Parental knowledge and perceptions of fever in children and fever management practices: Differences between parents of children with and without a history of febrile seizures

Pediatric Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 231-237

  Sakai, Rie ^a   Niijima, Shinichi ^b   Marui, Eiji ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY NERIMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Febrile seizure; Maternal anxiety; Questionnaire survey; Source of information

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MOTHER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLD TEMPERATURE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MOTHERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 67650337435     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31819e353a     Document Type: Article

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