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<sec><h3>Objective</h3>
<p>The rehospitalization rate of children &lt;5 years old with pneumonia is still high. The risk of hospitalization becomes higher in mothers with low knowledge of their child's disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of post–health-education maternal knowledge in cases of rehospitalization and to determine the differences in rehospitalization rate based on the type of health education media.</p>
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<sec><h3>Methods</h3>
<p>This study is a quasi-experiment. Health education was given to both groups: one group received education through audiovisual media and the other group through leaflet media. The level of post–health-education knowledge was measured on the third day, then followed up until the 30th day after the patient was discharged from the hospital.</p>
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<sec><h3>Results</h3>
<p>Post–health-education knowledge significantly reduced the cases of rehospitalization in both groups. However, the rehospitalization rate in the audiovisual group was lower than in the leaflet group (<italic>P</italic> = 0.047, odds ratio = 5.870).</p>
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<sec><h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>Post–health-education knowledge is effective in reducing the risk of rehospitalization, and health education using audiovisual media is more effective, compared to health education using leaflets, in reducing the cases of rehospitalization in children &lt;5 years of age with pneumonia.</p>
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Objective
The rehospitalization rate of children <5 years old with pneumonia is still high. The risk of hospitalization becomes higher in mothers with low knowledge of their child's disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of post–health-education maternal knowledge in cases of rehospitalization and to determine the differences in rehospitalization rate based on the type of health education media.

Methods
This study is a quasi-experiment. Health education was given to both groups: one group received education through audiovisual media and the other group through leaflet media. The level of post–health-education knowledge was measured on the third day, then followed up until the 30th day after the patient was discharged from the hospital.

Results
Post–health-education knowledge significantly reduced the cases of rehospitalization in both groups. However, the rehospitalization rate in the audiovisual group was lower than in the leaflet group (P = 0.047, odds ratio = 5.870).

Conclusions
Post–health-education knowledge is effective in reducing the risk of rehospitalization, and health education using audiovisual media is more effective, compared to health education using leaflets, in reducing the cases of rehospitalization in children <5 years of age with pneumonia.

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Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing

Frontiers of Nursing

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Effect of mother's knowledge on posteducation toward rehospitalization of young children with pneumonia

Objective
The rehospitalization rate of children <5 years old with pneumonia is still high. The risk of hospitalization becomes higher in mothers with low...

Variables	Group

	Video (n = 32)	Leaflet (n = 32)
Mother's characteristics
Age, in years (mean ± SD)	30.09 ± 6.664	30.66 ± 6.714
Education (f; %)
Higher	9; 28.1	8; 25
Secondary	16; 50	15; 46.9
Primary	7; 21.9	9; 28.1
Job (f; %)
Unemployed	21; 65.6	26; 81.2
Employed	11; 34.4	6; 18.8
Post–health-education knowledge (median ± min–max)	22 ± 14–22	19 ± 12–24
Children's characteristics
Age, in months (mean ± SD)	27.59; 14.979	26.63; 14.812
Sex (f; %)
Male	18; 56.2	16; 50
Female	14; 43.8	16; 50
Rehospitalization (f; %)
Yes	2; 6.2	9; 28.1
No	30; 93.8	23; 71.9
Environmental characteristics
Occupancy density (f; %)
Rare	17; 53.1	15; 46.9
Dense	15; 46.9	17; 53.1
Neighborhood density (f; %)
Rare	24; 75	21; 65.6
Dense	8; 25	11; 34.4

Group	Rehospitalization		95% CI	OR	P Value

	No	Yes
Audiovisual	30	2	1.155–29.826	5870	0.047^*
Leaflet	23	9

Variable	f	Mean rank	P-value^*
Audiovisual education			0.017
Rehospitalization	2	1.50
No	30	17.50
Leaflet education			0.002
Rehospitalization	9	8.22
No	23	19.74

Effect of mother's knowledge on posteducation toward rehospitalization of young children with pneumonia^†

Article Category: Original Article

Online veröffentlicht: 09. Okt. 2022

Seitenbereich: 269 - 274

Eingereicht: 21. Jan. 2022

Akzeptiert: 19. März 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0033

Schlüsselwörter
children, mother's post–health-education knowledge, pneumonia, rehospitalization

© 2022 Casman Casman et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The distribution of respondents according to mother, children, and environmental characteristics.

The difference in rates of rehospitalization cases (N = 64).

The effect of post–health-education knowledge on rehospitalization (N = 64).

Effect of mother's knowledge on posteducation toward rehospitalization of young children with pneumonia†

Article Category: Original Article

Online veröffentlicht: 09. Okt. 2022

Seitenbereich: 269 - 274

Eingereicht: 21. Jan. 2022

Akzeptiert: 19. März 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0033

Schlüsselwörterchildren, mother's post–health-education knowledge, pneumonia, rehospitalization

© 2022 Casman Casman et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The distribution of respondents according to mother, children, and environmental characteristics.

The difference in rates of rehospitalization cases (N = 64).

The effect of post–health-education knowledge on rehospitalization (N = 64).

Effect of mother's knowledge on posteducation toward rehospitalization of young children with pneumonia^†

Schlüsselwörter
children, mother's post–health-education knowledge, pneumonia, rehospitalization