Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: September | Volume: 9 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 137-145
Knowledge and Practice Regarding Play for Preschooler among Mothers
Dipa Adhikari
Lecturer, Devdaha College of Science and Technology, Butwal, Nepal.ABSTRACT
Introduction: Play is a universal and innate disposition that is believed to be one of the most significant components to holistic wellbeing and development during the foundational years of childhood. The overall objective of the study was to identify the knowledge and practice regarding play for preschoolers among mothers.
Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study design was conducted. A pretested semi structured questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic characteristics and the information on knowledge and practice regarding play for preschoolers among mothers. Obtained data were edited, coded and entered into Epi Data 3.1 and exported to Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 20 version and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: The present study findings showed that the level of knowledge regarding play was statistically significant with ethnicity, education, no. of children and place of residence (p value 0.014, 0.009, 0.010, and 0.008) respectively. The level of practice regarding play was significantly associated with ethnicity and gender of preschoolers (p value 0.010 and 023) respectively. The findings revealed that there was statistically significant positive correlation between the knowledge score and practice score of respondents regarding play (P<0.001).
Conclusion: The study concluded that respondents in general possess average Knowledge and Practice regarding Play. Knowledge and Practice of mothers regarding play tends to be correlated which means that if level of knowledge increases then level of practice also increases and vice versa. Further the findings suggest that different programs should be organized to increase awareness and to motivate the mothers about the importance of play for their children.
Key words: Knowledge, Practice, Play, Preschooler, Mothers.