Research Article
Danger Signs of Childhood Pneumonia: Caregiver Awareness and Care Seeking Behavior in a Developing Country
Table 3
Knowledge of pneumonia danger signs by respondents (multiple responses allowed).
| | Pneumonia danger signs |
| | WHO/UNICEF recognized | | | Fast breathing | 181 (60.5) | | Difficulty in breathing | 66 (22.1) | | Chest wall indrawing | 37 (12.4) | | Stridor (noisy breathing) | 15 (5.0) | | WHO/UNICEF experienced | | | Fast breathing | 75 (68.2) | | Difficulty in breathing | 17 (15.5) | | Chest wall indrawing | 10 (9.1) | | Stridor (noisy breathing) | 8 (7.2) | | Respondent perceived | | | Fever | 226 (20.6) | | Fast breathing | 181 (16.5) | | Cough (continuous) | 180 (16.4) | | Chest pain | 67 (6.1) | | Difficulty in breathing | 66 (6.0) | | Cold/shivering | 63 (5.7) | | Catarrh/running nose | 43 (3.9) | | Weakness | 41 (3.7) | | Chest wall indrawing | 37 (3.4) | | Convulsion | 33 (3.0) | | Others | 161 (14.7) | | Respondent experienced | | | Fever | 123 (24.5) | | Cough (continuous) | 98 (19.5) | | Fast breathing | 75 (14.9) | | Cold/shivering | 34 (6.8) | | Convulsion | 22 (4.4) | | Difficulty in breathing | 17 (3.4) | | Catarrh/running nose | 17 (3.4) | | Inability to suck | 17 (3.4) | | Chest pain | 16 (3.2) | | Posttussive vomiting | 11 (2.2) | | Others | 73 (14.5) |
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Poor suck 33, excessive cry 28, abdominal distension 27, restlessness 18, noisy breathing 15, unconsciousness 11, vomiting 10, and so forth.
Excessive cry 12, weakness 11, abdominal distension 11, poor suck 11, chest wall indrawing 10, diarrhoea 9, noisy breathing 8, and so forth.
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