Parental Perception of Childhood Anaemia and Efficiency of Instrument Assisted Pallor Detection among Mothers in Southeast Nigeria: A Field Validation Study
Table 1
Parental knowledge of anaemia and children’s previous medical history and their health-seeking behavior.
Variables
n
%
Was the child sick within the previous 6 months (n=474)
Yes
416
87.8
No
58
12.2
The symptoms children previously presented with when ill (n=78)
Fever
76
97.4
Cough
36
46.2
Diarrhea
6
7.7
Vomiting
4
5.3
Seizure
4
5.3
Nasa discharge
3
3.8
Health-seeking behavior (n=412)
Patent medicine vendor
210
51.0
Public hospital
104
25.2
Private hospital
61
14.8
Self-medication
31
7.5
Traditional/Spiritual
6
1.5
Parents’ knowledge of anaemia (n=289)
Yes
60
20.8
No
229
79.2
How to detect pallor (n=295)
Don’t know
101
34.3
Test
64
21.7
Skin color
60
20.3
Paleness
54
18.3
Eyes
46
15.6
Hands & Feet
24
8.1
Action to take if a child is found to be pale (n=275)
