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Convulsion fever is a convulsion that occur on the rise (temperature above 380 C). Convulsion fever
experienced by many children that usually occurs in early child fever would seem strange for a while , then stiff,
convulsive and rolled her eyes. Families, especially mother whose knowledge is less generally indicates the
attitude of panic or consider their children possessed. The purpose of this research was to know the relationsof
mother’s knowledge about convulsion fever with mother’s attitude to intervention convulsion fever in child age
under five years.
The research design used cross sectional. With samples amount to 44 respondents who fulfilled the
criteria of incuslion and exclusion. Intake of sample used technique of simple random sampling.
Base on the research results obtained that most of mothers have good knowledge that is amount to 19
respondents (43,2%) and mother’s attitude to intervention convulsion fever at child that positive amount to 24
respondents (54,5%). Based on the test result of Correlaton Coefficiente Contingency obtained significant value
of 0.000 < 0,05 , which means ho wes rejected. This means that there was relation of mother’s knowledge about
convulsion fever with mother’s attitude to intervention convulsion fever in child age under five years with strong
category.
Mother’s knowledge about convulsion fever, increase the knowledge, information, supervise and pay
attention to its chid age under five years if happened continuous fever, those were things that must be paid
attention by the mothers, so mothers did not panic and know how to behave in case of colfusions fever in child
age under five years.
Keywords: Knowledge, mother, attitude, convulsion fever, child age under five years