Knowledge on Use of Diaper and Its Impact on Child Health among Mothers of Infants

Abstract

The present study aims to assess the knowledge on use of diaper and its impact on child health 
among mothers of infants. The objectives of the study was to assess the knowledge on use of diaper 
and its impact on child health among mothers of infants and to find out the association between the 
knowledge onuse of diaper and its impact of child health among the mothers of infants and selected 
socio personal variables. Non experimental descriptive study design was used in the study. The data 
was collected by using a semi structured questionnaire. The collected data was analysed using 
descriptive and inferential statistics. The result shows that out of 50 samples majority of the 
children are of age range 0-2 months, 52% were male children and was first born (54%). Majority of 
the sample are at age group 26-30 years ( 36%) , 58% samples are educated upto graduate level, 42% 
of samples were housewives and 48% have family income above 30,000, 94% of children were using 
disposable diapers ,42% of children using diapers for 3-4 hours and 80% children had no exposure to 
diaper rash.
Among the samples, 56% of mother had moderate knowledge, 34% of mothers had poor knowledge and, 10%  of mothers had good knowledge. There is significant association between the age of mother and 
occupation of mother and there is no association between age of child, sex of child, birth order of 
child, education of mother, income of family, type of diaper used, duration of diaper used, previous exposure to diaper rash.