Background of the study-A febrile seizure also known as a “fever fit”or“febrile convulsion” that occur in young children and are triggered by fever above 101o F(38.3oC). The child may look strange for a few moments, then stiffen, twitch and roll his eyes. The International league Against Epilepsy defines Febrile Seizure as a seizure occurring in childhood between 1 month and 5 years of age, associated with a febrile illness not caused by an infection of the central nervous system, without previous neonatal seizures or a previous unprovoked seizure and not meeting criteria for other acute symptomatic seizures.3 Febrile seizures are one of the most common neurologic disorders of childhood. Febrile Seizure most commonly occurs in children between the age group of 6 months to 6 years. Boys affected about twice as often as girls and there is an increased susceptibility in families, indicating a possible genetic predisposition. Most Febrile seizures are generalized and last less than 5 minutes. About 30 to 40% of children will have one recurrence. Objectives- To assess the pretest and posttest knowledge level of the mothers on febrile seizure among mothers of under-five children, to evaluate the effectiveness of the Structured Teaching Program (STP) on febrile seizure among mothers of under five children and to determine the association between the pretest knowledge score of mothers on febrile seizure with selected demographic variables. Methodology- A Quantitative evaluative research approach pre-experimental one group pre- test & post- test design was used. 60 samples were selected by non-probability convenient sampling using lottery method. The written consent was obtained from the samples. The tool used is self-structured questionnaire. Firstly sample were selected then pretest was taken by administrating structured questionnaire after that structured teaching program was given to mother of under five children then on 4th week of data collection period post- test was conducted. Results – The post-test mean knowledge score of nursing mothers regarding febrile seizure has revealed that score was found higher mean (24.03) and S.D (2.2)
effectiveness, structured teaching programme, knowledge & mothers of under five children
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