Assessing the Knowledge and Attitude of Mothers Regarding the Importance of Playing among Children at a Selected Hospital in Thrissur with a View to Develop an Information Booklet
Journal Title: Journal of Nursing Today - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
The present study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding the importance of play among children at a selected hospital in Thrissur, with a view to develop an information booklet. The objectives of the study is to assess , to correlate , to associate the level of knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding the importance of play with selected demographic variables and to develop an information booklet on the importance of play. A descriptive study was conducted on 50 mothers of infants at Aswini Hospital Thrissur and samples were selected by using purposive sampling technique. The tool used for the study was structured knowledge questionnaire to assess the knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding importance of play among children. The study revealed that 24(48%) mothers have moderate knowledge whereas 26 (52%) mothers have poor knowledge, none of them have adequate knowledge and majority of mothers 36 (72%) have favorable attitude regarding the importance of play and remaining 14 (28%) have unfavorable attitude regarding importance of play. The analysis shows there is a significant association between knowledge of mothers regarding importance of play among children with selected demographic variables such as age and religion and no association between knowledge with other demographic variables. There is no significant association between attitude with demographic variables and correlation between knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding importance of play among children.
Authors and Affiliations
Christy Joy, Donamol. P. Jolly, Greeshma Radhakrishnan, Jainy George, Jesni Jose, Jincy Paulose, Kavya Biju. K, Saranya S
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