Prevalence of use of thermometer by parents of children with fever

8^th International Conference on Medical Education and Health Sciences

October 08-09, 2018 Osaka, Japan

Siddharth Sahai, Sashrika Saini and Monisha Sahai

National Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Health Edu Res Dev

Abstract :

An OPD questionnaire based study was carried out to assess prevalence of use of thermometer by parents of children with fever. Parents coming to the OPD of the pediatrics department of two medical colleges in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India were interviewed regarding use of thermometer at home in case their child was having fever prior to bringing the patient to the doctor. A questionnaire was filled after taking their consent and anonymity of the patient and caregivers was maintained. A total of 240 parents were interviewed. After the questionnaire they were educated on the use of the thermometer. Results showed that nearly 90% parents were not using the thermometer prior to bringing their child to a pediatrician with complaints of fever.

Biography :

Siddharth Sahai is currently a MBBS student at National Institute of Medical Sciences,Jaipur in India.

E-mail: drsahaimonisha@gmail.com