Kasmaei Parisa, Atrkar-Roushan Zahra, Majlesi Fereshteh, Joukar Farahnaz
Iran-Rasht-Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Paediatr Nurs. 2008 Nov;20(9):32-4. doi: 10.7748/paed2008.11.20.9.32.c6825.
Mothers' understanding and co-operation is an important factor supporting primary prevention and secondary prophylaxis for controlling rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. We sought to determine mothers' knowledge about different aspects of rheumatic fever.
Participation of 500 mothers referred to healthcare centers in Guilan province was sought for the study which used a questionnaire to evaluate their knowledge about five different aspects of rheumatic fever.
Among the 443 respondents, good knowledge about treatment was high (86 per cent); fewer mothers had a good level of knowledge about other aspects of treatment: epidemiology 34 per cent, symptoms 4 per cent, route of infection 27 per cent and complications 10.5 per cent. More educated women had significantly better knowledge about rheumatic fever.
Expanded health education is required to improve knowledge about this condition among the population.
母亲的理解与合作是支持控制风湿热和风湿性心脏病一级预防和二级预防的重要因素。我们试图确定母亲们对风湿热不同方面的了解情况。
本研究寻求500名转诊至吉兰省医疗中心的母亲参与，采用问卷调查来评估她们对风湿热五个不同方面的了解。
在443名受访者中，对治疗的良好认知率较高（86%）；对治疗其他方面有良好认知水平的母亲较少：流行病学为34%，症状为4%，感染途径为27%，并发症为10.5%。受教育程度较高的女性对风湿热的了解明显更好。
需要扩大健康教育以提高人群对这种疾病的认知。
