Volume : 5, Issue : 7, July - 2016

Awareness of mother regarding respiratory tract infections among children

Mrs. Chithra S Rajan, Mrs. Annie Mathew, Ms. Archana K Raj

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Respiratory infections are a priority health problem in India. Studies reported that India have prevalence of respiratory infections up to 30-50% among children. The present study was undertaken with objectives to assess the awareness of mothers regarding respiratory infections and to determine the association between selected socio personal variables and awareness of mothers of respiratory infections. A descriptive survey was conducted, among fifty mothers of children less than 12 years age group attending pediatric OPD, pediatric wards of Sree Gokulam Medical College Hospital using validated structured questionnaire. The results show that majority of the mothers (68%) have good awareness regarding respiratory tract infections and also the awareness level does not have any significant association with demographic variables such as age, religion, education, occupation, type of family, total no: of children, place of living, and source of health related information.</p>