. 2011-04 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/52286/ http://eprints.usm.my/52286/1/LEW%20YA%20HUI-24%20pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan
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spellingShingle	R Medicine Hui, Lew Ya Parental knowledge, attitude, concern practice toward febrile convulsion in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM)
description	Introduction: Febrile convulsion (FC), also known as a fever fit or febrile seizure, is the most common seizure disorder that occurs in childhood after age one month. The majority of parents were frightened on witnessing FC in their children. Purpose: To explore the level of parents' knowledge, attitude, concern, and practices (KACP) regarding FC at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. Method: A cross-sectional study conducted over a period of two months with 55 respondents fulfilling the study criterias were recruited. Respondent's level of KACP was measured using FC parental KACP questionnaire. Statistical analyses were performed using descriptive, independent t-test, Pearson's correlation and one-way ANOVA test. Results: The knowledge score of respondents regarding FC was not very satisfactory with mean score of knowledge was only 3.18±1. 71. The total scores of attitude were 25.2±8.28, concern 37.4±6.06 and practices 6.51±1.47. Lack of knowledge caused parents to have extremely high concern, negative attitude and moderate practice toward their FC children and this result was significant when tested with Pearson's correlation test (P=0.002). The most common fear expressed was brain injury (87.3%), FC can be outgrown (83.7%) and the child might die from the seizure (45.5%). There were no associations between demographic factors with parental KACP toward FC (P>0.05). Conclusion: It can be concluded that there is a need to provide more awareness for improvement among parents to update their knowledge in caring for a child with FC. Enhancing knowledge can help the parents to intervene and allay fears when witnessing their child in an acute FC episode.
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author	Hui, Lew Ya
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title	Parental knowledge, attitude, concern practice toward febrile convulsion in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM)
title_short	Parental knowledge, attitude, concern practice toward febrile convulsion in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM)
title_full	Parental knowledge, attitude, concern practice toward febrile convulsion in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM)
title_fullStr	Parental knowledge, attitude, concern practice toward febrile convulsion in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM)
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Parental knowledge, attitude, concern practice toward febrile convulsion in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM)

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