Children with acute respiratory infections: how are they cared for at home?
This exploratory-descriptive study aimed to identify the knowledge and needs of child caretakers with regards to acute respiratory infection. A sample of 129 children that had random numbers. Forms were applied to the caretakers in their homes during February and March 2002. The majority of caretake...
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| description | This exploratory-descriptive study aimed to identify the knowledge and needs of child caretakers with regards to acute respiratory infection. A sample of 129 children that had random numbers. Forms were applied to the caretakers in their homes during February and March 2002. The majority of caretakers were young women, had an incomplete elementary education, and income of 1-2 minimum salaries. With regards to the initial actions undertaken when the child is ill, 48,2% reported seeking a physician, 36,6% medicate the child on their own, and 13,2% use biotherapy. To prevent against pneumonia, the majority of the caretakers use common sense and they recognize the aggravating symptoms of diseases based on previous experiences, therefore pointing out a deficiency of knowledge of the signs and symptoms of the serious respiratory tract infections.
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| spelling | doaj-art-43601d60e04e4035b19b8e09b1ccf6992025-08-21T13:59:41ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832003-02-0141Children with acute respiratory infections: how are they cared for at home?Akemi Iwata MonteiroBertha Cruz EndersJovenal Dantas de MedeirosThis exploratory-descriptive study aimed to identify the knowledge and needs of child caretakers with regards to acute respiratory infection. A sample of 129 children that had random numbers. Forms were applied to the caretakers in their homes during February and March 2002. The majority of caretakers were young women, had an incomplete elementary education, and income of 1-2 minimum salaries. With regards to the initial actions undertaken when the child is ill, 48,2% reported seeking a physician, 36,6% medicate the child on their own, and 13,2% use biotherapy. To prevent against pneumonia, the majority of the caretakers use common sense and they recognize the aggravating symptoms of diseases based on previous experiences, therefore pointing out a deficiency of knowledge of the signs and symptoms of the serious respiratory tract infections. https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5640Nursing health careChildAcute respiratory infections. |
| spellingShingle | Akemi Iwata Monteiro Bertha Cruz Enders Jovenal Dantas de Medeiros Children with acute respiratory infections: how are they cared for at home? Rev Rene Nursing health care Child Acute respiratory infections. |
| title | Children with acute respiratory infections: how are they cared for at home? |
| title_full | Children with acute respiratory infections: how are they cared for at home? |
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| title_short | Children with acute respiratory infections: how are they cared for at home? |
| title_sort | children with acute respiratory infections how are they cared for at home |
| topic | Nursing health care Child Acute respiratory infections. |
| url | https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5640 |
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