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Mothers’ Knowledge of Childhood Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Indian Perspective

Objectives  This study aims to assess the knowledge of childhood neurodevelopmental disorders (CNDDs) among mothers of children younger than 5 years and to promote awareness through health education to promote early identification. Methods  Quantitative approach, a descriptive survey in nature resea...

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Autores principales: Philip, Maria, Ramu, Rajalakshmi, Prasannan, Rakhi V., Thomas, Merin, James, Ninitha, V., Kathyayani B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7846324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33531777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1722094
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author Philip, Maria
Ramu, Rajalakshmi
Prasannan, Rakhi V.
Thomas, Merin
James, Ninitha
V., Kathyayani B.
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Ramu, Rajalakshmi
Prasannan, Rakhi V.
Thomas, Merin
James, Ninitha
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description Objectives  This study aims to assess the knowledge of childhood neurodevelopmental disorders (CNDDs) among mothers of children younger than 5 years and to promote awareness through health education to promote early identification. Methods  Quantitative approach, a descriptive survey in nature research design, was used. A total of 173 mothers who contented the inclusion conditions were chosen as sample on the basis of purposive sampling. The research study was done at the selected Primary Health Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka. The tabulations were measured and construed based on the objectives of the study by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results  The findings showed that most of the mothers have insufficient knowledge (mean and standard deviation: 3.02 ± 2.75) and there is no substantial relationship found between mothers’ knowledge on CNDD and their demographic variables except their occupation and majority of the mothers communicated that they needed further facts toward CNDD. Conclusion  The government and nongovernmental organizations can take initiations to conduct health education programs toward childhood developmental delays and disorders for the general public including mothers and community health workers.
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spelling pubmed-78463242021-02-01 Mothers’ Knowledge of Childhood Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Indian Perspective Philip, Maria Ramu, Rajalakshmi Prasannan, Rakhi V. Thomas, Merin James, Ninitha V., Kathyayani B. J Neurosci Rural Pract Objectives  This study aims to assess the knowledge of childhood neurodevelopmental disorders (CNDDs) among mothers of children younger than 5 years and to promote awareness through health education to promote early identification. Methods  Quantitative approach, a descriptive survey in nature research design, was used. A total of 173 mothers who contented the inclusion conditions were chosen as sample on the basis of purposive sampling. The research study was done at the selected Primary Health Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka. The tabulations were measured and construed based on the objectives of the study by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results  The findings showed that most of the mothers have insufficient knowledge (mean and standard deviation: 3.02 ± 2.75) and there is no substantial relationship found between mothers’ knowledge on CNDD and their demographic variables except their occupation and majority of the mothers communicated that they needed further facts toward CNDD. Conclusion  The government and nongovernmental organizations can take initiations to conduct health education programs toward childhood developmental delays and disorders for the general public including mothers and community health workers. Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-01 2021-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7846324/ /pubmed/33531777 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1722094 Text en Association for Helping Neurosurgical Sick People. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial-License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
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