Knowledge regarding thalaessemia amongst parents of thalaessmic child

A descriptive study was conducted to assess the knowledge regarding Thalassemia amongst parents of Thalassemic child with a view to develop guidelines in selected hospital, Jalandhar, Punjab. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding thalassemia amongst parents of thalassemic child and to develop a guideline regarding thalassemia. The study sample included 30 mothers of thalassemic children from civil hospital and Bhutani hospital, Jalandhar. The sampling technique was purposive sampling technique. A structured questionnaire schedule was used to assess the knowledge of mothers of thalassemic child regarding thalassemia. The findings of the study showed that 63.3% of the mothers had average knowledge with a mean knowledge score of 9.8.