Assess the Knowledge in Ladder Game Regarding Personal Hygiene among under five Children at SMCH

 

Mrs. Mary Minolin^1*, Mrs. P. Meena², Mrs. Beautily³

¹Asscoiate Professor, Saveetha College of Nursing, Saveetha University, Chennai, India

²Clinical Instructor, Saveetha College of Nursing, Saveetha University, Chennai, India

 

ABSTRACT:

Objective: Personal hygiene is keeping our body, our teeth, our hair, our clothes and our genital area clean. It is one of the mechanisms used for breaking disease transmission cycles. It also helps the individual to have a good aesthetic value by the people he/she is living with. Moreover, it is a good figure of better living style. The objectives of the study to assess level of knowledge regarding personal hygiene among under five children and to determine the association between the level of knowledge and demographic variables Methods: A Descriptive cross sectional research design was adopted with 30 under five-children who met the inclusion criteria The data was collected by using structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: The study findings showed that the 3 had adequate knowledge; 11 of them had moderate knowledge and 16 of them had inadequate knowledge. Conclusion: The study findings reveal that, structured questions by assess the knowledge in ladder game regarding personal hygiene among under five children, by advising the mother to follow the good habits for their children, as this determine of the study.

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION:

Personal hygiene is keeping our body, our teeth, our hair, our clothes and our genital area clean. It is one of the mechanisms used for breaking disease transmission cycles. It also helps the individual to have a good aesthetic value by the people he/she is living with. Moreover, it is a good figure of better living style. Personal hygiene is therefore, a measure taken at individual level to promote personal cleanliness so that transmission of diseases from source to susceptible hosts is prevented. Our parents even before our school days have taught us the importance of hygiene at a household level and we all are trained to behave in a certain manner so that hygiene is maintained depending on the level of understanding of the community. Therefore, the concept of hygiene as an art is as old as the history of mankind although nowadays it has been recognized as a science of its own.

 

 

Most hygiene promotion is developed for adults Young children do not possess the same skills, knowledge and ability to learn complex concepts as older children (or adults), and they learn differently. Children learn through: Helping (e.g., with chores), Playing, Being creative, Dealing with others (interaction and communication), Playing, Exercising.

 

Healthy child makes healthy generation. There is a close relationship between unhealthy children to a worsened future of the world. The children are one third of our population and all of our future. There are about 200.6 million children belonging to 6 to 12 years globally. Among them, 40% of middle school children are in India. In Karnataka there are about 22 million children who are going to middle schools.

 

WHO health statistics in 2006 estimated that, about 1400 million people world-wide are infested with at least one type of worm. School children have worm infestation as a common health problem throughout the world, due to poor personal hygiene. The prevalence rate of worm infestation is 12% in India. In India, the most common problem faced by the children are dental caries (90%), pediculosis in girls (20.42%) and in boys (13.86%), diarrhea (25%) and scabies (43.24%). This may be attributed to lack of personal hygiene. The personal hygiene is mainly essential for human beings especially for children because of the children more prone to get the infection through environment as well as day to day life activities. Personal hygiene should be observed throughout life for healthy living. Recognizing hygiene habits for prevention of disease is important for children. In a child-to-child program, child can be an excellent health messenger and health volunteer in their own community.

 

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

A Descriptive cross sectional research design was adopted with 30 under five-children who met the inclusion criteria by Purposive sampling method at Saveetha Medical College and Hospital after obtaining formal permission from authority. Inclusion criteria were Under five children who are admitted in pediatric ward and children’s belongs to 3-5years age group. Exclusion criteria were Children are not willing to participate in this study. Explained the study in detail and obtained informed consent from the mothers of children. Data were collected by structured questioner. Collected the socio demographic variables and confidentiality was maintained throughout the procedure. Collected data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.

 

RESULTS:

A total of 30 underfive children were studied. The study findings showed that the frequency and percentage distribution of demographic variable out of 30 samples age belong to 4-5 years were 66.66%, sex 66.66% are girl, and 30% get monthly income of Rs.2500 and 23 members 76.66% were nuclear family table 1

 

TABLE I: Frequency and percentage of demographic variables among under five children

S.no	Demographic variables	Characteristics	Frequency	Percentage(%)
1.	Age	a)3-4years b)4-5years	10 20	33.33% 66.66%
2.	Sex	a)Boy b)Girl	10  20	33.33%  66.66%
3.	Monthly income	a)Rs.2500 b)Rs.5000-7000 c)Rs.10000 d)None of these	9 9 6 4	30% 30% 26.66% 13.33%
4.	Occupation	a)House Wife b)Coolie Workers c)Company Workers d)None of these	13 7 6 4	43.33% 23.33% 20% 13.33%
5.	Type of family	a)Nuclear Family b)Joint Family	23 7	76.66% 23.33%
6.	Religion	a)Hindu b)Muslim c)Christian	29 0 1	96.66% 0% 3.33%

 

 

Figure: 1 The above chart reveals that any underfive children’s belongs to the age group of 3-4 years (33.33%) and 4-5 years (66.66%).

 

 

 

 

TABLE II:

The present study findings showed that the 3 had adequate knowledge; 11 of them had moderate knowledge and 16 of them had inadequate knowledge. The overall mean and standard deviation score was17.9 ± 3.58

 

Distribution on level of knowledge on ladder game regarding personal hygiene among underfivechildrens

s.no	level of knowledge	no	percentage	mean	standard deviation
1 2 3	Adequate Moderate Inadequate	3 11  16	10% 36.66% 53.33%	17.9	3.58

 

 

 

Table: The association between the demographic variables and the level of knowledge among under five childrens.

S.no.	Demographic variable	No of samples	Level of knowledge			Chi squre
			Inadequate	Moderate	Adequate
1	Age: a)3-4years b)4-5years	10 20	6 10	4 6	-  4	X2 3.98, d.f=4,  p=9.49 (N.S)
2	Sex a)Boy b)Girl	10 20	5 14	5 6	-  -	X2=2.3, d.f=6, p=12.59 (N.S)
3	Monthly income a)Rs.2500 b)Rs.5000-7000 c)Rs. 10000 d)None of these	10 10 6 4	5 4 3 2	5 6 3 2	- - - -	X2=1.01, d.f=4,  p=9.49  (N.S)
4	Occupation a) House wife b) Coolie c)Company workers d) None of these	13 7 6 4	6 5 3 2	7 2 3 2	- - - -	X2=8.48, d.f=6,  p=12.59  (N.S)
5	Type of family a)Nuclear family b)Joint family	24 6	12 4	12 2	- -	X2=3.08, d.f=2,  p=6.99  (N.S)
6	Religion a)Hindu b)Muslim c)Christian	29 0 1	19 - 1	10 - -	- - -	X2=5.08, d.f=4,  p=9.49  (N.S)

There was no association with selected demographic variables.

 

DISCUSSION:

The main focus of the study is to assess the knowledge regarding personal hygiene among under five children, total of 30 samples were selected by purposive sampling technique. The study is used to questionnaires. The study findings were discussed based on the following objectives. The first objective of the study was assess the demographic variables of under five childerns.The frequency and percentage distribution of demographic variable out of 30 samples, age belong to 4-5 were 66.66%, sex(20) 66.66% are girl, (9) 30% get monthly income of Rs.2500 and the occupation (13) 43.33% are house wife. (23) 76.66% were nuclear family. This section deals with the assess the knowledge on ladder game regarding personal hygiene among under five children. The study was done Assess the level of knowledge 0n ladder game regarding personal hygiene among under five children’s in (3-5) years in Saveetha medical college and hospital in Chennai.

 

CONCLUSION:

A descriptive study design was used .The study was done to Assess the level of knowledge 0n ladder game regarding personal hygiene among under five childrens.The study was conducted in Saveetha medical college and hospital at pediatric OPD. The necessary permission was obtained from the HOD pediatric OPD in Saveetha medical college and hospital in Chennai purposive sampling technique is selected for the study.

 

 

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:

Authors declare no conflict of Interest

 

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Accepted on 28.04.2018        © RJPT All right reserved

Research J. Pharm. and Tech 2018; 11(7): 3149-3151.