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Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of febrile convulsionsOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The aim of the present work was Improvement of child health through improvement of parental knowledge and practice regarding febrile convulsions in preschool children by assessment of the prevalence of febrile convulsions, the parental knowledge and practice regarding febrile convulsions in preschool children and the effect of health education program on parenteral knowledge about febrile convulsions.
The study was conducted in Shebin Al-Kom Family Health Center representing the urban population (the only Family Health Center in Shebin Al-Kom City) and in Bakhaty Family Health Center representing the rural population (was randomly selected from villages affiliated to Shebin Al-Kom District).
The studied participants were the parents (mothers or fathers) attended the selected Family Health Centers with their children (aged from birth to six years old) seeking for any child medical services during the period of data collection. All participants were evaluated through pre-designed questionnaire and were interviewed through the following stages:
Stage 1 (Pre-interventional stage): to access information of the parents about febrile convulsions.
The parent answered the questionnaire for the first time prior to education. The questionnaire included personal and Socio-economic status, family history of febrile convulsions or epilepsy, parental beliefs regarding causes of febrile convulsions, knowledge of febrile convulsions, recommended and non-recommended practices for febrile convulsions and detection of participants’ source of knowledge about febrile convulsions.
Stage 2 (Interventional stage): The parent received a 30-minute self-structured educational program about febrile convulsions.
Stage 3 (post- Interventional stage):Three months after collection of the data from the respondents and the health education program, participants were invited by phone call to visit the health center again and the same set of questionnaires was applied to the respondents to obtain the post intervention data. All respondents were asked to fill out the previously prepared questionnaire.
from this study it was found that:
1. Among 300 studied participants aged from 21-50 years old with the mean age were (31.57±6.98), most of them were mothers and from rural areas (77.7%, 59.7% respectively). Most of fathers were working (98.5%) and about half of them had high educational level (58.2%). About two thirds of mothers were working (62.3%) and half of them had high educational level (53.2%). About two thirds of participants had middle socioeconomic level (64.7%). Most of the participants haven’t family history of epilepsy or febrile convulsions (FC) (97.3, 95.3%) respectively.
2. The prevalence of febrile convulsions in preschool children in Shebin Al-kom District, Menoufia Governorate, Egypt was 8.67%.
3. Participants who thought that the main cause is fever and Childs’ age was (89.3%) before education and (90.7%) after education. Also, before the education program participants who believed that abnormal