Asma Yaqub, Fatima Safdar, Zeeshan Ghani.
To Assess The Knowledge Of Mothers Regarding Neonatal Jaundice Presenting To Rawal Institute Of Health Sciences Islamabad.
Isra Med J Jan ;8(1):28-31.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the knowledge of mothers regarding Neonatal Jaundice. STUDY DESIGN: A Cross sectional study. st th PLACE AND DURATION: At Paediatric Department of Rawal Institute of Health Sciences (RIHS) Islamabad from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015. METHODOLOGY: A total of 200 mothers presenting with jaundiced neonates within first two weeks of life were enrolled. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire. Each question was scored and maternal knowledge was categorized as "Adequate" and "Inadequate". RESULTS: The mean (SD) age of all mothers was 27.3 (± 4.2) years. A substantial majority of mothers, 132 (66.0%) were aged younger than 30 years. Out of 200, 175 (86.5%) mothers lived in urban areas. The mean (SD) age of neonate was 8.7 (± 3.3) days. Majority of neonates, 93 (46.5%) were aged between 6 and 10 days. Out of 200, 106 (53.0%) mothers had 1 to 2 children, while 80 (40.0%) mothers had 3 to 4 children. 111 (55.5%) mothers had education up to graduation, whereas 35 (17.5%) mothers had primary level education. 150 (75.0%), were housewives, 149 (74.5%) mothers reported that their previous child also had neonatal jaundice. 10 was total knowledge score and the mean (SD) knowledge score was 6.2 (± 1.9). 105 (52.5%) mothers had inadequate knowledge score, while 95 (47.5%) mothers had adequate knowledge score. CONCLUSIONS: The mother's knowledge regarding neonatal jaundice (NNJ) is quite poor.

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