A study to assess knowledge and practices of mothers about management of children with enuresis residing in kamgar nagar, pimpri chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Pune-18

Abstract

A large number of children are in a very unhealthy and intimidating environment both biological and psychological areas affecting their overall psychosocial development and hence, children are facing behavioral problems mainly due to psychological disturbances. Among the psychological problems, enuresis is one of the most prominent problems observed in children. It has been reported that more than one third of India’s population is below the age of 18 years and approximately 40% of the Indian Population is children, making India the country with the highest number of child population in the world (i.e around 440 million). The main aim of the present study was to assess knowledge and practices of mothers about management of children with enuresis residing in Kamgar Nagar, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India. The study included 50 mothers who have children with enuresis in age group 5-13 years of age in the selected area. The structured interview schedule was used for assessing the knowledge and practices of the mothers regarding management of children with Enuresis in the selected area. An association between knowledge and demographic variables was also assessed using Chi Square test. P value less than 0.05 was considered significant. The findings on relationship showed there existed association between practices about management of children with enuresis and selected demographic variables like mothers’ age, education, type of family and number of children.