International Journal of Forensic, Legal, and Health Sciences
Published by SPJ Publications Private Limited
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Background: Shaking of an infant or young child is a severe form of child abuse and is commonly known as Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS). Pediatricians and other physicians are beginning to use the more general term of “abusive head trauma” when describing an inflicted injury to the head of a child. Violent shaking of a child with or without impact can result in a wide spectrum of symptoms due to the brain damage it causes. Children often have additional injuries such as fractures, bruises, and hemorrhages to the back of the eyes when violently shaken.
Objective: To assess the knowledge regarding shaken baby syndrome among caregivers of infants who reside in rural community areas simultaneously, to find out the association between the level of knowledge regarding shaken baby syndrome among caregivers of infants who reside in rural community areas and their selected sociodemographic variables.
Methods: A quantitative research approach with a descriptive design was used. The study was conducted among 60 caregivers of infants selected using a non-probability convenience sampling technique. The study was conducted in Swami Vivekanand School of Nursing, Simultala, Jamui, Bihar. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: 6(10%) are had poor knowledge score, 11(18.3%) are had average knowledge score, 43(71.7%) are had good knowledge score. Associated with level of knowledge, type of family (5.90), previous knowledge (7.21), and source of knowledge (18.5) were significant, whereas age (3.3), gender (1.36), religion (7.27), educational qualification (3.3), occupation (4.86), and area of residence (3.41) were not significant.
Conclusion: On the basis of observations of our study, it was concluded that knowledge of shaken baby syndrome was good and was directly related to each other. The level of knowledge about shaken baby syndrome was relatively high.
| DOI: | 10.62502/ ijflhs/v1i3art4 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Forensic, Legal, and Health Sciences |
| Abbreviation: | Int. J. Forensic, Legal & Health Sci. |
| ISSN (Online): | 3139-5236 |
| Volume/Issue: | 1(3) |
| Pages: | 21-26 |