Physicians’, nurses’, and parents’ attitudes to and knowledge about fever in early childhood

This study investigated physicians’, nurses’ and parents’ approach to fever in early childhood. A total of 2059 questionnaires was completed by the three groups. Though most of the responders (59.8%) believed that fever is a helpful bodily mechanism of the body, there was a significant difference be...

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Published in:Patient education and counseling 2002, Vol.46 (1), p.61-65
Main Authors: Sarrell, Michael, Cohen, Herman Avner, Kahan, Ernesto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic - therapeutic use
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Child
Child, Preschool
Consultations
Fever
Fever - drug therapy
Fever - therapy
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Maintenance Organizations
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Israel
Knowledge
Nurses
Nurses - psychology
Nursing
Parents
Parents - psychology
Physicians
Physicians - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urban Population
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Summary:This study investigated physicians’, nurses’ and parents’ approach to fever in early childhood. A total of 2059 questionnaires was completed by the three groups. Though most of the responders (59.8%) believed that fever is a helpful bodily mechanism of the body, there was a significant difference between physicians (85.8%) and nurses and parents (63.9 and 43.1%, respectively) ( P
ISSN:0738-3991
1873-5134
DOI:10.1016/S0738-3991(01)00160-4