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Najimi A, Dolatabadi NK, Esmaeili AA, et al. The effect of educational program on knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers regarding prevention of febrile seizure in children. J Educ Health Promot. 2013;2:26doi: 10.4103/2277-9531.112703.
Najimi, A., Dolatabadi, N. K., Esmaeili, A. A., & Sharifirad, G. R. (2013). The effect of educational program on knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers regarding prevention of febrile seizure in children. Journal of education and health promotion, 226. https://doi.org/10.4103/2277-9531.112703
Najimi, Arash, et al. "The effect of educational program on knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers regarding prevention of febrile seizure in children." Journal of education and health promotion vol. 2 (2013): 26. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/2277-9531.112703
Najimi A, Dolatabadi NK, Esmaeili AA, Sharifirad GR. The effect of educational program on knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers regarding prevention of febrile seizure in children. J Educ Health Promot. 2013 May 30;2:26. doi: 10.4103/2277-9531.112703. eCollection 2013. PMID: 24083276; PMCID: PMC3778569.
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J Educ Health Promot. 2013 May 30;2:26. doi: 10.4103/2277-9531.112703. eCollection 2013.

The effect of educational program on knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers regarding prevention of febrile seizure in children.

Journal of education and health promotion

Arash Najimi, Nayereh Kasiri Dolatabadi, Ahmad Ali Esmaeili, Gholam Reza Sharifirad

Affiliations

  1. Department of Health Education, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

PMID: 24083276 PMCID: PMC3778569 DOI: 10.4103/2277-9531.112703

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Febrile convulsion is one of the most common problems in children aged 5 months to 6 years. The aim of this study was to explore the effectiveness of an educational program on mothers for prevention of febrile seizure in children.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this clinical trial study, 88 mothers were chosen who were divided into intervention and control groups, randomly. Data of the control and intervention groups were collected in two stages, before intervention and 1 month after intervention, by a validated and reliable questionnaire. The intervention consisted of three educational sessions, each one lasting for 60 min. Data were analyzed using chi-square, t-test and paired t-test.

FINDINGS: Age average of subjects in the intervention group and in the control group was 26.75 and 26.84 years, respectively. The results showed a significant increase in the knowledge (P < 0.001), attitude (P = 0.04) and practice (P = 0.01) in the intervention group 1 month after intervention compared with that before intervention, while such an increase was not seen in the control group.

CONCLUSION: This study confirmed the efficiency of educational interventions in improving mother's knowledge, attitude and practice regarding prevention of febrile seizure in children.

Keywords: Education; febrile seizure; mothers

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