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| UDK 616.71-007.15-053.2(497.6) | ISSN 0350-2899, 32(2007) br.4 p.163-168 | ||||||||||
| Original paper Knowledge about rickets of mothers in Bosnia and HerzegovinaAdnan Bajraktarević (1), Sanja Putica (1), Milan Mioković (1),
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| Summary: BACKGROUND: Rickets is a disease of bones that grow up, directly associated with childhood. Hypo vitamins rickets has cause as insufficient exposing to ultraviolet waves - sunshine lights , but children for substitution don't use prophylaxis of vitamins. Our hypothesis was that knowledge of mothers in municipality Centre Sarajevo, its prevention and treatment are more higher then others Bosnian-Herzegovina municipalities because higher level of education is in central Sarajevo municipal community. METHODS AND MATERIALS: There were made interview of 5100 mothers in period of six months in five Bosnian-Herzegovina communities, different degrees of education and ages of mothers. Ankets of questionnaire had 10 questions. Results of test are statistics are computed using cross sectional studies methods and analyses in computer system. RESULTS: Basic opinion proved our hypothesis that mothers from municipality Centre are more involved in knowledge of rickets , prophylaxis and treatment because they had the highest level of education. Average estimete3.62 is very satisfied for this ankets sample. DISCUSSION: It is need bigger effort in Bosnia and Herzegovina using in education of mothers and involving in problematic of health and care for children, that education process about rickets and its prophylaxis and treatment. CONCLUSION: Rickets can be prevented exposure to sunshine lights, ultraviolet lights or oral using of vitamin D. Daily doses for prophylaxis this vitamin D are 10µg or 400 IU. Knowledge of Bosnian mothers are good about this problematic generally, but in some municipality in Sarajevo very good but excellent in municipality Canter Sarajevo where are evident difference. Key Words: Rickets, mothers, children, questionnaire, knowledge. Napomena: kompletan tekst na srpskom jeziku Note: full text in Serbian |
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Corresponding Address: Adnan Bajraktarević Husrefa Redžića 13/7, 71000 Sarajevo e-mail: bajrakm@bih.net.ba Paper received: 18.12.2007 Paper accepted: 07.02.2008 Published online: 24.04.2008 |
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