Research Article
Childhood Convulsion: Inquiry about the Concerns and Home Management among Mothers in Tegbesun, a Periurban Community in Ilorin, Nigeria
Table 3
Concerns of mothers when a child is convulsing.
| Concerns | Yes (%) | No (%) | Do not know (%) | Total (%) |
| Fear of death | 450 (90.0) | 15 (3.0) | 35 (7.0) | 500 (100) | Fear of reoccurrence | 389 (77.8) | 37 (7.4) | 74 (14.8) | 500 (100) | Fear of mental retardation | 290 (58.0) | 150 (30.0) | 60 (12.0) | 500 (100) | Fear of physical disability | 100 (20.0) | 350 (70.0) | 50 (10.0) | 500 (100) | Fear of visual impairment | 57 (11.4) | 389 (77.8)
| 54 (10.8) | 500 (100) |
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