Analysis of knowledge in relation to prevention and management of scabies under five years of age

Abstract

Prolonged skin-to-skin contact is necessary to allow the transmission of the causative mite.

Aim: To assess the knowledge in relation to prevention and management of scabies among mothers of under five years of aged children, before and after planned teaching programme. And to find out the association between post test knowledge in relation to prevention and management of scabies and selected demographic variables.

Methods: A quasi experimental design were conducted for about 50 samples of mothers of children under five years of age by non probability convenient sampling technique, from pediatric medical ward of M G M Hospital, Kalamboli. M.G.M. Hospital. Data collection tool comprises of first demographic data of the sample second, consists of knowledge of mother’s children under five years of age, regarding prevention and management of scabies. The reliability of the tool was established using test retest method and analyzed using Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient formula.

Results: 38% of mothers were belonging to less than 25 years and 36% of mothers were in 26 -30 years age group, 38% had primary education 90% of them were Hindus and 96% were unemployed From that 58% were from nuclear family, 50% had one under five children in the family 18% had a history of scabies among family members.

Conclusion: During pre test 46% of sample had average knowledge in relation to prevention and management of scabies and 38% of sample had poor knowledge while during post test majority (58%) were in excellent and 34% of got very good score.