HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN, SIKAP DAN MOTIVASI IBU DENGAN PERILAKU PENCEGAHAN KEJANG DEMAM BERULANG PADA BALITA USIA 1- 5 TAHUN DI RSUD RADEN MATTAHER JAMBI

ABSTRACT A febrile seizure is a seizure that occurs when an infant or child has a fever without central nervous system infection that occurs at temperatures over 38 0 C. a febrile seizure is seizure type most often encountered in childhood. This study aimed to determine the correlation of knowledge, attitude and mother’s motivation with behavior of febrile seizures prevention in toddlers’ age 1-5 years in the child’s room RSUD Raden Mattaher Jambi year 2017. This is a quantitative research by using cross sectional design, it used Accidental Sampling by using questionnaire instrument. This study analyzed as univariate and bivariate by using chi-square test with significant levels 95% ( 0.05. It is expected to RSUD Raden Mattaher Jambi is not only providing treatment but also providing health education periodically to increase of knowledge, attitude and mother’s motivation so the febrile seizures do not reoccur .