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Abstract
Background:Fever in children is a common presenting complaint during health visits in primary health care centers. Parents frequently have concerns about fever and perceive it as a disease rather than a symptom of illness. Mothers’ practice of fever management varies according to their background and experience. Meanwhile, nursing research suggests that management of children with fever is not based on updated scientific evidence. For this reason.Aim of the study: to Assess mothers’ management of their children with fever at primary health care centers in Port Said City.Design: A descriptive research design has been used. Setting:The present study was conducted at the primary health care centers in Port Said City, Egypt.Sample: The study included amultistage sample of 320 mothers, who manage their children with fever at primary health care centers in Port Said City and it is recruited for 6 months’ period. Tools: one tool consisted of three parts was used to collect data that included, socio-demographic characteristics’ of studied mothers, assessment of mothers’ knowledge about fever and its management as well as assessment of the mothers’ reported practices about fever management. Results: the present study demonstrated that the high percentage of the studied mothers(65%-75.6%) had poor knowledge and inadequate practices respectively while, ( 22.5%) of them had good practices about fever and it’s management. Conclusion:Majority of mothers’ knowledge and practices regarding the management of fever were deficient and inadequate, and most of them overused fever medications. Recommendation: All mothers visiting primary health care centers should be given dependable, evidance-based information regarding managing fever and proper antipyretic usage, also awareness campaigns and creation of illustrated posters and pamphlets.