COGNITIVE ASSESMENT ON LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS AMONG THE MOTHERS OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN.

Angel George; P.Sumithra; R.Raveena; M.Vidhya; Subbulakshmi; S.

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2017

COGNITIVE ASSESMENT ON LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS AMONG THE MOTHERS OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN.

Angel George, P. Sumithra, R. Raveena, M. Vidhya, Subbulakshmi, S.

Abstract :

A Descriptive study to assess the level of knowledge on selected lower respiratory tract infection among mothers of under five children at pediatric department Chettinad hospital, Kelambakkam, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, India.it was undertaken with the objectives to assess the existing level of knowledge on selected lower respiratory tract infection among mothers of under five children and to find out the association between level of knowledge on selected lower respiratory tract infection among the mothers of under five children with their selected demographic variables.the study sample size was 50 mothers of under five children and the sampling technique was purposive sampling technique. The study result shows that 30% of mothers having adequate knowledge, 44% of mothers having moderately adequate knowledge and 26 % of mothers were having inadequate level of knowledge. The study findings also shows that there was no significant association between the selected demographic variables and the level of knowledge of mothers of under five children on selected lower respiratory infections