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Body temperature (°C) Number Share/Percentage
37,5–38,0 25 50
38,0–38,5 11 22
Above 38,5 14 28
Total 50 100
By raising a question of how parents should respond to a child having fe- parent awareness about the onset of febrile seizures and fever 83
brile seizures, we wanted to establish the level of their awareness when it comes
to taking action when the above phenomenon occurs. Multiple replies were
possible. The answers we got from the parents are shown in table 1. The fact is
that 32 parents (64 %) would call for a medical emergency in the event of febrile
seizures. Only 5 parents (10 %) would do the right thing and thus turn their
child on the side during a febrile seizure and only 3 (6 %) parents would let fe-
brile seizures to stop themselves. Poorly informed parents (14 %) would ad-
minister oral medications to their child as soon as a febrile seizure takes place.
14 parents (28 %) would handle the situation in an improper way by trying to
bring a child’s fever with tepid sponging.
Figure 1: Measures taken in the event of a febrile seizure
Discussion
In the herewith research, a special focus was placed on knowledge and aware-
ness regarding febrile seizures. Among parents, participating in the study, 10 %
are the ones who have experienced their child having febrile seizure on one oc-
casion, which was more than expected considering such a small case sample.
From the data we had collected, we found that the majority of parents (64 %)
37,5–38,0 25 50
38,0–38,5 11 22
Above 38,5 14 28
Total 50 100
By raising a question of how parents should respond to a child having fe- parent awareness about the onset of febrile seizures and fever 83
brile seizures, we wanted to establish the level of their awareness when it comes
to taking action when the above phenomenon occurs. Multiple replies were
possible. The answers we got from the parents are shown in table 1. The fact is
that 32 parents (64 %) would call for a medical emergency in the event of febrile
seizures. Only 5 parents (10 %) would do the right thing and thus turn their
child on the side during a febrile seizure and only 3 (6 %) parents would let fe-
brile seizures to stop themselves. Poorly informed parents (14 %) would ad-
minister oral medications to their child as soon as a febrile seizure takes place.
14 parents (28 %) would handle the situation in an improper way by trying to
bring a child’s fever with tepid sponging.
Figure 1: Measures taken in the event of a febrile seizure
Discussion
In the herewith research, a special focus was placed on knowledge and aware-
ness regarding febrile seizures. Among parents, participating in the study, 10 %
are the ones who have experienced their child having febrile seizure on one oc-
casion, which was more than expected considering such a small case sample.
From the data we had collected, we found that the majority of parents (64 %)
