Knowledge and practices of Nigerian mothers concerning the management of fever in their children.

摘要

The problem of this investigation was to determine if a relationship existed between Nigerian mothers' knowledge regarding fever and the practices they used in managing fever in their children. This nonexperimental correlational research design involved 35 convenient sampling subjects and the relationship between their knowledge and management practice was found through the Ekiran Fever Questionnaire which was developed by the researcher. The score on the questionnaire was analyzed using Pearson r.;The findings of the study showed that there is a positive relationship between fever knowledge and management practices, with r = 0.70. It indicated that the higher the score in management, the more informed the subjects were on fever.;A analysis of variance was also calculated between the study variables and other demographic data such as age of mothers, educational level, number of children, and how long they had lived in the United States. Tests indicated that there were no significant differences in mean scores when groups were compared.