Determination' Knowledge and Home Treatment of Measles Infection by Caregivers of Children Under 5 Years

Abstract

Background: Fever, cough, conjunctivitis, and a generalized maculopapular rash are symptoms of measles virus (MV), an acute viral disease that is rather frequent..

Objective: Determination caregivers' Knowledge regarding home treatment of Measles infection of children under five years.

Methodology: The research is a descriptive study carried out to achieve the stated objectives    Related to caregiver’ knowledge regarding nursing care for children infected with   Measles and the prevalence of measles among children in pediatric healthcare   Centers in  AL-Nasiriya City. The study was conducted from 9 December 2024 to  Research delivered on 10 March 2025 A non-probability purposive sample of 50 caregivers from the emergency unit in Nasiriyah hospitals including Mohammed Al-Moussawi Children’s Hospital and Bint Al-Huda Maternity Hospital for Children. Part One: Demographic Characteristics The demographic data sheet included 7 items for parent   And  Part Two: Caregivers' Knowledge of Home Treatment for Measles in Children Less Than Five Years Old Questionnaire  We used SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 25) to analyze the data.

Results: It indicates that the patients' relatives from whom the samples were taken were in the age group (20-35) years. They were females. The majority of the sample was married. Regarding the level of education, the majority of the participants were illiterate. It showed no significant association between the parents' knowledge of the disease at (p > 0.05), except for their gender and level of education .

Conclusion: The age group Less than 35 years is the largest age group. Most women were married and the parents had High school graduate.  the majority was Doesn’t work about occupations. More than half of the caregivers had a strong understanding of measles, according to their total knowledge.  (Table 3) display  The measles virus was known to all fifty respondents.  Thirty caregivers (or 60.0% of the total) have a solid understanding of what causes measles. They were mostly accurate in identifying high body temperature, rash, and redness of the eyes as measles symptoms . 

Recommendation:  Caregivers and contacts must wear face masks and gloves when entering the patient’s room  .Educating the patient and family  prevention from the methods of transmission of the disease  prevention.