Assessment of the Knowledge of Mothers of under Five Children Regarding Worm Infestations

Introduction A descriptive study was conducted to assess the knowledge score of mothers of under five children regarding worm infestations. Material and Methods The sample of this comprised of 50 mothers. Convenient sampling technique is used to draw the samples for this study. Collected data were analyzed by using description and inferential statistics. Results The mothers mean value for the mode of transmission is 0.29 with the mean percentage of 29 . The mean value of the clinical features of worm infestations is 0.36 with the mean percentage of 36 . The mean value of the management is 0.35 with the mean percentage of 35 . The analysis revealed that there is significant association between age, education, occupation and religion and remaining variable were found to be non significant. Conclusion The study revealed that women residing in community area have adequate knowledge regarding worm infestations. Yadav A | Pant G | Bora N | Chuphal P | Jalal R | Sati S | Bhima S S | Thamarai S P "Assessment of the Knowledge of Mothers of under Five Children Regarding Worm Infestations" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-3 , April 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30553.pdf