title: OC42 - What do parents know about fever?
abstract: Theme: Parenting/parenthood.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Due to lack of information, the fever in the child brings anxiety and fear to their parents.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To identify parents' knowledge towards the child with fever and the sources of information they have used.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational study. Convenience not probabilistic sample of 360 parents with children in child health surveillance consultation, in central Portugal. Data collection was performed by a questionnaire about fever in children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Knowledge of the fever was found to be weak among parents aged * 38 years (36.2%) with a partner (77.0%), living in rural areas (69.3%) and having completed the ninth grade (53.9%). Parents up to 37 years (68.2%) with a partner (89.0%), living in urban area (53.0%) and having higher education (43.3%) showed good knowledge. The main sources of information were the doctor (65.8%) and nurses (50.6%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses need to invest in training parents more on this subject.
authors.affiliation: ACES Dão Lafões - USF Alves Martins, Viseu, Portugal.
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: CI&DETS - Health School of Viseu - Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bica
authors.affiliation: CI&DETS - Health School of Viseu - Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal.
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Margarida Reis
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: CI&DETS - Health School of Viseu - Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ernestina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: ACeS Dão Lafões, USF Terras de Azurara, Mangualde, Portugal.
authors.forename: Patrícia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011174:Portugal; D012424:Rural Population
keywords: Children; fever; knowledge; parents.