Nivel de conocimiento de los padres de niños menores de 5 años sobre los signos de gravedad en infecciones respiratorias agudas y su asistencia al servicio de emergencias del Centro de Salud de tercer nivel - Hospital Nacional Adolfo Guevara Velasco, julio -2023
Date
2023-08-28Author
Huamán Diaz, Rodrigo Eloy
Advisor
Vignatti Valencia, Walter Justo
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GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of knowledge about ARIs in parents
in relation to the clinical status on the assistance of children under 5 years of age who
arrive at the emergency room of the Adolfo Guevara Velasco National Hospital, July -
2023.
HYPOTHESIS: Knowledge about ARIs in parents affects the clinical status of children
under 5 years of age who arrive at the emergency room of the Adolfo Guevara Velasco
National Hospital, July - 2023
METHOD:
Type of research: This is a correlational, cross-sectional study
Research design: It is an analytical – observational study and non-experimental.
Study population: The population is made up of parents of children under 5 years of age
who attend the HNAGV emergency pediatric service with ARI symptoms.
Sample: 382 parents
Sampling: Simple random probabilistic
Data collection technique: Survey
Instrument: Data collection sheet validated by experts.
RESULTS: There’s no association between the level of knowledge about signs of
severity of ARIs and the clinical state of attendance at the emergency service (p= 0.923).
The most predominant symptoms were cough (91.88%), malaise (79.32%), runny nose
(67.8%) and fever (65.18%); the HNAGV was the nearest health center in 23.4%, the
majority of parents had a moderate level of knowledge (63.87%), an association was
demonstrated between the level of knowledge and the number of ARI episodes (p=0.015),
an association was demonstrated between the level of knowledge and the degree of
instruction of the parents (p<0.001); an association was demonstrated between the signs
and symptoms of attendance with the age of the parents (p<0.001); an association was
demonstrated between the signs and symptoms of attendance with the number of children
(p=0.046); the treatment that parents expect to receive regarding their age was associated
(p=0.002); the treatment expected to receive and the degree of instruction of the parents
had an association (p = 0.005), the severity of the symptoms according to the
consideration of the parents resulted in 56.28%, 62.3% and 48% as moderate to sore
throat, runny nose and dry cough respectively, 64.5% considered fever as a serious
symptom and 20.68% as very serious, lack of appetite, cyanosis, rib retraction, tachypnea,
drowsiness and difficulty breathing were the symptoms considered the most serious
CONCLUSION: The level of knowledge of ARIs has no impact on the clinical
attendance at the HNAGV emergency service; more than half of the parents had other
health centers closer to their homes; Mostly children attended between the age range of 3
to 5 years; the level of knowledge was mostly moderate and more than half of the children
did not present serious symptoms at the evaluation; In the last 6 months, the majority
presented 3 episodes of ARIs, the number of ARIs in the last 6 month GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of knowledge about ARIs in parents
in relation to the clinical status on the assistance of children under 5 years of age who
arrive at the emergency room of the Adolfo Guevara Velasco National Hospital, July -
2023.
HYPOTHESIS: Knowledge about ARIs in parents affects the clinical status of children
under 5 years of age who arrive at the emergency room of the Adolfo Guevara Velasco
National Hospital, July - 2023
METHOD:
Type of research: This is a correlational, cross-sectional study
Research design: It is an analytical – observational study and non-experimental.
Study population: The population is made up of parents of children under 5 years of age
who attend the HNAGV emergency pediatric service with ARI symptoms.
Sample: 382 parents
Sampling: Simple random probabilistic
Data collection technique: Survey
Instrument: Data collection sheet validated by experts.
RESULTS: There’s no association between the level of knowledge about signs of
severity of ARIs and the clinical state of attendance at the emergency service (p= 0.923).
The most predominant symptoms were cough (91.88%), malaise (79.32%), runny nose
(67.8%) and fever (65.18%); the HNAGV was the nearest health center in 23.4%, the
majority of parents had a moderate level of knowledge (63.87%), an association was
demonstrated between the level of knowledge and the number of ARI episodes (p=0.015),
an association was demonstrated between the level of knowledge and the degree of
instruction of the parents (p<0.001); an association was demonstrated between the signs
and symptoms of attendance with the age of the parents (p<0.001); an association was
demonstrated between the signs and symptoms of attendance with the number of children
(p=0.046); the treatment that parents expect to receive regarding their age was associated
(p=0.002); the treatment expected to receive and the degree of instruction of the parents
had an association (p = 0.005), the severity of the symptoms according to the
consideration of the parents resulted in 56.28%, 62.3% and 48% as moderate to sore
throat, runny nose and dry cough respectively, 64.5% considered fever as a serious
symptom and 20.68% as very serious, lack of appetite, cyanosis, rib retraction, tachypnea,
drowsiness and difficulty breathing were the symptoms considered the most serious
CONCLUSION: The level of knowledge of ARIs has no impact on the clinical
attendance at the HNAGV emergency service; more than half of the parents had other
health centers closer to their homes; Mostly children attended between the age range of 3
to 5 years; the level of knowledge was mostly moderate and more than half of the children
did not present serious symptoms at the evaluation; In the last 6 months, the majority
presented 3 episodes of ARIs, the number of ARIs in the last 6 months and the level of
education were influential factors on the level of knowledge of ARIs.