(a) Knowledge of mothers about fever | Frequence (n = 36) | % | |
Fever = sickness | No | 2 | 5.6 |
Yes | 34 | 94.4 | |
Definition of fever | 37.6˚C - 78˚C | 21 | 58.3 |
38˚C and above | 5 | 13.9 | |
Do not know | 10 | 27.8 | |
Best pick up site | Armpit | 22 | 61.1 |
Blocked | 6 | 16.7 | |
Rectum | 8 | 22.2 | |
First move | Administer the drug | 24 | 66.7 |
Health center | 7 | 19.4 | |
Church | 5 | 13.9 | |
Physical means | Undressing | 12 | 33.3 |
Wet wrap | 24 | 66.7 | |
Antipyretic | Ibuprofen | 13 | 36.1 |
Paracetamol | 23 | 63.9 | |
Complications of fever | Convulsion | 10 | 27.8 |
Death | 6 | 16.7 | |
Delirium | 12 | 33.3 | |
Dehydration | 8 | 22.2 | |
(b) Attitude of mothers to fever | |||
Posture adopted | Wait at home | 8 | 22.2 |
Go to the hospital | 8 | 22.2 | |
Go to Pharmacy | 20 | 55.6 | |
Preference for treatments | Association | 25 | 69.4 |
Paracetamol | 11 | 30.6 | |
Overdose for quick effect | No | 27 | 75.0 |
Yes | 9 | 25.0 | |
ATB use against fever | No | 19 | 52.8 |
Yes | 17 | 47.2 | |
Dosage adapted to weight | No | 1 | 2.8 |
Yes | 35 | 97.2 | |
(c) Practices of mothers in the face of fever | |||
Fever assessment tool | Thermometer | 11 | 30.6 |
To touch | 25 | 69.4 | |
Evaluation treatment | More than 2 hours | 19 | 52.8 |
In an hour | 17 | 47.2 | |
Instrument for calculating the dose | Spoon | 29 | 80.6 |
Dosimeter | 7 | 19.4 | |
Route of drug administration | Oral | 27 | 75.0 |
Rectal | 9 | 25.0 | |
ATB use without medical prescription | No | 12 | 33.3 |
Yes | 24 | 66.7 |