Cross-sectional study of parental knowledge, behaviour and anxiety in management of paediatric fever among German parents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Fever is a common symptom among children. Parental lack of knowledge about fever could cause anxiety and lead to unnecessary measures to subside fever. There is little evidence about German parents' knowledge and their fever management.

Design

A cross-sectional study using a paper-based questionnaire.

Setting

16 kindergartens in Saarbrücken and Saarlouis regional association accepted to participate in the study. Parents from these kindergartens were requested during the pickup time to answer the questionnaire.

Participants

481 German parents participated in the study, 394 of them were women. Inclusion criteria were good understanding of German and being a parent of at least one child below the age of 7 years.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

SUBMITTER: Hamideh Kerdar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8524294 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature