Meeting abstract
HEALTH KNOWLEDGE AND OPINIONS OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH BRONCHITIS
Ivana Majstorović
; General County Hospital Požega, Osječka 107, Požega, Croatia
Mateja Turina
; Health Center of Požega - Slavonia County, Matije Gupca 10, Požega, Croatia
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study is to examine knowledge and attitudes about health of parents whose children suffer from bronchitis. Their knowledge of bronchitis, symptoms of illness, causes of illness, period of occurrence, frequency of their child's bronchitis, knowledge of the use of aids to alleviate the symptoms of the disease, as well as diagnostic procedures and the methods of treating bronchitis were examined. The study also compares the behavioral habits of parents whose children suffer from bron-chitis in their everyday life which are connected to smoking and regular ventilation of their child's liv-ing space.
Methods: 115 parents who brought their children with bronchitis symptoms to the pediatric depart-ment of the General County Hospital in Požega participated in the research. The survey was conducted by an anonymous questionnaire composed by the author, and the questionnaire contained 35 questions, four of which are related to the demographic characteristics of the respondents (sex, age, place of resi-dence and vocation), while the remaining questions are related to knowledge and attitudes of respond-ents about bronchitis and the behavioral habits in everyday life.
Results: The results of the research have shown that the knowledge of health of parents whose chil-dren suffer from bronchitis is most related to the degree of education, the age of the parents and the place of residence, and least to the parents' sex. Parents have shown good knowledge of the disease, symptoms, causes of the disease, and diagnostic procedures and treatment, while significantly less knowledge has been shown about smoking and its adverse impact on the health of their child.
Conclusion: Parents' knowledge and attitudes about health have a major influence on diminishing the risk of bronchitis and the frequency of its occurrence.
Keywords
attitudes of parents; bronchitis; children; health behavior; knowledge of health of parents
Hrčak ID:
232944
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Publication date:
31.12.2019.
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