Parental Perception of Childhood Anaemia and Efficiency of Instrument Assisted Pallor Detection among Mothers in Southeast Nigeria: A Field Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Control of anemia can be achieved with early detection of pallor by parents at home. However, most parents lack the capacity to recognize pallor; thus most cases of anaemia are detected during hospital visit due to other symptoms. This study aimed to evaluate parental ability to detect pallor when aided with the anaemia screening tool.

Methods

In the study information on the symptoms of illness and parental knowledge on anaemia. Their ability to detect anaemia aided with the Home-Base anaemia-screen tool (HB-Anae) was compared to the healthcare providers' assessment of pallor. The haemoglobin estimation with the Hb-301 haemoglobinometer was used as the gold standard.

Results

None of the children in their previous illnesses had paleness as a complaint. Few (

SUBMITTER: Ughasoro MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6719268 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature