The Experiences of Mother in Taking Care for Toddlers with Febrile Seizures

Jathu Dwi Wahyuni, Yenny Sianturi

2018

Abstract

Background: Febrile seizures on toddlers usually happened at home. It is usually handled by mother and family by took the children to the hospital as they did not know how to handling their children with febrile seizures. Objective: To explore mothers’ experiences in taking care of toddlers with febrile seizures in East Jakarta. Methods: The data were collected by in-depth interview. In-depth interviews about the mother experiences in taking care of toddlers with febrile seizures were conducted with 6 mothers. Interviews were recorded using digital voice recorder and conducted in 2016. The researcher finding some key words, and combining the key words become themes. Data validity was doing by clarification the results of interview to all participants. The data were analyzed using the Collaizi approach. Results: Four themes emerged: the family’s psychological responses, febrile seizures handling, obstacles in treating infants with febrile seizures and the prevention of febrile seizures. Conclusion: The febrile seizures could be handling at home and health services. The barriers in taking care of children with seizure were cost of the treatment and the fear of recurrent seizure. The strategies in preventing febrile seizures included maintaining a healthy environment and providing health food supplements, medication.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wahyuni J. and Sianturi Y. (2018). The Experiences of Mother in Taking Care for Toddlers with Febrile Seizures.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Indonesian National Nurses Association - Volume 1: ICINNA, ISBN 978-989-758-406-0, pages 100-103. DOI: 10.5220/0008203701000103

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinna18,
author={Jathu Dwi Wahyuni and Yenny Sianturi},
title={The Experiences of Mother in Taking Care for Toddlers with Febrile Seizures},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Indonesian National Nurses Association - Volume 1: ICINNA,},
year={2018},
pages={100-103},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008203701000103},
isbn={978-989-758-406-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Indonesian National Nurses Association - Volume 1: ICINNA,
TI - The Experiences of Mother in Taking Care for Toddlers with Febrile Seizures
SN - 978-989-758-406-0
AU - Wahyuni J.
AU - Sianturi Y.
PY - 2018
SP - 100
EP - 103
DO - 10.5220/0008203701000103